Posted by: Manhattan LASIK Center
Are you tired of fumbling for your glasses every morning and staring at your alarm clock or phone with blurry vision? Does putting in contacts most mornings feel like something that isn’t a good use of your time?
If using visual aids to improve your vision no longer feels like the best option, you have choices. Most people have heard of LASIK or have already considered it.
If you wear glasses or contact lenses, the idea of a permanent way of correcting your vision may sound too good to be true, but it’s not. One of the things that makes LASIK so desirable is that it can correct vision beyond your original prescription.
Keep reading to learn what you need to know about LASIK beyond 20/20 vision and how it could positively impact your life.
What is LASIK?
LASIK is a refractive laser eye procedure. Refractive procedures like LASIK reshape the cornea by changing how light refracts through the eye using lasers.
Your cornea, the clear, outermost part of your eye, refracts light as it passes through your eye. Imperfections in the shape of your cornea cause refractive errors like nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism.
Refractive laser eye procedures use an excimer laser to correct these imperfections by removing tiny amounts of corneal tissue. What makes LASIK different from earlier forms of refractive laser eye procedures is the creation of a corneal flap.
Creating a flap in the cornea occurs at the very top of the cornea, where it’s lifted. Corneal tissue is removed under the flap before replacing the flap.
The flap then acts as a natural bandage as the eyes heal after the LASIK procedure. This allows LASIK patients to recover more quickly after the procedure and encourages almost immediate visual improvements.
Manhattan LASIK Center offers ultra-thin flap bladeless LASIK with a femtosecond laser. The femtosecond laser creates the corneal flap during the LASIK procedure, making it thinner and more precise.
The cornea, in turn, is left stronger, patients experience more accurate results, and there’s a much lower chance of experiencing dry eye after LASIK. Having LASIK at Manhattan LASIK Center also has other benefits, like correcting your vision beyond your original prescription and ensuring you can see crisply and clearly like never before.
Correct Your Vision Beyond Your Prescription
LASIK does more than correct your vision to the point it was at for your glasses or contact lens prescription. The laser vision correction procedure reshapes your eye, which removes minor imperfections that cause refractive errors like nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism.
It’s not an accident or a coincidence that LASIK helps you see better than you could when you depended on glasses or contact lenses. Instead, this is because LASIK corrects your vision beyond your original prescription.
Over 95% of LASIK patients achieve 20/20 vision or better after the procedure. LASIK won’t wear off after you have it, either, because LASIK is a permanent vision correction procedure that changes your vision.
It’s important to note, however, that LASIK doesn’t prevent you from developing age-related eye conditions like presbyopia or cataracts. You’ll eventually need cataract surgery or reading glasses as you get older, even after having LASIK.
LASIK will not “wear off.” Your prescription needs to be stable before you can undergo LASIK. As the procedure permanently changes your vision to correct precise refractive errors, you can have years, if not decades, of crystal-clear vision.
Another thing that LASIK can improve is visual errors beyond your refractive errors! If you struggle to see well at night, a procedure like LASIK may help correct this.
Improve Your Night Vision
LASIK corrects refractive errors by fixing small imperfections in the shape of your cornea. These imperfections are also known as lower-order visual aberrations.
However, higher-order visual aberrations are also caused by even more minute imperfections in the cornea. These higher-order aberrations don’t respond to traditional visual aids like glasses and contact lenses.
However, custom LASIK procedures performed at Manhattan LASIK Center can correct these higher-order aberrations. The most common higher-order visual aberrations cause issues with your night vision.
You may have a higher-order visual aberration if you struggle to see in low light and experience halos and glare from light sources at night. LASIK can improve your night vision by correcting these aberrations. When you have LASIK, it can make glare and halos less intense and make it easier to see in low light.
Getting LASIK can mean improving your vision with more precise sight day and night and removing the need for glasses and contact lenses. If you’re ready to explore your options beyond traditional visual aids, LASIK could be just what you’re looking for.
Who is a Good LASIK Candidate?
The only way to find out if you’re a good candidate for LASIK is to schedule a LASIK consultation at Manhattan LASIK Center. However, most people with refractive errors will qualify for the procedure, which is about 85% of potential candidates.
Some LASIK candidacy factors include being at least 18, having a stable prescription that’s remained unchanged for a year or more, being in good health, having thick enough corneas, and not being pregnant or nursing. However, some of the most significant LASIK candidacy factors are the thickness of your corneas and the size of your pupils.
You’ll have both measured during your LASIK evaluation, meaning you don’t need to know these details beforehand. Most people have thick corneas to accommodate a flap and pupils that aren’t too large.
Having LASIK with large pupils may cause higher-order visual aberrations. Measuring your corneas and pupils ensures that your eyes can handle LASIK.
Want to know if you’re a LASIK candidate? Ready to change your life with incredible vision? Start by scheduling your commitment-free LASIK consultation today at Manhattan LASIK Center in Manhattan, NY! Why wait when you could finally see with the clarity you want?
