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Short-sighted (MYOPIA)

Conditions we treat

Short-sighted (MYOPIA)

Myopia, commonly known as near-sightedness or short-sightedness, is a focussing error of the eye. Individuals with myopia see objects clearly short distances away, hence the name,  but have difficulty seeing far objects clearly.

Myopia can be treated with laser eye surgery. The most common types of laser eye surgery for myopia are:

  1. SMILE Pro with OcuLign (Minimally invasive no flap laser eye surgery): The least invasive vision correction technology for myopia involves creating a and very superficial 2mm short incision in the surface of your cornea and removing a very thin amount of cornea to correct astigmatism.
  2. LASIK (Laser Assisted In-situ Keratomileusis): This procedure involves creating a thin flap in the cornea, reshaping the underlying corneal tissue with a laser to correct the refractive error, and then repositioning the flap.

OcuLign

OcuLign overlays a computerised digital image of your eye taken in your initial assessment to ensure the laser astigmatism correction is placed as exactly on your eye as possible. Laser Vision SA is one of the first eye clinics in the world to be appointed by Zeiss to offer OcuLign treatments for patients.

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If you are short sighted and want to find out more about your options for laser vision correction book a free laser eye assessment.