Reduce Your Need for Lenses. Permanently.

At Total Vision Novato, formerly known as E. McCurdy O.D., our mission is to help you find as many options as you need to achieve clear vision. Even if you want to take a break from glasses or contact lenses, you shouldn’t have to sacrifice your vision quality.

That’s why we’re proud to offer laser eye surgery consultations. Laser eye surgery is one of America’s most popular elective procedures, and you may be a candidate!

Find out what laser eye surgery can offer you and book your consultation today!

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Taking a Look at Laser Eye Surgery

Laser eye surgery is a surgical process that helps permanently correct refractive errors like myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism.

There are several different types of laser eye surgery, and the type of surgery we recommend may depend on your eye health history and the type of issue you wish to correct. Some surgeries reshape your corneal tissue, while others replace your clear, crystalline lens with an artificial intraocular lens (IOL).

Having laser eye surgery doesn’t guarantee 20/20 vision. Still, many people report vision improvements after their procedure. Our consultation process can help determine if laser eye surgery is right for you.

Consultations

Consultations are fully comprehensive eye exams that ensure your eyes can have laser eye surgery safely. Some conditions can affect your candidacy, including:

Dry eyes
Eye infections
Eye disease
Overly large pupils
Health conditions

Once we determine if laser eye surgery is right for you, we can refer you to an ophthalmologist to perform the procedure and customize a surgical plan for your needs.

Co-Management

After you have your procedure, our co-management process can help ensure your eyes recover appropriately.

You may experience a few side effects during the healing process, but these are normal and should start to subside in a few weeks. These side effects may include:

Dry eyes
Glare and halos
Light sensitivity
Blurry vision
Eye discomfort

If you notice that your symptoms aren’t improving, please call us immediately.

Types of Laser Eye Surgery

Eye surgeons known as ophthalmologists perform the procedure while we help co-manage the process from beginning to end. Our team will book a series of follow-up appointments to monitor how your eyes heal and can help to manage any complications that may arise.

But before we look at the possible complications of laser eye surgery, it’s time to take a look at the most common types of laser eye surgeries we might recommend.

LASIK

Laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) eye surgery is arguably one of the most common laser eye procedures in the country, and it’s used for myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism.

During this procedure, your ophthalmologist will numb your eyes with a special eye drop before making a small incision in the outermost layer of your cornea, called the epithelium. This incision is used to create a flap to fold over and access the underlying corneal tissue, called the corneal stroma.

Your ophthalmologist will then reshape the corneal stroma using a device known as an excimer laser. Reshaping this tissue should correct your refractive error.

At the end of the procedure, the epithelium fold is placed back in its original position and left to heal for a few weeks.

PRK

Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) is a type of laser eye surgery similar to LASIK, but with a small change. Instead of creating a flap from your epithelium at the beginning of the procedure, it is removed entirely to give your ophthalmologist access to the corneal stroma.

An excimer laser reshapes the corneal stroma, correcting your refractive error. Your eye naturally heals the epithelium layer over a few weeks. We may recommend PRK surgery if you have thin corneas or dry eye.

RLE

Refractive lens exchange (RLE) surgery is quite a different process from both LASIK and PRK surgery.

During this procedure, your ophthalmologist will make a small incision in your eye to help them access and remove your crystalline lens, which is located just behind your iris, and replace it with an artificial intraocular lens (IOL). The crystalline lens is responsible for focusing light on your retina and providing you with clear vision. However, an age-related issue known as presbyopia can make it harder for the lens to focus.

A similar procedure, known as cataract surgery, also replaces a cataract lens with an IOL.

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