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LASIK Technology is Now Better Than Ever

Dr. Elizabeth Miller is one of Eye Surgery USA's Board Certified LASIK / Vision Correcting Surgery Specialists. Here is an excerpt from her article on the latest LASIK Technology:

Perhaps you were four years old when you put on your first pair of glasses and discovered, to your delight, that trees actually have distinct branches. Now, a few years later, you realize to your dismay that newspaper print is not really getting smaller, but rather you simply need reading glasses to see it. Eyeglasses and contact lenses used to be the only solutions when life became blurry. But in 1950, Jose Barraquer of Bogata, Columbia, laid the foundation for what we now know as LASIK surgery.

All-laser LASIK works by generating tiny, rapid pulses of laser light that create a minuscule layer of bubbles that help the surgeon separate the flap edge for easy lifting. The bubbles disintegrate instantly once the flap is lifted. LASIK is generally painless and recovery is rapid. For some patients, a blade-free approach gives a sense of well being with less apprehension going in for their surgery.

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