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DOES THE LASER IN EYE SURGERY AFFECT THE PHYSICAL SHAPE OF YOUR EYE?
How does light Your Eyes
Surgery techniques change the shape of the cornea to
play a factor in reduce the need for corrective lenses, otherwise improve
laser surgery? the refractive state of your eye.
Most often used is the
Excimer laser, which produces
a beam of ultraviolet light to
vaporize tissue.
It enters the circulation and
into the area beneath the
retina where new blood
vessels are formed. A non-
thermal laser is used to
activate Visudyne molecules.
They begin sealing holes and
destroying unhealthy blood
vessels.
The laser changed the clear
part of in the front of the
eye, allowing the surgeon to
alter the path of light passing
through the retina.
Madison Fleischhacker Thursday, April 22, 2010 8:59:16 AM MT
The cornea refracts light, accounting for 2/3 of the eye’s
total optical power.
The cornea is a part of the
eye that helps focus light to
create an image on the
retina.
Does laser surgery affect the
physical shape of your eye?
From my research I found it does not affect or
change the physical shape of your eye. The
surgeon only alters the shape of the cornea to
correct mild to moderate refractive errors to
enhance your eyesight.
Eye Surgery LASEK surgery uses alcohol
to loosen and lift a single
layer out of the cornea
LASIK surgery uses wave
beneath the epithelium .
front technology to cut
flaps in the cornea and use PRK surgery uses a laser to
a laser to remove tissue. vaporize tiny amounts of
tissue under the surface of
the cornea.
By Maddy Fleischhacker 8.4