What is Custom LASIK?

Matthew Pruitt is the owner of NuVision Medicenters, which has offices throughout the tri-state area. He has been working LASIK with technology since 1995 and has helped more than 25,000 LASIK eye procedures throughout his career. This article helps us better understand the fundamentals of Custom LASIK technology.

Custom LASIK Basics:

The advent of new technology, LASIK has been eradicated the essence many of the night vision problems such as halo and glare that some patients who underwent LASIK from past experience.

LASIK is basically as taking a fingerprint of your eye, because the shape of the cornea and my corneas are completely different. Factors, not the right eye is different from his left eye. What custom technology does is essentially a map of the fingerprints of the cornea so the laser can actually reform the surface of the eye based on their specific characteristics. So what ends with the vision is that in reality may be more acute than it has with eyeglasses or contact lenses, and 25 times more accurate than what you have with your lenses.

Three years ago, before the latest generation technology out Visx, which is the VISX Star S4 laser remodeling the cornea, one of the most common side effects were problems with night vision LASIK. These problems usually occur for one of two reasons: either the patients had very high degrees of astigmatism, which were in a high-risk category in this type of problem or entered into the procedure having dilated.

Now, new custom LASIK technology has erased many of the issues of the past. Whereas side effects make night vision, once impacted approximately 25% of patients, today that number is less than 3%. So LASIK has been a huge gain in regard to the elimination of complications for patients and increase probability of a favorable result, so that new technology has really improved the success of LASIK and the overall benefits that the increase in patients of the same.

Patients now have a great chance of getting results are not perfect, but better than a perfect result. Thanks to the use of new Custom LASIK technology, 75% of patients are now receiving the results of 20/15. That is only slightly better than perfect vision. But when you're thinking about getting LASIK, and looking at getting something that will be permanent and invest your hard earned money to do so, these are the kinds of technological advances that you want your surgeon to use.

Normally, the decision of whether to use the traditional LASIK or custom LASIK technology in one patient during the procedure that leaves the physician evaluation. However, similar practices [NuVision medical director Dr. Jackson] usually make lasik a standard method of care. In general, other physicians may have a basic fee for LASIK surgery and then add additional charge fees or additional charges for patients who want something like Custom LASIK. Without But as far LASIK is something that can only benefit patients, like practices NuVision and doctors like Dr. Jackson to understand that makes sense to use this new technology throughout the world.

The information in the article is not intended to replace the medical expertise and advice of your health care provider. We encourage you to discuss any decisions about treatment or care with appropriate health care provider.

About the Author

Matthew Pruitt is a writer for Yodle, a business directory and online advertising company. Find a plastic surgeon or more plastic surgery articles at Yodle Consumer Guide. What is Custom LASIK?