Have you been wearing eyeglasses or contact lenses your whole life? Are you tired of waking up and having to reach for your glasses just to see your surroundings clearly? Are you thinking about lasik or epi lasik surgery? If you are considering eye surgery, then you’ve come to the right place because I will be dedicating my next few posts to giving you an overview of what these procedures entail.
Before we go into the details, it would be helpful to learn a bit more about your eye and vision. The main structures in your eye that help you to see clearly are your cornea and your lens. These two work in harmony in order to produce a clear image on your retina. Any abnormality in your cornea or lens leads to blurred vision. You may have myopia or nearsightedness, hyperopia or farsightedness, or astigmatism (a defect in the lens or eye resulting to distorted images). Traditionally, prescription eyeglasses or contact lenses have been used in order to correct the abnormalities and produce clear vision. With the advent of lasik surgery, which is the abbreviated form of Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis, eye surgeons now have a way of reshaping your cornea to correct the abnormality and thus rid you of the need to wear glasses or contact lenses. You must remember though that there is a condition called presbyopia, which is a type of farsightedness caused by the body’s normal aging process. This means that as you grow older, you may still need to wear reading glasses in order to see things up close.
Both lasik and epi lasik are procedures that can be done on an outpatient basis. But in order to determine which of the two procedures is more suited to you, I advise you to seek consult at a lasik surgery clinic near you and have your eyes examined by an eye surgeon. Stay tuned for more installments on lasik and epi lasik!
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