With millions of excimer laser procedures being performed worldwide, Laser vision correction is projected to become the most commonly performed medical procedure in the world. Its unique advantage is its precision. Excimer laser is well suited for corneal reshaping and the successful treatment of nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism. Excimer uses a powerful beam of cool laser light. Laser light can be directed, and controlled more precisely than normal light. The excimer laser produces a beam of cool light that lasts for only a few billionths of second. Each of its pulse removes only a microscopic amount of tissue. To understand the procedure better, each pulse removes corneal tissue measuring less than the width of a human hair.

The Excimer Laser
Ultraviolet laser (invisible)
Cool –non thermal laser beam
No surrounding tissue damage
Precise

Actual human hair

The Laser Beam
Expanding diaphragm
.025 mm tissue removed with each laser pulse