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LASIK & Vision Surgery

LASIK: Criteria for Success

This article was provided by AllAboutVision.com. Follow the links below for more information on eye health and vision correction. Laser eye surgery isn't for everyone. Here are six guidelines to help you decide if LASIK is right for you: Are your eyes healthy? If you have any condition that can affect how your eyes respond… Continue reading

LASIK Risks and Complications

This article was provided by AllAboutVision.com. Follow the links below for more information on eye health and vision correction. If you are considering LASIK and are worried that something could go wrong, you might take comfort in knowing that it's very rare for complications from this procedure to cause permanent, significant vision loss. Also, many… Continue reading

LASIK

This article was provided by AllAboutVision.com. Follow the links below for more information on eye health and vision correction. LASIK, short for laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis, is the most popular refractive surgery available today. Each year, more than one million LASIK procedures are performed in the United States. LASIK has become the premier surgery for… Continue reading

PRK: The Original Laser Eye Surgery

This article was provided by AllAboutVision.com. Follow the links below for more information on eye health and vision correction. PRK (or photorefractive keratectomy) is the original laser vision correction procedure. It received FDA approval for use in the United States in 1995, a few years before LASIK. Though LASIK has surpassed PRK as the most… Continue reading

Corrective Eye Surgery Basics

This article was provided by AllAboutVision.com. Follow the links below for more information on eye health and vision correction. Tired of wearing glasses or contact lenses? Today, several surgical methods can correct your eyesight and give you the freedom of seeing well without corrective lenses. By far, LASIK is currently the most popular vision-correcting or… Continue reading