Wavefront Guided Lasik and Customised Lasik Laser Surgery

Wavefront guided Lasik and customised Lasik is a surgical procedure intended to reduce a person's dependency on glasses or contact lenses. LASIK stands for Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis and is a laser surgery procedure that permanently changes the shape of the cornea, the clear covering of the front of the eye, using an excimer laser. PRK was the first Laser Surgery procedure developed to reshape the cornea, however, Customised Lasik and Wavefront Guided Lasik procedures are now more prevalent and are slightly different in the procedure for accessing under the cornea. Wavefront Guided Lasik

Customised Lasik Solutions - Why You Should Undergo Customised Lasik Laser Surgery.

The latest development in laser surgery for vision correction is customised LASIK which uses wavefront guided Lasik technology. As the name implies, it is a bespoke treatment which develops personallised laser surgery software for each patient based on the unique shape of his or her eye. Customised LASIK and Wavefront Guided Lasik have been under development for years but until now had never before reached this capability. The advantage of Customised Lasik is that the the procedure is created uniquely for each client. You will undergo a consultation where the customised Lasik software is created - ready to make sure that the laser surgery is perfectly tailored to your eyes

Some common questions asked about Wavefront Guided Lasik and Laser surgery in general

If I get Customised Lasik Laser Surgery done and my vision changes later in life, can it be redone?

In most cases, an wavefront guided lasik enhancement may be a solution to vision changes later in life. Your eye care specialist will examine your eyes and determine whether an enhancement can be performed.

What are the long-term side effects of customised Lasik Laser Surgery?

Optical Laser surgery has been performed for more than 10 years and no complications have been documented that have not been encountered in the first year of follow-up. Minor complications such as haziness, delayed healing and night time glare have been reported although these are very few and far between, and in almost all cases, can be treated.

Our aim is to make you feel as comfortable and relaxed as possible with your Laser Surgery

Once the Wavefront Guided Lasik has been calibrated, your eyelids are held open and your eyes anaesthetised with drops. Then, using a precision device called a microkeratome, the surgeon creates a micro-thin flap on the surface of the cornea. The flap is gently lifted to one side, the bed of the cornea (the stroma) is exposed and the laser reshapes this surface to re-focus the eye. After 30-60 seconds, the flap is repositioned. The flap holds itself naturally in place, but we do recommend you wear protective glasses during waking hours and the protective shield we provide you with at night to prevent you from rubbing your eyes for a few days. Wavefront Guided Lasik develops individualised software treatment plans for each eye. Unlike the standard LASIK procedure which only corrects refractive errors (myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism) and routinely achieves 20/20 vision, Wavefront Guided Lasik goes beyond just correcting refractive errors to actually improving visual capabilities so you may see better than you did with glasses or lenses before the procedure, hence improving your 'Visual Acuity'.

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	Wavefront Guided LASIK Like our fingerprints, each of our eyes is different and has its own unique shape and visual characteristics. Wavefront Guided Custom LASIK develops individualised software treatment plans for each eye. Unlike the standard LASIK procedure which only corrects refractive errors (myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism) and routinely achieves 20/20 vision, Wavefront LASIK goes beyond just correcting refractive errors to actually improving visual capabilities so you may see better than you did with glasses or lenses before the procedure, hence improving your 'Visual Acuity'. The visual system is actually capable of seeing 20/10 or better, that is letters twice as small as the 20/20 letters on an eyechart. Most people cannot see beyond 20/20 because of very subtle imperfections within their visual system. Using the Wavefront technology, it is possible to first map these subtle visual imperfections and then develop a laser treatment plan to correct them.   The key to Wavefront treatment is a device called a Tscherning Wavefront Analyser. This projects a fine grid of 168 light beams onto the retina and captures its image using a high resolution CCV camera. This image is then compared with one from a normal eye and the difference between the two provides a "Wavefront Map" which is used to program the laser. This means we can measure both the extent of poor vision and its causes with greater precision than has ever been possible before. The potential benefits of Wavefront Guided Custom LASIK : Greater possibility of achieving 20/20 vision. Greater possibility of achieving better than 20/20 vision. Reduced possibility of losing best corrected vision. Reduced possibility of losing visual quality or contrast sensitivity. Reduced possibility of night vision disturbances and glare. Increased possibility to restore best corrected vision if healing problems develop. The laser itself Where older lasers produce a broad, square-shaped beam, ours has a more rounded, sharply-focused profile measuring less than 1 mm across. This allows us to remove the minutest amounts of corneal tissue with greater accuracy, resulting in a more stable cornea - essential to sharper vision (See 'Optical Aberrations). Our Team In addition to this extraordinary technology you need, of course, extraordinarily skilled people to use it, and Phiroze Dastoor has just the team. We also have a dedicated team of support staff, who assist our surgical team and look after our patients throughout every stage of the procedure.
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