| LASIK (laser in-situ Keratomileusis) and PRK | | | | be under great risk. So US military members are not |
| (photorefractive Keratectomy) are both types of laser | | | | allowed to take the surgery to avoid any damage to |
| eye surgery which are widely praised by sponsored | | | | eyes. |
| reviews, articles and press releases. The stories that | | | | 3. Not every surgery can have very satisfactory result. |
| athletes giving up contacts after eye surgery and the | | | | Though LASIK industries claim that the success rate |
| comments that eye surgery is easy, safe and better | | | | of laser eye surgery can be as high as 95%, actually a |
| than contacts or spectacles greatly encourage people | | | | part of the correction vision is only 20/40, which is legal |
| to do the laser eye surgery to completely get rid of | | | | to drive in most states. The situation is everyone is |
| contacts and spectacles. | | | | born with 20/20 vision, though the 20/40 vision is |
| However, is the laser eye surgery that good and | | | | achieved by laser eye surgery, people may still feel |
| effective? Let us see some facts first. | | | | uncomfortable, not to mention that the current result |
| 1. Laser eye surgery may cause more than the | | | | cannot last for your whole life, which has the same |
| correction of eye focus, which may induce eye | | | | effect with the deeper degree of your spectacles with |
| pressure, too. Excessive pressure in the eyes, which is | | | | the time going. So if your eyesight becomes bad again, |
| the symptom of glaucoma, may lead to eye blindness. | | | | what can you do? I think re-surgery must not be a |
| Medium cases of eye pressure can be treated with | | | | good choice. |
| drugs to decrease the pressure, but requiring the | | | | Then is there a more safer and convenient way to |
| measure of eye pressure every interval set by the | | | | improve eyesight? Luckily, a relatively new technology |
| ophthalmologist. Severe cases cannot be cured by | | | | ICL (Implantable contact lenses) is introduced to |
| only drugs, and should refer to eye surgery to improve | | | | alternate the traditional LASIK and PRK. In ICL, a lens is |
| the drainage of excess fluid in the eyes. This kind of | | | | inserted in front of your lens or even replaces your |
| surgery is always carried out with the help of laser | | | | own eye lens, which is located behind the pupil. It is a |
| bursts. Sometimes it needs the more advanced | | | | faster and easier error correction comparing with |
| microsurgical cutting. | | | | LASIK and PRK. The key point is ICL can be reversed |
| 2. The procedure of corneal reshaping during the laser | | | | and updated if your eyesight deepens. So it is |
| eye surgery contains the removing of bits and pieces | | | | considered the best choice to improve people's |
| of eyes. If the bits cannot be put back properly, you still | | | | eyesight. If you decide to take the laser eye surgery, |
| have to wear contacts or spectacles to correct | | | | you should know more about ICL through internet. |
| refraction errors and more seriously your eyes may | | | | |