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The
Halpin-Poweleit Eye Center performs both LASIK
and Custom Surface Ablation eye procedures in the
Northern Kentucky/Greater Cincinnati area.
Custom Surface
Ablation treats refractive errors
by removing tissue from the surface of the cornea. First,
your eye is completely numbed using "eye drop" anesthesia
and an instrument is placed between the eyelids to prevent
blinking. Then, the surgeon
alters or sometimes
removes the epithelium, a thin
layer of protective skin that covers the cornea. The patient
is told to look directly at a target light during the procedure.
In less than a minute or two, the laser removes the proper
amount of tissue while it reshapes the surface of the cornea.
By altering the shape or placement of the laser beam, the
cornea is made flatter to treat nearsightedness, steeper
to treat farsightedness and/or more spherical to treat astigmatism.
After
Custom Surface Ablation, the
cornea is fitted with a temporary
protective "contact lens" and the patient must wear flexible
goggles at night to prevent eye-rubbing.
The eye is patched the following
morning.
Because the epithelium was altered or
removed, patients may experience
blurry or hazy vision for one to five days and variable
discomfort until the eye heals.
Eye drops, pain medication and possibly a protective
contact lens are effective in minimizing, this post-operative
discomfort. Final visual results may be fully realized anywhere
from several days to a month or more as the surface heals
in accordance to each individual's healing tendencies.
Custom Surface
Ablation is most often used to treat low to moderate amounts of nearsightedness,
farsightedness and astigmatism. |
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