Eye Laser Surgery Types are the treatment of eye diseases with laser surgery

Not all laser eye surgeries are the same. Depending on the person\’s current vision, age, lifestyle, shape of the cornea, and a number of other factors, their doctor may recommend any of the different types of laser operations.

What is Eye Laser Surgery?

Laser eye surgery is a surgical procedure that can treat a number of conditions that make it difficult for people to see.

Not everyone can have laser eye surgery. People with certain medical conditions or certain lifestyles or environmental factors may not be eligible for surgery.

As with any medical procedure, there are risks associated with laser eye surgery. They are mostly mild to moderately bothersome and will resolve with proper care and time.

In most cases, laser eye surgery involves a surgeon cutting a very thin flap on the surface of the cornea, lifting the flap, and then using a laser to adjust the eye so that light waves are properly focused on the retina.

Vision returns within two days, and it usually takes two or three weeks to fully recover from any subsequent effects. For surgery, the person should talk to his doctor. Eye laser types should be learned and information about complications should be obtained.

What are the Types of Eye Laser?

Not all laser eye surgeries are the same. Depending on the person\’s current vision, age, lifestyle, shape of the cornea, and a number of other factors, their doctor may recommend any of the different types of laser operations.

The most common is LASIK. Surgery changes the corneal tissue to bring light rays to the retina. LASIK is designed for some of the most common problems that laser eye surgery can correct: myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism.

A doctor performing LASIK laser eye surgery will create the flap of the outer layer of the corner to open access to the underlying tissue. This requires mastery and the latest advances in digital imaging technology, which gives LASIK professionals the ability to see detailed images of the cornea as they work.

Photorefractive keratectomy, or PRK laser eye surgery, is an eye surgery that uses lasers to reshape the cornea itself. It is used for mild to moderate myopia, hyperopia or astigmatism.

Laser epithelial keratomileusis (LASEK) is similar to PRK

The doctor creates a flap and a laser reshapes the cornea. The flap is replaced with a soft contact lens and fixed and allowed to heal.

Automated lamellar keratoplasty (ALK) used to be used to help people with severe myopia and some degree of hyperopia, but has been effectively replaced by LASIK. Instead of using a laser, a doctor makes a cut to reshape and straighten the lower layer of the cornea.

Refractive lens exchange, or RLE, is an eye laser type procedure aimed at correcting cataracts. The doctor makes a small incision to remove the eye\’s natural lens, located at the edge of the cornea. This lens is replaced with a synthetic lens made of silicone or plastic. This is also known as a clear lens extraction or a refractive lens replacement procedure. In addition to working with cataracts, it can also correct extreme hyperopia or myopia and help patients with thin corneas, dry eyes and eyes, or other minor vision-related problems.

Other similar procedures include EpiLASIK (a thin layer of cornea is removed and then replaced); presbyopic lens exchange (PRELEX), in which a very rigid natural lens is replaced with a multifocal, flexible lens to help patients focus better; and Intacs, also known as intracorneal ring segments or ICR, are a variety of eye laser operations in which two crescent-shaped plastic rings are placed on the outermost edge of the cornea, allowing light rays to be refocused on the retina. In the treatment of myopia, ICR has mostly been replaced by laser-based operations.

Eye color change surgery with laser

Laser eye color change surgery is the safest and most effective option for eye color change surgery. Eye color is determined by the concentration of melanin pigments. Simply said, the lower your pigmentation, the whiter your eyes will seem. Owing to high pigmentation, the anterior stroma layer makes the eye seem black. The stroma layer is treated using Mylumineyes, the world\’s first safe laser eye color-changing method. Eye color change surgery with laser is the surgical process for changing the color of one\’s eyes. As a result, this is a series of operations rather than a laser procedure. The laser technique does not entail any surgical procedures. Undoubtedly, there are several advantages to this. The laser technique is unquestionably the gold standard.

Op.Dr.Mustafa Mete – Ophtalmologist-eye surgeon,MD Istanbul/Turkey-inventor of laser eye color change procedure