Carter Eye Lasik Vision Correction Blog

Sunday, November 15, 2009

What is LASEK?

While The Carter Eye Center has helped improve the lives of thousands with LASIK surgery, this procedure isn’t the best solution for everyone. Any reputable, experienced eye surgeon should be expert in the array of vision-improving procedures out there. LASEK, for instance, would be a viable alternative to LASIK for people whose corneas are too long or too thin for traditional LASIK.

In LASIK, the surgeon cuts into the cornea lens to create a microscopic flap to help reshape the eye. Laser energy is used inside this flap.

In LASEK, which stands for laser epithelial keratomileusis, the only incision is to the very outer layer of the cornea, the epithelium. This is less invasive than LASIK. The surgeon then uses an excimer laser directly to the outer cornea lens itself. This focused energy reshapes the outer lens to improve a patient’s vision—the ultimate goal is perfect 20/20 eyesight.

Though a newer technique than LASIK, LASEK is already reducing the incidents of post-operative complications due to the fact that there isn’t an internal flap created.

Though this is a fairly recent innovation in the world of vision correction, the Carter Eye Center is rapidly making advances in this arena, and any residents in the Dallas, Texas area looking to improve their vision should contact Dr. Harvey Carter and his team at Carter Eye Center for a consultation today.

posted by Tiffany at 5:32 PM