What is LASIK?
LASIK is performed on the eyes to improve their vision and often eliminates the need to wear glasses or contact lenses.
Lasik surgery
Lasik surgery is a form of laser surgery that is capable of correcting a wide range of myopia, astigmatism and hyperopia. In this form, visual acuity is rapid and postoperative discomfort is less.
What are the requirements for LASIK?
– A person over 18 years of age. But in some cases young children with one eye with severe myopia and one with normal eyesight may have LASIK.
– The person’s glasses number has remained constant for six months.
– This can be done in people with myopia of 1 to 10 diopters or astigmatism of less than 4 diopters, as well as in people with 1 to 6 diopters.
– Pregnant or lactating women cannot do this surgery.
– Those who want to have LASIK should not take certain medications such as oral prednisone or isotretinoin.
– A person who doesn’t have some eye diseases such as glaucoma, dry eye, retinal diseases, herpes (herpes) infection, cataracts, corneal opacity and Quaternary (cornea).
– The overall health of the person should be adequate and not be affected by chronic diseases such as diabetes, rheumatic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.
