| With the advent of laser technology, | | | | discomfort when suction will be created |
| life has changed in more ways than one. | | | | on the cornea by placing a ring around |
| A very valuable use of laser is in | | | | the eye. At this juncture of the eye |
| vision correction. Lasik eye surgery has | | | | surgery process you may also find your |
| become immensely popular in the past | | | | vision blurring however, there is no |
| decade or so, revolutionizing the way | | | | cause to worry, as it is a temporary |
| the world sees. | | | | thing. A microkeratome is used to cut a |
| Though it may sound complicated, this | | | | flap in the cornea, which is folded |
| surgery process is in fact very simple | | | | back. You will then be asked to stare at |
| and is opted for by patients all over | | | | a laser beam for about a minute or so. |
| the world. | | | | Then with the help of the laser beam |
| The primary issue is that a person must | | | | tissue from the cornea is cut away to |
| be suited to the Lasik laser eye surgery | | | | reform its shape. |
| process. The age and health of the | | | | You may all of a sudden smell something |
| candidate as well as the workability of | | | | burning which is nothing but the intense |
| the procedure in the particular case all | | | | laser beam acting on the cornea. You may |
| have to be considered before going ahead | | | | also hear a ticking sound at this point |
| with surgery. | | | | of the surgery process. While these |
| After a thorough examination, the doctor | | | | sounds and smells may be disconcerting |
| will decide whether or not to give you | | | | to the patient, it is all well |
| the green signal to go ahead. If you are | | | | controlled so you need not be anxious. |
| found to be an eligible candidate for | | | | The role of the computer in this whole |
| Lasik laser eye surgery process you | | | | surgery process is to control the laser |
| would then like to know more about it. | | | | beam and the energy being directed to |
| The Lasik laser eye surgery process | | | | the eye. After the cornea is reshaped, |
| You will be escorted to an operative | | | | the flap is placed back in place. This |
| room meant especially for the surgery. | | | | entire surgery process is over in no |
| The most important equipment that you | | | | more than half an hour. |
| will see here will be a large machine | | | | After the surgery, a patch or an eye |
| with an attached microscope along with a | | | | shield is placed over the operated eye |
| computer screen that forms a part of the | | | | to prevent it from any kind of |
| laser system. | | | | accidental injury or mishandling. |
| You will have to sit in a reclining | | | | A person may have apprehensions about |
| chair for the eye surgery process to be | | | | the Lasik surgery process, in which case |
| carried out. The surgeon will clean the | | | | it is advisable to have the above |
| eye and put a tiny amount of an | | | | detailed information regarding the |
| anaesthetic liquid into it. Next, you | | | | procedure so as to allay their own |
| will experience the first signs of | | | | fears. |