Wavefront Lasik Surgery—how it Differs From Conventional Lasik

First, what’s in common?

Wavefront LASIK (also called Custom LASIK), and traditional LASIK both:

· Use an excimer laser

· Create a tiny flap on the corneal surface to expose the underlying tissue to be worked on

· Modify the shape of the cornea by vaporizing tiny pieces that were impairing your vision

· Are extremely precise

Advantages of Wavefront (Custom) LASIK

It provides particularly precise information on how your vision is impaired. Custom LASIK measures each eye with a special laser, using wavefront technology, and creates a 3-D map of the eye. This is translated by the Wavefront system into mathematical information that’s used to guide the laser in correcting the problems.

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