Photorefractive Keratectomy is the original laser eye surgery method used to reshape the shape of cornea to improve focusing of light rays on retina. This is to treat certain patients with thin corneas. Especially used to treat astigmatism and myopia (nearsightedness).

Advantages

• does not involve cutting a flap in your cornea
• fine-tune vision after cataract surgery

Eligibility Criteria

• PRK is not recommended for people with moderate to extreme hyperopia (longsightedness).
• One should be 18 years or older
• Eye prescription should not have changed in the last year

Recovery Time

• A week for functional vision; A month to achieve best vision

Wavefront LASIK surgery offers a significant benefit since it maps and analysis the entire eye, including the process of vision.

Perfect solution for those patients who are looking forward to improving focus.

Advantages

• Less chances of side effects like lower night vision
• A potential reduction in the chance of losing best-spectacle corrected vision
• A potential reduction in the chance of losing visual quality or contrast sensitivity

Eligibility Criteria

• Not suitable for medical conditions like autoimmune disorders, diabetes, and medications

Recovery Time

• functional vision by the next morning; 48 hours to achieve complete recovery

Femtosecond-assisted (Femto) laser in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK) surgery is a minimally invasive surgery that utilises femtosecond laser and excimer laser to correct the cornea, making it a bladeless procedure. It is suitable for those who are looking for vision issue correction by reshaping the cornea of the eye, in conjunction with other refractory operations.

Advantages

• Quick Recovery
• No hospitalisation needed

Eligibility Criteria

• Individuals with mild to moderate myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness), astigmatism (abnormal bulging of the cornea) and normal corneal thickness

Recovery Time

• functional vision in 24 hours; 6 weeks to achieve stable vision

Contoura Vision is a computer-guided topographic mapping technique that maps microscopic contours of the cornea. The cornea is the clear front of the eye. This procedure treats irregularities of the curvature of the cornea as well as optics.

Advantages

• Individuals with refractive errors – Myopia, Hyperopia, and Astigmatism
• Individuals with Corneal abnormalities and axial issues of the eye
• Reduce or eliminate the need for glasses and contact lenses
• Improves night vision

Eligibility Criteria

• One should be 18 years or older
• Eye prescription should not have changed in the last year
• People with no corneal pathology
• People who don’t have any kind of auto-immune disorders

Recovery Time

• 3-6 weeks

It is a lenticule-based corneal surgery (without a corneal flap) that modifies the shape of the cornea to treat astigmatism and myopia (nearsightedness). 

Advantages

• Same Day Recovery
• Bladefree and smooth procedure

Eligibility Criteria

• One should be 18 years or older
• Eye prescription should not have changed in the last year

Recovery Time

• Same day Recovery