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April 7, 2009
We saw about the myopia and its effects. Most commonly, myopia can be corrected through the use of corrective lenses. In recent years, low radiation laser surgery has proved its usefulness in treatment and prevention of progressive short-sightedness. It can be corrected by refractive surgery such as LASIK which stands for “laser in situ keratomileusis”. In this surgery, the surgeon will vaporize and reshape the surface of the eye with a laser beam. Then a procedure known as “flap and zap” by ophthalmologists will cure the eye’s short-sightedness forever. It is a radical new laser procedure to restore full sight which is yet to be approved as a known-to-be-safe procedure and its effects are irreversible. A few expert ophthalmologists said LASIK is one of the most significant advancements in twentieth century eye care and the eye recovers within 24 hours of the surgery but there is a two percent chance that you’ll be able to read as low as the third bottom line on an eye chart. The advantage that LASIK has over older surgical techniques is that when the laser is reshaping the cornea, it will cure the astigmatism (irregularities in eye’s shape blurring vision). More than a million people throughout the world have since had their eyesight corrected by this operation.
