How Lasik Corrects Your Vision

There are a lot of people who dream about waking up in the morning and being able to see before they put on their glasses. If this is a dream of yours, and you would like more information about the safety of Lasik surgery and how it works, read on.

What is Lasik? Lasik is an acronym for Laser Assisted In-Situ Keratomileusis. In short, this actually means "to shape the cornea from within." The name refers to the use of a laser to reshape the cornea without invading the adjacent cell layers. In situ is Greek for "in the natural or normal place." Medically, in situ means "confine to the site of origin without invasion of neighboring tissues." Kerato is the Greek word for cornea and mileusis means "to shape." Your cornea is reshaped so that light rays focus more precisely on the retina, thus reducing or eliminating refractive errors.

Dr. Newsom is an excellent choice as a surgeon to perform this surgery for you. In addition to being trained in one of the top three ophthalmology programs in the United States (the University of Iowa), Dr. Newsom has won a surgical award from the American College of Eye Surgeons, and has been the first surgeon in the US to perform several different state of the art procedures.

Dr. Newsom uses the latest technology available to perform lasik surgery: a type of excimer laser called the Visx Star S4™ with the Activetracker™. He is the only surgeon in Highlands County and the 5 surrounding counties to use this Activetracker and to use 3D technology. This laser is used to perform the reshaping of your cornea and it will track the patients eye in 3D. This helps eliminate any fear you may have about your eye moving during the procedure. If your eye does move, the Activetracker™ will be able to follow it and adjust the laser accordingly.

Dr. Newsom can perform Lasik surgery on you in an outpatient procedure that has you in the surgery suite for only 15-20 minutes (the actual laser procedure is 10-60 seconds). This procedure allows most patients to be back at work the next day.

Click on the eye below and take a couple of minutes to watch LASIK surgery performed (and narrated) by Dr. Newsom.

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