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For people who are nearsighted, certain refractive surgery techniques will reduce the curvature of a cornea that is too steep so that the eye’s focusing power is lessened. Images that are focused in front of the retina, due to a longer eye or steep corneal curve, are pushed closer to or directly onto the retina following surgery.<\/p>\n
Farsighted people will have refractive surgery procedures that achieve a steeper cornea to increase the eye’s focusing power. Images that are focused beyond the retina, due to a short eye or flat cornea, will be pulled closer to or directly onto the retina after surgery.<\/p>\n
[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Astigmatism can be corrected with refractive surgery techniques that selectively reshape portions of an irregular cornea to make it smooth and symmetrical. The result is that images focus clearly on the retina rather than being distorted due to light scattering through an irregularly shaped cornea.<\/p>\n
Refractive surgery might be a good option for you if you:<\/p>\n
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[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1503230424679{margin-top: -50px !important;}”][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1524265176516{margin-top: -70px !important;}” el_id=”pavs1″][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_single_image image=”10315″ img_size=”full”][vc_separator color=”turquoise” align=”align_left” border_width=”3″ el_width=”10″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1536650848954{margin-top: -10px !important;}”]If you have a refractive error, such as nearsightedness (myopia), farsightedness (hyperopia), astigmatism or presbyopia, refractive surgery is a method for correcting or improving your vision. There are various surgical procedures for correcting or adjusting your eye’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":5755,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"yoast_head":"\n