There are quite a few options for eye surgery in order to help with any poor vision that you may be currently suffering from. Most operations that take place on the eye are called refractive surgery, the most common being LASIK.

Any form of eye surgery that is performed is only performed on one eye at a time. First one will be operated on, and this will be allowed to heal, time will be allowed to lapse to ensure that the eye is focusing correctly and only then will the other eye be operated on.


There are several options for eye surgery and some are detailed here:

Excimer– these use lasers with the objective of reshaping the comea. What this reshaping does is to change the amount of light that enters the light and therefore improving the overall focus of the eye.


Here are some other procedures that you should be aware of:

LASEK which stands for Laser Epithelial Keratomileusis should never be confused with LASIK which was mentioned earlier in the article. This type of procedure can correct short sightedness as well as long sightedness.

Epi-LASIK – this is very similar to LASEK and the main difference is that no alcohol or blade is actually used. And the main advantage appears to be less pain and much greater healing.

LASIK – this can also be used to treat short and long sightedness, and lasers are used to reshape the eye to allow more light to enter it, therefore improving overall vision. Here alcohol and other surgical tools are used and the surgery is very quick, in many cases, each eye can take less than a minute to perform.

Laser LASIK – here the procedure does not make use of any surgical tools, but the use of lasers are used to change the shape of the eyes.

PRK or Photorefractive Keratectomy is used to treat and correct both short and long sightedness. Here what happens in the procedure is that actual tissue is taken from the cornea using a laser. And here again the procedure is generally performed within a minute.

There are also procedures where new lenses are actually placed in to the eyes. This is referred to as Non-Excimer Laser Procedures, and radio waves are then used to then change the shape of the eye itself. This is normally performed as an actual enhancement to other eye procedures rather than an actual replacement.

If you are looking to correct your vision then you need to be aware of the options that are available to you. The above is a general list only, and what you need to do is to talk about the various options with your doctor or other eye care specialist.