| Why has LASIK become the procedure of choice for most patients and surgeons? |
| Because the healing occurs in the interior of the cornea, and no regrowth of surface cells are required. The corneal flap protects the treated area and there is usually little, if any, post-op discomfort. Visual rehabilitation is much quicker and regulation of the healing process with long term post-op drops is unnecessary since the center of the cornea tends to have much less of a healing reaction than the surface. |
