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Sunday, 1 March 2009

Consult a Specialist For Vision Correction

Vision correction is the correction of your eyesight. There are many factors which doctors see or consider before suggesting type of laser eye surgery for correcting your sight. Ophthalmologist or Doctors will suggest you as per condition of your eyes that which type of surgery for vision correction is suitable. There are lasik, lasek, PRK, lens transplant etc surgery available for vision correction. Your doctor will consider your age, moist in eye, eye vision, cornea, shape of eye, thickness, shape of cornea and pupil dilation in low and bright light. Basically when people want to get rid of glasses and lenses then they go for lasik eye surgery.

Lasik or laser in-keratomileusis surgery is a surgery by which you can correct your eye vision. This surgery takes hardly 20 second. It is painless and very quick. Anesthetizing eye drop is applied before Excimer is used in surgery. Eye surgeon gives medicines to remove any scratchy sensation. If you go through this surgery you will be free from contact lenses and glasses. Your doctor will suggest whether your eye needs this surgery. There are many factors which doctors consider before suggesting you for surgery. You must consider a good and reputable laser surgeon. The main aim of all types of vision correction is to reshape cornea. Laser vision correction corrects vision problems as well as myopia, hyper myopia, astigmatism. Lasik vision is used in treatment of farsightedness and short sightedness also.

One option for vision correction is also lens transplant .Lens transplant surgery is alternative of laser surgery. There are many people who are uncomfortable with laser surgery. This is alternative for such people. In lens transplant surgery your eye lens is transplanted with the lens suited as per your vision qualities you need. PRK or photo refractive keratectomy is also a type of laser surgery. In this the outer corneal layer is scraped manually and Excimer laser will reshape your cornea. The outer layer will grow back itself. It is for those who have thin cornea. PRK is modified and named as Epi-laser.
A plastic blade is used to scrape back the outer layer of cornea.

Lasek Eye surgery is offered to those patients who do not suit for lasik eye surgery. An alcohol solution is used to loose the outer layer of cornea. Then excimer laser is used. After surgery the outer corneal layer is replaced and to protect eye and also for healing a bandage contact lens is worn. There is also option for that doesn't want laser surgery is non laser vision correction. In non laser vision correction corneal rings is used which is small Perspex rings placed inside cornea to reshape it.

Another form of vision correction is Vision ICL or Implantable collamer lens. In this process a new permanent lens is implanted in inside the eye. Vision ICL results in sharp and clear sharp vision in those people who have any diabetic disease or those taking medicine. Pregnant woman and kids under 18 are not allowed for surgery. Patients must follow some suggestion after surgery. You must wear eye shield while sleeping after surgery and also prevent any kind of pressure on eye. They are not supposed not to play sports and avoid swimming.


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