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People who have shortsightedness (myopia) and astigmatism are ideal candidates because the results after surgery are excellent. Mild degrees of long-sightedness (hyperopia) also do well. As LASIK has no effect on the lens, it cannot be used to
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Custom LASIK is custom because it measures, maps, and corrects for higher order aberrations. These higher order aberrations are unique to each person's eyes. Lower order aberrations corrected by both traditional and custom LASIK are commonly known
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The change in the corneal correction from LASIK is permanent. With age, your vision may change due to changes in the lens inside of your eye, such as cataracts, but the curvature of the cornea should remain stable.
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If you are a good candidate for laser vision correction, Dr. Anderson Penno will discuss with you what your options are at your complimentary evaluation. If you meet all the criteria and wish to proceed your choices are as follows: 1. Choose
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Yes, as with any surgical procedure, there is a risk for potential complications such as dry eye, the appearance of starburst, glare or halos at night, light sensitivity, and intraoperative flap complications. The risk of flap complications is
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Public confidence in LASIK has grown in recent years because of a solid success rate involving millions of successful procedures performed in the United States. With increasingly sophisticated technology being used for the procedure, most LASIK
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All laser eye surgery comes with a small amount of risk but these are even rarer with Wavefront LASIK. Complications can occur but so far, have happened in only 0.03% of cases. Complications include halos, glare, blurred vision, under or over
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During the Epi-LASIK procedure, the flap of epithelial skin is cut as thinly as possible using a blunt plastic oscillating blade. The hinge of the flap is retained on the eye. An epithelial separator is used to separate the epithelial sheet from
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Epi-LASIK, LASEK, and PRK remove the top layer (epithelium or skin) of the cornea, only differing in the way they prepare the surface of the cornea for the second step of LASIK.
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iZon Lenses do improve the overall quality of vision because wearers will see things clearer, sharper and with greater depth and dimension. We do have case examples of post-refractive surgery patients who have benefited from iZon High Resolution
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