| Sticking a finger in your eye is just plain awful. For | | | | floaters in the line of vision, under- or |
| the unfortunate majority who have less than | | | | overcorrection, halos around lights or growths |
| perfect vision this a necessary evil that comes | | | | under the incision. However, all of these potential |
| with contact lenses. From forgetting to take them | | | | problems can be prevented or treated. |
| out before bed to getting one lost behind an | | | | Candidates for surgery need to have stable eye |
| eyelid, contacts bring with them an assortment of | | | | health at least two years prior to surgery. |
| trouble. Could there be another way? | | | | LASKIK has been approved for anyone over 18, |
| Corrective eye surgery is an option that many | | | | but most patients are cautioned to wait until |
| people began turning to the minute it made its | | | | they're in their mid-twenties before seeking |
| debut to the general public. It may seem like this | | | | treatment. Eye health tends to hit a plateau at |
| procedure would have a lengthy recovery period, | | | | this age and it's safer to wait till this stage. The |
| but the surgery is usually completed during an | | | | most important consideration for anyone |
| outpatient visit. The surgery is performed by | | | | interested in eye surgery is choosing the right |
| removing some tissue from the cornea in order | | | | doctor. |
| to reshape, thereby eliminating the need for | | | | The eye is a fragile and vital organ and should be |
| corrective lenses. LASIK, laser-assisted in situ | | | | handled with the utmost of care. Therefore, |
| keratomileusis, or laser eye surgery sounds like a | | | | finding the best surgeon to perform your LASIK |
| welcome alternative to all fellow lens wearers, but | | | | procedure is crucial. The best way to find a great |
| is it safe? | | | | LASIK surgeon is to ask family, friends and those |
| While it's rare that you will be permanently blinded | | | | around you who you trust. A doctor who is both |
| from the procedure, laser eye surgery does | | | | capable and consistent in results will have built a |
| carry with it some possible complications. Dry | | | | reputation with his or her patient-base. However, |
| eyes are the most common problem reported by | | | | be sure to locate a doctor that can meet your |
| patients and, in most cases, can easily be cured | | | | needs as well. An eye doctor who has completed |
| or treated. Subconjunctival hemorrhage, or | | | | at least 1,000 surgeries and monitors your |
| bleeding under the transparent layer of tissue | | | | progress through the entire process would be the |
| covering the eyeball, is a common post-op | | | | best choice. |
| experience. While it may look considerably | | | | If you feel contact lenses and glasses have |
| gruesome to have bright red blood trapped within | | | | become too expensive or inconvenient, it is time |
| the ocular tissue, the bleeding is painless and goes | | | | to look into other options. You may be ready for |
| away on its own. Other possible side-effects are | | | | a life free contact solution and blurry vision. |