No, laser corneal surgery simply reshapes your cornea to focus light on the back of your eye accurately.
Lens replacement isn’t usually advocated as a refractive surgery – it’s usually used for cataract surgery. It is where the natural lens in your eye is removed and it is replaced with a plastic one of the appropriate power to focus light on the retina.
The downside of that is that if you are young then you completely lose the ability to focus and you would need reading glasses. If you are older then it doesn’t matter so much as you need reading glasses anyway.
Is Lasik Surgery The Same As Lens Replacement?
November 29, 2009 By 4 Comments
No lasik surgery is a procedure that is applied to the cornea. This is the clear layer that cover the colored portion of the eye. It reshapes this area to help the light focus properly on the retina and allow you to see without glasses.
Lens replacement is when the lens inside the eye is replaced with a lens of a different prescription in order to allow you to see without glasses.
No, it reshapes the lens you have, to better accommodate the light entering your eye and focussing it better at the back of your eye.
no, Lasik is when a thin layer of your lens gets scraped off.
No.