Epithelial Ingrowth

As the Lasik Risks Guide pointed out, the Lasik Eye Surgery procedure uses a metal blade to cut into the cornea. As a result of this break, the flap needs time to heal. Unfortunately, sometimes the cornea’s flap does not heal properly. During the healing process, the cornea’s surface cells sometimes grow beneath the flap created during the Lasik procedure. As a result of this happening, the patient’s vision can become blurred and his or her eyes can become irritated. Luckily, the Lasik surgeon can easily identify the problem and provide relief by raising the flap and removing the trapped surface cells.

Lasik Defined

Lasik Eye Surgery has become very popular today as a vehicle to fix people’s vision problems. But what exactly, is Lasik? Lasik stands for laser assisted in situ keratomileusis, which simply means this is a refractive eye surgery. As for the actual operation, Lasik takes a metal blade to cut a small flap into the cornea. Then, the surgeon peels the flap back and uses a special laser (it is called an excimer laser) to vaporize a small portion of the eye’s interior, called the stoma. Once enough of the stoma has been removed, the surgeon places the flap back and uses natural adhesion to assist in the healing process.