Laser Vision Correction

Improving Your Vision
Glasses, contact lenses and refractive surgeries treat refractive errors. Glasses and contact lenses do so by bending light rays before they pass through the cornea. Most refractive surgeries correct vision by altering the shape of the cornea itself.

Refractive surgery has been available for over 100 years, but was not effective until the 1970s when radial keratotomy was developed. This procedure used spoke-shaped incisions to alter the corneal curvature. However, in the 1980s, the excimer laser revolutionized the world of refractive surgery. Laser vision correction is a proven new method of improving vision. Corneal surgeons are able to correct the most commonly occurring refractive errors using leading edge laser technology.

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