LASIK Eye Surgery, CustomVue Wavefront-guided LASIK

My surgery, the following is from Dr. Berg's website on how LASIK is performed.

Step 1
First the surgeon applies a few numbing eye-drops to the eye prior to the procedure, and the surgeon marks the cornea with water-soluble ink to guide replacement of the flap.

Step 2
A thin corneal flap is created using an instrument called a microkeratome. This part of the procedure is called keratectomy and makes a "flap" in the corneal tissue on the central part of the eye, which is gently folded back, exposing the underlying layers of the cornea. This flap can also be created with the use of the Intralase laser.

Step 3
The surgeon then uses the excimer laser to apply a cool beam of light to gently even out the curvature of the cornea this is done with CustomVue Wavefront guided technology. The protective corneal flap is then gently placed back in its original position and begins healing immediately.

Step 4
After the flap is gently laid back, a few moisturizing drops are applied to soothe your eye and speed recovery. The cross-section view of the cornea shows the reduced (flatter) corneal curvature (exaggerated for clarity).

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Lasik
• surgery
• CustomVue
• eye
• Laura
• Barron

[DRUM57IX]

that was one of the fastest procedures I've seen on youtube!!!

[EvolutionIXRR]

how was it? Did it work? Do you have 20/20 vision now? I wanna have one too but cutting the flap freaks me out a little.

[DylanLosasso]

at first i thought this was nasty. but now i can see that it is very impressive!!! actually it is amaizing!!!

[PsychedelicSanta]

Great video, how is your eyesight now? I'm hoping to have this procedure carried out.

[xxpur3strz]

that hurts!

[friskie1986]

That's quite incredible. Thanks.

I'm deeply excited, nervous and anxious for December 15th, the day that I can hopefully toss away my contacts and glasses for good.