If you are considering Laser Vision Correction, you are probably tired of wearing glasses or contact lenses to correct your vision. The major benefit of Laser Vision Correction is that you will not have to rely on glasses or contact lenses to see clearly.

Just think about how wonderful it will be to wake up in the morning and not have to search for glasses in order to see well enough to make a pot of coffee. You will be able to jump out of bed and go about your day without putting on glasses or going through the ritual of putting in contacts before you get dressed and enjoy your day. This is probably enough of a reason to consider Laser Vision Correction. What about all the things you enjoy doing that wearing glasses or contact make it a hassle such as swimming, jogging, and even watching the morning news? Think about all the fun you can have and the hassles that you will leave behind with Laser Vision Correction surgery.

Types of Laser Vision Correction
LASIK is the most popular procedure for Laser Vision Corrections. LASIK surgery is used to correct refractive errors. This type of procedure can treat hyperopia, myopia, and astigmatism. Refractive errors obstruct the focusing ability of the eye, which causes people to suffer from blurry vision. Lasik surgery reshapes the cornea tissue and decreases blurry vision by improving the eye’s focusing power and enhancing the person’s visual acuity. Even with Lasik surgery, there are different procedures such as Wavefront, which corrects the lower and higher order aberrations. This reduces side effects after treatment.

LASIK monovision eye surgery is another procedure for Laser Vision Correction. Monovision eye surgery is used primarily in the treatment of presbyopia, which is an age related hyperopia. This type of farsightedness affects people over the age of 40 and in most cases; they need to wear reading glasses. With presbyopia, many patients wear bifocal glasses or bifocal contact lenses. Monovision is a type of laser surgery where one eye will be corrected for distance vision and the other eye will be corrected for near vision. The dominant eye is used for treatment of distance vision. Again, with this type of Laser Vision Correction a laser will be used to reshape the cornea.

Another type of procedure for Laser Vision Correction is an intraocular lens implant. This procedure is used primarily for correcting vision clouded by a cataract, presbyopia, or for an alternative to LASIK surgery procedures. With this type of surgery, the natural lens of the eye will be replaced with an intraocular lens implant. There are three different types of multifocal IOLs which include accommodative IOLs, apodized diffractive IOLs and refractive IOLs.

To learn more about which procedure is best for you it is recommended that you talk with your ophthalmologist.