A Look at LASIK in HoustonDecades ago, as soon as a doctor realized that you had bad eyesight there was no way of getting rid of it- in modern times this is no longer true. Looking for a way to make glasses obsolete, scientists tried to find a way to fix the eyesight problem- and eventually invented LASIK. LASIK stands for Laser Assisted in Situ Keratomileusis, which is a form of refractive eye surgery. While contact lenses let those with poor eyesight to not wear glasses, LASIK solves the hassle completely. LASIK Houston is a great place to experience eye surgery in Texas, due to its cleanliness and advanced technology. Although LASIK is a procedure that fixes poor eyesight by remodeling the cornea, it is not as difficult as other forms of surgery. LASIK is done in two stages; and as it does not hurt much it can be performed while the patient is awake (although a sedative is often used). In the first stage, a corneal flap of tissue is made using a special laser, and for the second stage, the cornea is remodeled in order to fix poor eyesight. Due to a laser being used, the cornea is "deceived"; it does not know it has been operated upon and thus many of the mishaps of old eye surgery (such as corneal haze) are removed. Before a metal blade was used to make the corneal flap, these days a laser is used- which is faster and thus more comfortable. The laser currently used is the excimer laser; created by Dr. Bhaumik in May, 1973. When an ultraviolet excimer laser was discovered capable of altering tissue while leaving no heat damage to the surrounding area, scientific breakthroughs followed in the use of the excimer laser for eye surgeries- meaning today’s procedures are a lot less difficult than those of past generations. Although problems existed in the past, these have since been solved and very few problems today are had with LASIK eye surgery. Since I’ve finished explaining LASIK eye surgery, an overview must be given of LASIK Houston. Laser eye surgery in Houston is growing bigger and bigger, with lots of massive eye surgery companies in Houston. One of the biggest organizations that work to fix bad eyesight is International EyeCare. Their head doctor is Dr. Charles Moore, who has performed over forty thousand LASIK Houston procedures. International EyeCare uses cutting edge technology- the excimer laser used for procedures is the ALLEGRETTO Eye-Q Laser System. Since the system is one of the quickest eye correction systems in Houston with around four hundred laser bursts per second, a lesser amount of time is spent under the laser; thus making it less daunting for the patient. |
