Colorado Laser Eye Surgery and Laser Eye Surgery Costs

Lasik or wavefront?? is it worth the extra cost?

Traditional eye exams used in Lasik Operations can only detect two corneal abnormalities, these being cylindrical and spherical. A cylindrical abnormality results in astigmatism, while a spherical abnormality results in myopia and hyperopia (near sightedness and farsightedness).

Wavefront technology, on the other hand, can detect an infinite number of aberrations. It accomplishes this by using a fixation target along with an input laser beam. The laser beam generates a light source, which is a wavefront sensor that is used to measure the slope of the wavefront as it exits. The software then determines the excimer ablation’s characteristics.

So, if you suspect you have eye problems other than astigmatism, nearsightedness or farsightedness, Wavefron is worth the extra cost.

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