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LASIK, stands for LASER IN-SITU KERATOMILEUSIS. Which simply means "to shape the cornea within using a laser." It corrects vision by reshaping the cornea (outer window of the eye) so that light rays focus more precisely on the retina, thereby reducing or eliminating refractive errors

Using an instrument known as a microkeratome, a thin protective flap of corneal tissue is folded back. The Excimer laser then removes a predetermined amount of tissue from the inner cornea to correct the individual’s refractive error. The cornea is made flatter to treat nearsightedness, steeper to treat farsightedness and/or more spherical to correct astigmatism. The corneal flap is placed back in its original position where it bonds without the need for stitches.

It is a new form of laser surgery that is capable of correcting a wide range of nearsightedness. The procedure uses a computer controlled excimer laser to reshape the cornea to correct your vision. The laser reshaping is done under a protective flap of tissue to promote a very rapid recovery of vision and minimize discomfort.

Although LASIK is the most commonly performed refractive procedure in the United States, the FDA considers the performance of LASIK a practice-of-medicine issue. (This means that physicians can perform LASIK should the physician and the patient make the joint decision to do so.)