| As more and more people choose to seek | | | | incision in the top layer of the cornea |
| alternatives to pricey and inconvenient | | | | making a flap. The flap is then folded back |
| eyeglasses and contact lenses, the popularity | | | | and the surgeon is able to access the |
| of Lasik eye surgery continues to grow | | | | underlayer of the cornea known as the stroma. |
| exponentially. The Lasik procedure was first | | | | |
| performed in the United States in 1991; today | | | | A low-powered laser is used to resurface the |
| over one million people in the U.S. have | | | | stroma so that light is refracted correctly |
| undergone the procedure. For patients looking | | | | going forward. After the laser procedure, the |
| to embark on Lasik, finding a reputable | | | | flap is replaced over the eye and allowed to |
| surgery center is paramount to achieving | | | | heal naturally. Such a surgical procedure - |
| success. | | | | while completed quickly - requires enormous |
| | | | precision and skill by experienced surgeons. |
| For those living in the New York area, | | | | Those undergoing Lasik eye surgery in New |
| reputable Lasik eye surgery in New York is | | | | York often have little problem finding |
| relatively easy to find. In such a populated | | | | reputable and experienced surgical centers. |
| area - and one that is a medical hub of the | | | | |
| east coast - Lasik has been made available to | | | | Ultimately, finding Lasik eye surgery in New |
| the masses. | | | | York requires some research from the |
| | | | prospective patient. Those living in the New |
| Lasik eye surgery works to repair the way in | | | | York area can often get a referral from their |
| which our eyes refract light. In a normally | | | | regular eye doctor or primary physician. But |
| functioning eye, the lens of the eye works to | | | | often the best way to find reputable Lasik |
| refract - or bend - light to the retina. The | | | | eye centers is through a recommendation by |
| retina - a group of cells in the lining in | | | | someone who has had the procedure performed. |
| the back of the eye then takes that light and | | | | |
| converts it to messages that can be | | | | Talk to people who you know to have had the |
| understood by the optic nerve of the brain. | | | | procedure and ask questions regarding their |
| The optic nerve receives these messages as | | | | particular experience - including comfort |
| visual images. When one link in the chain is | | | | level, respect received by the staff, the way |
| affected the end result changes - much like | | | | in which surgeons addressed their questions |
| the childhood game of Whisper Down The Lane. | | | | and concerns, billing procedures, and |
| | | | aftercare. |
| In the case of refractive disorders such as | | | | |
| nearsightedness, farsightedness, and | | | | Make sure to conduct your own research when |
| astigmatism, light is not refracted properly | | | | it comes to finding Lasik eye surgery in New |
| to the retina. In turn the message that the | | | | York; visit surgical centers in which you are |
| retina sends to the optic nerve in the brain | | | | interested and interview the surgeons to make |
| is received as a blurry image. Lasik surgery | | | | sure that you are compatible with them on a |
| corrects the way in which we refract light | | | | personal and professional level. Ultimately - |
| through the use of laser technology. | | | | no matter where you have your procedure |
| | | | performed - you should feel as if you have |
| During a Lasik procedure the eye is numbed, | | | | been educated thoroughly regarding the |
| held open with a speculum, and immobilized | | | | procedure and have had all your questions |
| with a corneal suction ring. After | | | | answered. |
| immobilization, the surgeon cuts a small | | | | |