http://www.bharatbhasha.com/health.php/43347 ... much the same way that the lens of a camera focuses light to create an image on film. The bending and focusing of light is also known as refraction. Usually the shape of the cornea and the eye are not perfect and the image on the retina is out-of-focus (blurred) or distorted. These imperfections in the focusing power of the eye are called refractive errors. There are three primary types of refractive errors: myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism. Persons with myopia, or nearsightedness, have more difficulty seeing distant objects as clearly as near objects. Persons with hyperopia, or... en-us http://www.bharatbhasha.com/health.php/38971 ... surgery to reduce or totally eliminate a person's poor eyesight. There are certain eye imperfections that cause poor eyesight. Examples of these are: - Astigmatism A person with astigmatism sees 'distorted' imaged which is a result of deformities or irregularities on the lenses of the eyes. -... http://www.bharatbhasha.com/health.php/43890 ... Radial Keratotomy (RK). This involved an Ophthalmic surgeon with a steady hand and a sharp scalpel to make a series of radial cuts in the cornea (the front 'window' of the eye), which when healed, would flatten and therefore reshape the cornea. This would theoretically correct short sightedness.... http://www.bharatbhasha.com/health.php/43776 ... for you. 10 Reasons for Lasik! 1. Nothing is as sweet as the freedom from the hassles and inconveniences of contacts or glasses. 2. You save money! Over the years, the costs of lenses, solutions and glasses amounts to thousands of dollars. 3. You save time! In one year, the average contact... http://www.bharatbhasha.com/health.php/39608 ... on eyeglasses or contact lenses. LASIK stands for Laser-Assisted In-Situ Keratomileusis, which literally means to "reshape the cornea from within using a laser.” The procedure has broad applications to treat refractive errors of the eye and can be used to treat myopia (nearsightedness),... http://www.bharatbhasha.com/health.php/37973 ... eye surgery, which is one of the most prevalent vision correction procedures. And therefore, you require some basic LASIK education, in order to get a clear picture of what you can expect from LASIK if you want to know whether you should do eye laser surgery. If the light rays don't focus on... http://www.bharatbhasha.com/health.php/51008 ... you need to take care of before you go in for LASIK. If you are wearing contact lenses, take note. You must remove your contact lenses a few weeks before you have your LASIK consultation. The reason for this is because some contact lenses reshape your cornea themselves, hence causing... http://www.bharatbhasha.com/health.php/50920 ... a reaction caused by the medication. There are risks to LASIK surgery too, but they are fewer and far in between. The risks associated with LASIK continue to drop as the medical establishment perfect the equipment and refine their processes. The risks involved in LASIK further drop as... http://www.bharatbhasha.com/health.php/39201 ... Its popularity is owing to the fact that it produces efficacious and predictable vision improvement without any major side effects. Essentially speaking, refractive surgery is any eye surgery employed to improve visual acuity and decrease dependency on glasses or contact lenses. The... http://www.bharatbhasha.com/health.php/66675 ... procedures helpful. The LASIK surgeries which are directed toward correcting astigmatisms and nearsightedness fall into three classifications. They are corneal incisions, flap procedures, and photablation. Corneal Procedures The corneal incision procedure, sometimes referred to as a... http://www.bharatbhasha.com/health.php/52611 ... cost of LASIK continues to come down. This is in part due to improvements being made to the overall process, such as the use of more efficient and cheaper lasers. According to the FDA, the average cost of LASIK eye surgery was in the region of $1,344 in 2005. This is a significant reduction... Copyright 2005 BharatBhasha.com - All Rights Reserved.