Tears keep your eyes wet. Over the years, your tear's "lubricating effect" may decrease and the quantity produced may also diminish. This may be the problem, often when you feel there is a foreign object in your eye, burning or itching, or have tearing problems. There is a possibility of these problems after any eye surgery, but especially after refractive surgery. This means that for months you may need to use eye drops on a regular basis. Dryness, in addition to the symptoms listed above, may also disrupt visibility. After a short time (which may be upto 6 months), you can stop using the drops (naturally, this varies).

A refractive laser surgery performed on the cornea. A flap is created out of the cornea, followed by the treatment, which is performed on the middle layer of the cornea. The flap is returned to its original position after the treatment.

Measurement of vision with the help of different lenses. This type of measurement is partly science and partly art. It uses different objective and subjective tests. Particular elements, such as the examiner, type of test, time of day, lighting, and eye drops can bring out slightly varied results. Before any type of refractive surgery, it is vitally important to determine the degree of the light reflection error.

Refractive problems that effect clear vision, but can not be corrected with glasses or contact lenses. They can be detected with wavefront analysis.

Near sightedness is a condition in which the eye becomes too long from front to back, causing images to focus in front of the retina instead of directly on it. Because of this error, objects at a distance become blurry and difficult to focus on. Close objects can be seen clear, whereas objects at a distance are blurry.

Every current refractive procedure is performed on the corneal region. The area of adjustment or optical zone, is approximately 6mm, but that does not include the entire cornea. In the dark, our pupils expand to allow more light to enter the eye. If the pupil expands past the size of the optical zone, light refracts differently and a halo like ring may be seen. It also reduces the eyes ability to detect contrast. Even if you see clearly during the day or in a well lit area, this effect can be very disturbing while driving or playing tennis at night. If these types of activities are an important part of your life, you should talk to your doctor about this before the surgery.

In youth, the eye is capable of focusing on objects at continously changing distances. We see clearly at any distance, unless you have myopia, hyperopia or astigmatism. For example, a child can see clearly at a distance and can still see the end of his/her nose or anywhere in a close sphere. This ability to flexibly change focus decreases over time. Usually beginning in the 40s, more and more people begin experiencing blurred vision at near points, such as when reading, sewing or working on the computer. At this point surgical procedures are not capable of curing this age related process. However, in most cases, there is a way to get around it: adjust one eye to see far, the other to see near. This is called monovision correction.

A traditional laser procedure performed on the surface of the cornea.In the beginning of the surgery the outer layer of the cornea is removed. This is followed by the laser correction. The cornea grows approximately three days after the surgery.

All this means is your ability to see without the use of glasses or contact lenses. We have experienced that people are satisfied with their vision, if they are at 0.5 or think they see fairly well at 0.8. Naturally, this varies considerably. Eyesight without correction can be affected by both objective and subjective factors. (Objective factors: ie. Peripheral vision, color and sensitivity to contrast. Subjective factors: illumination, blurriness, and distortion.)

Problems related to the way the eye bends light, for example, near-sightedness, far-sightedness, or astigmatism.

Surgery that corrects the way your eye bends light, so that an image is focused on the retina.

Individualized LASIK technique, which is sensitive to the most minor refractive abnormalities. It is the most modern type of refractive surgery available.