LASIK Jacksonville
To understand how laser vision correction works, you must first understand how the eye works.
In the early eighties, radial keratotomy (RK) became the first widely used refractive surgery procedure. RK involved actual incisions in the eye made manually by the surgeon. In the late eighties, this procedure was revolutionized by laser vision correction, in which the surgeon reshapes the eye with the help of a computer-guided excimer laser. Currently, there are two main excimer procedures considered to be the standard of care, LASIK and PRK.
The excimer laser produces a beam of ultra-violet light which meticulously and painlessly removes a few millionths of an inch of tissue from the cornea. This reshapes the corneal surface, allowing it to better focus the image on the retina, with the goal of reducing a patient’s reliance on eyeglasses or contact lenses. In LASIK, the laser treatment is performed under a thin flap of the cornea.