{"id":5097,"date":"2020-03-22T14:56:50","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T18:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/?page_id=5097"},"modified":"2020-03-22T14:58:54","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T18:58:54","slug":"can-lasik-fix-astigmatism-html","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/can-lasik-fix-astigmatism-html\/","title":{"rendered":"Can LASIK Fix Astigmatism?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>All\nyour friends are having LASIK eye surgery done, but you have astigmatism, so\nyou are thinking that this surgery might not be an option for you. Can LASIK\nfix astigmatism? Yes, it can! LASIK can actually be used to perform several\ntypes of vision correction. And, fortunately for you, the fact that you are in\nPennsylvania means that you can come to the experts Eye Consultants of\nPennsylvania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bladeless Custom LASIK<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While\nthere are older forms of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/specialties\/lasik\/\">LASIK surgery<\/a> that use a metal surgical blade, our expert surgeons use the\nstate-of-the-art bladeless all-laser custom LASIK technique. This is truly the\nmost advanced surgical technique in the entire field of eye surgery and uses\nthe latest in laser technology. In fact, the procedure is so widely regarded as\nthe best that both the Air Force and NASA have approved this procedure \u2013 and\nonly this procedure &#8212; for their pilots and astronauts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like\nNASA and the Air Force, eye surgeons around the world praise bladeless custom\nLASIK for many reasons. First, both eyes can be corrected in the same surgery.\nSecond, we can provide higher levels of vision correction because the lasers\nallow us to create a corneal flap that is much thinner, meaning more precise\nvision correction can be achieved. Last but not least, all-laser LASIK does not\nuse a metal blade, thus lowering the risk of post-surgical infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With astigmatism, the cornea has hills and valleys or\nboth flat and steep areas. People with astigmatism generally have blurry vision\nboth near and far. Using the laser-guided LASIK technique, our surgeons can\ncorrect most cases of astigmatism. A\nfew patients may have severe astigmatism that cannot be corrected with LASIK,\nbut Eye Consultants of Pennsylvania can recommend other surgeries. Still, the\nvast majority of our astigmatism patients are good candidates and have achieved\nvast vision improvement with bladeless LASIK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is this LASIK procedure like?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Most patients expect a long,\ndrawn-out procedure and are pleasantly surprised when they learn how fast\nbladeless LASIK really is. The custom bladeless LASIK surgery has three steps. Step\n1: Surgeons create a corneal flap using a femtosecond precision laser. Step 2: The\nsurgeon gently folds the flap back to expose the cornea. Step 3: The surgeon reshapes\nthe corneal surface using an excimer laser to correct astigmatism. The laser\ncorrects the cornea\u2019s asymmetry that is causing the vision issues. Correction\nof the refractive error is very quick, then we put the corneal flap back in\nplace to heal &#8212; no stitches needed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to surgery, our team at Eye\nConsultants of Pennsylvania extensively prepares for your surgery day. We create\na custom map of the surface of your cornea, and we use that map during surgery\nto guide the excimer laser to correct both the steepness and flatness of the\ncornea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bladeless\nLASIK is safe and effective and our surgeons are experts in the procedure.\nTherefore, if you have been considering LASIK eye surgery, and wondering\nwhether bladeless custom LASIK can fix astigmatism, it can! Come talk to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/\">LASIK\nspecialists<\/a> at Eye Consultants of Pennsylvania. We are ready to give you great\nvision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All your friends are having LASIK eye surgery done, but you have astigmatism, so you are thinking that this surgery might not be an option for you. Can LASIK fix astigmatism? Yes, it can! LASIK can actually be used to perform several types of vision correction. And, fortunately for you, the fact that you are &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/can-lasik-fix-astigmatism-html\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Can LASIK Fix Astigmatism?<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Can LASIK Fix Astigmatism? | Eye Consultants of Pennsylvania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you have been considering LASIK eye surgery, and wondered whether bladeless custom LASIK can fix astigmatism, it can! 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