Visualize Life with Clear Vision
Freedom. It's what we all want. The freedom to enjoy life to the fullest - enjoying each new day. The freedom to see everything clearly without having to squint. The freedom to go out in the rain without seeing spots. Unfortunately, some of that freedom seemed lost forever the moment the doctor prescribed corrective lenses. Since that time, it has been a series of broken glasses; scratchy contacts and time spent trying to remember where you put your glasses case or contact solution. With LASIK, clear vision can be yours again.

Are you a candidate for LASIK?
The criteria for the ideal LASIK patient are someone who is over 18 years of age and has healthy corneas with a relatively stable prescription. People with certain medical conditions or pregnant or nursing women may not be good candidates. Candidates should also have a good understanding of the risks and rewards from LASIK. The best way to find out if you are a good candidate is to arrange for a complete eye evaluation. You will know in minutes whether this procedure is right for you. During the evaluation, your doctor will answer any questions you may have and discuss your post-surgery expectations. Then just relax, and soon you should be able to enjoy the freedom of life without corrective lenses.

Correctable Vision Conditions
Clear vision is the result of light passing through a perfectly shaped eye so that it focuses clearly on the retina. Abnormal focusing conditions of the eye are called refractive errors and consist of the following:

Nearsightedness (Myopia) Nearsightedness occurs when the cornea is too curved or the eye is too long. Light passes through the eye but focuses before it reaches the retina, which causes distant objects to appear blurry.

Farsightedness (Hyperopia) Farsightedness occurs when the cornea is too flat in relation to the length of the eye. Before the light has covered enough distance to focus, it reaches the retina, which causes images that are close at hand and sometimes distant objects to appear blurry.

Astigmatism Astigmatism occurs when the cornea is oval-shaped like a football. When light passes through the cornea, it focuses in more than one place relative to the retina, which causes images near or far to appear blurred and distorted.

The LASIK Procedure - 3 steps to clearer vision

Step 1. Using an instrument called a microkeratome, the surgeon creates a small protective flap of corneal tissue that is gently lifted back.

Step 2. The excimer laser applies a cool beam of light, which gently reshapes the cornea allowing images to be more sharply focuses by the retina to correct the individual refractive error.

Step 3. Finally, the protective flap that was created in Step 1 is gently places back in its original position and begins healing immediately with little to no discomfort.