Freedom from glasses and contact lenses has been a dream for people with spectacle power. We now have safe answers for most of the Spectocle wearers like PRK, LASIK and ICLS.
Both LASIK and PRK use an excimer laser, which is used to change the Shape of the cornea (the transparent front window of the eye). We use an extremely fast and accurate machine. Which has been approved by FDA of USA. There are millions of happy patients the world over who have Undergone these surgeries successfully.. Laser surgery for Ireofing refractive error also known as LASIK, is very safe and also effechve, provided done with proper pahent selection. All eyes and all patients are not ideal candidates for LASIKand so judicious patient selection ofter thorough eye check up is mandatory. Now data of more than 20 year follow up of patients who had undergone LASIK are available providing the fad that Lasik is absolutely safe and effective.
For very high numbers and in patients whose corneas are not thick enough for these surgeries, we now have options like ICLS An ICL is an artificial lens. This is different from an 1OL Which is the lens used in cataract surgery.ICL procedure is a reversible surgery if need orises in future. Imagine the chonge in life style of a patient who has spent al his life using -20.0 spectacle numbers. The joy of freedom from glasses, as some patients have told us is like throwing away crutches.