Abrams Eye Institute Offers LASIK Surgery Options for Patients
Enjoy improved vision with Laser LASIK surgery.
BuzzFeed recently posted a story on accomplished athletes who have benefited from LASIK surgery improving their vision. Abrams Eye Institute has helped thousands of people in Southern Nevada improve their vision with the same procedure enjoyed by these athletes.
What Exactly is LASIK Surgery?
LASIK eye surgery, which stands for Laser-Assisted-In-Situ Keratomileusis, has become one of the most common elective surgeries in the country. Also known as refractive surgery or laser vision correction, LASIK surgery is an outpatient procedure designed to repair common vision problems. It changes the shape of the cornea – the dome-shaped transparent tissue at the front of the eye.
How Has LASIK Surgery Helped Pro Athletes?
The Buzzfeed story outlines some of the benefits the athletes enjoyed from LASIK. While you might not able to play basketball like LeBron James, or ski like Olympian Lindsey Vonn, you can still improve the quality of your sports, or lifestyle, in some or the same ways they did. Here are some ways in which athletes featured improved their game with LASIK surgery:
LeBron James had LASIK done before his 2007-2008 season. The procedure helped him increase certain shooting percentages, with better vision, immediately. He has captured, and is closing in, on all time NBA records. All with crystal clear vision.
Lindsey Vonn had the procedure in 2010, which helped her with eyes that used to lose vision when contact lenses got dried out while zipping down the mountain at 80+ MPH. Laser LASIK offers everyone the opportunity to leave contacts and dry eyes behind.
Greg Maddux, a Las Vegas native, had the procedure after 14 season and his career lasted another nine seasons after the procedures. Known as perhaps the best control pitcher of all time, improved vision was certain to have helped him become even more precise as he got older.
Tiger Woods is another athlete well known to Las Vegas, with his Tiger Jam fundraiser helping many local charities. Tiger had LASIK in 2009 and said his putting benefitted with the hole appearing larger and better defined. He won 12 major championships after LASIK, and has returned to the tour with a second place finish last week.
Read the full story here
More About The Procedure
The LASIK eye surgery, which the Abrams Eye Institute teams perform in our Las Vegas clinic, uses an ultraviolet laser to transform the outer surface of the eye. While many people use the term LASIK to refer to any kind of laser eye surgery, there are really two different procedures that fall under this category: LASIK and Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK). Each varies slightly in method.
In both procedures, a local anesthetic is applied to the eye so that the patient can remain awake. In the LASIK procedure, the ophthalmologist makes a small incision and pulls back the outermost segment of the cornea. This section of the eye is known as the epithelium.
Get a Consultation
To learn more about options with Laser LASIK, or LASIK alternatives, call our office at 702-304-9494 or fill out the form on this page.
