This procedure lasts only 10–15 minutes. At the first stage, using a special mechanical microkeratome, the surface layer of the cornea, a kind of corneal flap, is separated, after which the excimer laser acts on the inner layers of the cornea, changing its shape.

With each pulse, it removes a layer approximately 1/500 of the thickness of a human hair – such precision allows you to achieve the perfect correction result. At the end of the procedure, the corneal flap is placed in place and reliably self-sealed, taking the desired curvature.

Advantages of the method: before the invention of this technique, laser correction was performed without flap separation, tissue evaporation was carried out from the outer layer of the cornea. The healing process after such procedures was quite long and painful.

Advantages of LASIK laser correction: the results are perfectly predictable and stable, the rehabilitation period is short, the procedure is almost painless, discomfort during the recovery period is minimal. Laser correction according to the LASIK technique was first performed in 1989 and remains the most popular all over the world to this day.