 Refractive Surgery
Refractive Surgery is the subspecialty within ophthalmology that allows us to reduce or eliminate a patient’s need for eyeglasses. On this page you can learn more about the techniques available today -- and in the future -- to fix vision problems such as myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness), astigmatism, and presbyopia (aging in the eye that causes a patient to need reading glasses). These techniques include LASIK eye surgery, PRK, LASEK, IntraLASIK, Wavefront LASIK, LASERWAVE, refractive lens exchange, Crystalens implant lens, ReStor® implant lens, cataract surgery, phakic IOL (phakic intraocular lens), and conductive keratoplasty.
If you would like to learn more about refractive surgery treatments available at our Beverly Hills practice, such as IntraLASIK (also known as all laser LASIK) or Custom LASIK eye surgery,
whether you are from Beverly Hills,
Los Angeles, Santa Monica,
or anywhere else in the world, please contact us for more information today.
Laser Vision Correction
Laser Vision Correction at the Beverly Hills LASIK Center includes PRK, LASEK, LASERWAVE, Wavefront guided and Wavefront optimized treatments, LASIK eye surgery,
SBK (sub-Bowman’s Keratomileusis) and IntraLASIK.
All of these procedures are available in our Beverly Hills office for patients from the Los Angeles, Santa Monica and surrounding areas, and can reduce or eliminate your need for glasses or contact lenses .
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LASIK Eye Surgery
LASIK (laser-assisted keratomileusis) involves using an excimer laser to reshape a patient’s cornea, thereby changing its focusing power. The excimer is a cool, ultraviolet laser that reshapes corneal tissue through a process known as ablation. The ultraviolet wavelength of the excimer laser allows the corneal tissue to be removed (ablated) without heat generation, allowing for a very precise reshaping of the cornea. LASIK eye surgery is available for our patients in the Los Angeles area and beyond
.
LASIK eye surgery begins with a flap on the front part of the cornea being created by a microkeratome (a blade housed inside a mechanical instrument), or by a laser (IntraLASIK
with the Intralase laser). The flap is then lifted so the excimer laser can treat the area underneath. Once surgery is complete, the flap is replaced and allowed to heal. LASIK eye surgery is effective in treating most levels of nearsightedness or farsightedness, with or without astigmatism. If you would like to find out if you would be a good candidate for LASIK eye surgery and you
can visit us in the
Los Angeles
and Beverly Hills area, contact the Beverly Hills LASIK Center today for a complementary consultation .
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PRK
Like LASIK eye surgery, Photo Refractive Keratectomy (PRK) uses the same ultraviolet excimer laser to reshape the central cornea, but does so on the surface of the cornea rather than under a flap. Although the procedure is in some cases considered to be a safer option than LASIK, it does have a longer and sometimes less comfortable recovery period. To learn more about the procedure, contact our practice about PRK today.
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LASEK
LASEK is a further refinement of PRK. In this procedure, the surface cells are not removed as they are with PRK, but instead are slid to the edge of the cornea. After the excimer laser alters the exposed corneal surface, the surface cells are laid back in place. Then, a soft contact lens is placed on the eye until the surface layer has healed -- this usually lasts for four to six days. In general, LASEK and PRK may be good vision correction solutions for patients whose corneas are too thin for LASIK eye surgery. If you live in the area around Los Angeles or beyond, the Beverly Hills LASIK Center is qualified to serve all your eye care needs. Contact us today to schedule a LASEK or PRK consultation.
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IntraLASIK
 A revolutionary, computer controlled technology, IntraLASIK
(with the Intralase laser), or all laser LASIK, allows our doctors to safely and precisely make corneal flaps during a patient's laser vision correction surgery. In traditional LASIK eye surgery, a microkeratome -- a blade housed inside a mechanical instrument -- is used to create a flap in the cornea (the outer layer of the eye). With the flap created, it is lifted and the excimer laser can remove and reshape the underlying corneal tissue. Once the tissue has been reshaped, the flap is laid back in place and allowed to heal on its own. Traditional LASIK eye surgery has had great results and relatively few complications. However, many of the complications that do occur can be linked to the creation of the flap using the microkeratome. At the Beverly Hills LASIK Center we
were one of the first practices in the country to use the Intralase laser to make the corneal flap, and we are happy to
offer IntraLASIK to our
Beverly Hills,
Santa Monica, Los Angeles, and international clients who prefer the all laser method of LASIK.
With the new IntraLase® laser and IntraLASIK software, problems associated with the microkeratome and metal blades can be avoided. IntraLASIK uses a rapidly fired, very short pulse (femptosecond) laser, called the IntraLase® FS. This revolutionary laser passes through the eye's cornea, reaching the surgeon's pre-programmed target without damaging any of the surrounding eye tissue. With its amazing accuracy available to clients of the Beverly Hills LASIK Center, IntraLASIK may enable our patients who were previously considered high-risk to be reconsidered for vision correction surgery.
If you have any questions about refractive surgery for the Beverly Hills LASIK Center, or questions about IntraLASIK contact our LASIK practice today .
IntraLASIK
with the Intralase laser
is considered by many to be a safer, more precise approach to vision correction surgery. This level of precision reduces patient anxiety and significantly reduces or eliminates the possibility for complications commonly seen with the traditional LASIK vision correction approach. Based on each patient's vision needs, the surgeon customizes all IntraLASIK procedures. Remarkably accurate and safe, all laser LASIK is changing the way doctors and patients think about vision correction surgery. The precision of the Intralase allows us to program the depth of the corneal flap with much greater accuracy than can be done with a mechanical blade. This precision allows us to perform LASIK on patients who would otherwise not be candidates for LASIK. The ability to make a very thin flap has led to the development of the variant of LASIK called SBK, or sub-Bowman’s Keratomileusis. This procedure makes a very thin flap, just under the layer of the cornea known as Bowman’s layer, thereby preserving as much of the corneal tissue as possible after the LASIK procedure is finished. Also, because the Intralase laser can be programmed to make a flap of any desired size, orientation and depth, the flap is routinely customized to optimize your results. The laser also allows us to design the edge of the flap to have an optimized configuration to reattach to the bed of the cornea, allowing for a safer flap configuration. If you have any questions about refractive surgery for the Beverly Hills LASIK Center, or questions about IntraLASIK with the Intralase laser, and you live in the Los Angeles, Santa Monica or Beverly Hills area or can travel to our Beverly Hills office, contact our LASIK practice today .
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