Types Of Lasik Eye Surgery

This surgical procedure, LASIK is one of the well known form on laser surgeries for the eyes. This is involving a certain procedure to totally modify your cornea then have a good corrected eyesight.

The blade called as microkeratome is being used in creating flaps in a thinner layer of your cornea, this is known as a epithelim. Then a laser, excimer is reshaping your cornea, thus a flap is being replaced. It will only take 15 minutes to this procedure, their surgical recovery is quick. Mostly the patients returns with their normal activity the following day.

The LASIK

The refractive process called as LASEK is using alcohol in separating those outer layers of your cornea, instead of using the surgical blade. The aim is in reshaping cornea, with the laser, and then an epithelium was replaced. Thus eliminates risks made by the blade, microkeratome, this type of surgical processes is a choice for those with a very thin cornea.

The LASIK's quick process on recovery is very excellent choice rather than PRK. But, LASEK has its possible complications. When using alcohol, your eyes are prone to irritation as well as swellings.

The Epi-LASIK

This procedure is somehow same to the LASEK and the LASEK, employing a very fine blade on surgery, it reduce the risks to the wide flap on the cornea. Rather than the alcohol, there is a plastic incising material separating an epithelium in your eyes. The Epi-LASIK is eliminating any unforeseen irritation to eyes.

The INTRALASIK

This type of procedure is simply conducting surgery with the use of surgical lasers, but you will not use the blade, microkeratome. This type of process had been praised with its preciseness or accuracy rates in removing errors that is happening with blades like the microkeratome.