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Cellular tissue that shelters the outside of body surfaces, including the exterior of the cornea (the clear outer covering of the eye).

An eye motility examination is executed on patients to examine if their eye’s muscles or nerve supply have any complications.

Slang terminology for LASIK

An employer-sponsored advantage that allows you to pay for entitled medical expenses, such as LASIK, on a pre-tax basis.

An employer-funded scheme that will compensate employees for out-of-pocket medical expenditures not covered by the company’s standard insurance plan.

More complicated abnormalities of the eye that can cause vision issues such as problems seeing at night, glare, halos, starbursts or double vision.

Pressure formed within the human eye because of the stress among the fluid inside the eye and the eye.

Reshaping of the cornea that was done with a lathe and blade before the development of LASIK procedures.

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory eyedrop used to lower the pain after PRK.

Also acknowledged as “Epi-LASEK”, a process similar to traditional LASIK but different in how the corneal flap is created. In LASEK, the flap is formed by using an alcohol-based liquid to lift the soft surface layer of cells on the cornea instead of using a microkeratome