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• Laser eye surgery procedure: what happens?
• Are you suitable for laser eye surgery?
• For and against laser eye treatment
• What happens if laser eye surgery does not work?
• Recovery after laser eye surgery
• The laser eye surgery healing process
• Laser eye surgery effects
• PRK vs. LASIK
• LASIK eye surgery
• PRK eye surgery
• Short sighted PRK surgery
• LASEK eye surgery
• Wavefront LASIK surgery
• Zyoptix LASIK surgery
• EpiLASIK surgery
• IntraLASIK surgery
• How does the eye work?
• Common vision problems
• Laser surgery for short sightedness
• Laser surgery for long sightedness
• Laser surgery for astigmatism
• Laser surgery for presbyopia
• How does laser eye treatment work?
• Laser eye clinic
• Corrective eye surgery
• Laser eye surgeon

Short sighted PRK surgery

The success of laser eye surgery has helped many people suffering from short sightedness, otherwise known as myopia. SHORT SIGHTED PRK SURGERY is a proven treatment method that is suitable for most patients.

Should you have PRK surgery for short sightedness?

Since short sightedness is not a disease of the eye but a defect in the vision, it requires correction procedures, the most common of which is to wear glasses. The advent of laser eye treatment has often permanently replaced the need for glasses or contact lenses, increasing its appeal for treating short sightedness. Photorefractive keratectomy or short sighted PRK surgery uses a surgical laser to operate on the eye’s cornea. This clears the obstruction on the path of light falling correctly on the retina, to correct the vision.

PRK surgery for short sightedness has the minimum risk, which is associated with all surgeries. However one concern is the chance of eye infection after short sighted PRK surgery, resulting in complications due to infection. If you want PRK surgery to correct your short sightedness, you should discuss the entire procedure and possible risks with your laser eye surgeon.

Reasons for short sightedness

Ordinarily, it is a the problem of eye when a person is not able to see an object at a distance clearly. For example reading a book or such acts can be performed, but the road sign at a distance is not clearly visible. Short sightedness is a common eye problem that is found in all age groups. The general symptom is a headache due to straining of eyes.

The main cause of short sightedness is excess stretching of eyeball than normally required. Our vision works by light striking the correct places on retina to form images. Inability of the light in striking at correct places due to stretching of retina results in non-visibility of objects at a distance.

Most people suffering from short sightedness use glasses or contact lenses for temporary relief. The permanent solution of vision correction is achieved through laser surgery, and short sighted PRK surgery is a popular method of treating the problem.

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