If you have astigmatism and would like to minimize or even eliminate your dependence on glasses or contacts for seeing at a distance, the LASIK surgeons at the Eyecare Medical Group Maine eye center for LASIK can perform Laser Eye Surgery to correct your vision.
Astigmatism is a common refractive vision problem that results from an unequal curvature of the cornea. Normally, the curvature of the cornea is equal in all directions and typically has theshape of a basketball-that is, it is round or spherical. Patients who have astigmatism have a cornea that is shaped more like a football-that it, it has two different curvatures. This results in light being focused on theRetina, or the back of the eye, in two different directions. When light focuses in two different directions it can cause blurring or distorted vision to occur. Depending on the location and orientation of the different curvatures in the cornea, it can result in differing types of blurring and distortion. Astigmatism can occur by itself or it can occur in combination with nearsightedness or myopia, or farsightedness or hyperopia.
During your LASIK consultation at Eyecare Medical Group , we will carefully measure the shape and thickness of your cornea as well as your optical prescription using several different instruments, including an instrument called an aberrometer, to determine if you have even the slightest amount of astigmatism that may not be measurable with the usual testing methods. If you have astigmatism, our LASIK surgeon will direct the staff to program the laser so that it delivers a treatment pattern that corrects the astigmatism by evening out the different curvatures. Treatment of astigmatism at Eyecare Medical Group with Laser Eye Surgery procedures such as LASIK, PRK or advanced surface ablation techniques such as Epi-LASIK is routine, safe and predictable for the vast majority of astigmatism types and correction ranges.
Eyecare Medical Group is conveniently located for patients seeking Laser Vision Correction such as LASIK for the correction of astigmatism from throughout Maine and is conveniently located for patients from Portland, South Portland, Westbrook, Biddeford, Falmouth, Freeport, Windham, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Old Orchard Beach, Kittery, Scarborough, Freeport, Lewiston, Augusta, Bangor, Waterville, Bath, Wiscasset, Bridgeton, Cumberland Center, Yarmouth, Topsham, Brunswick, Auburn, Gardiner, Winslow and Skowhegan Maine. Call us today for a Free LASIK Screening-Toll Free-1.888.374.2020, or 207.828.2020.
