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Eye Anatomy and Refractive Errors

Today, more than 3 million corneal refractive procedures - or corrective eye surgeries - are performed worldwide each year. Presently, more than 100 million patients wear contact lenses for correction of their refractive errors.

Recent advances in refractive surgery are designed to permanently reduce or eliminate the need for corrective eye wear in order to see objects clearly. However, there are many more people wearing contact lenses that need to be replaced and used in conjunction with cleaning and preserving solutions, than those opting for the convenience and precision of corrective eye surgery.

Why is that?

Perhaps the answer lies in having better information on the corrective eye surgery itself. To better understand refractive surgeries, one should understand first how a perfectly normal eye (20/20) focuses light and the different types of refractive errors.

To learn more about the eye and how it works, click here.

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Labels: Blade-Less LASIK, corrective eye technology, vision correction

 

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