subject: Increase In Demand Of Lasik Surgery In India [print this page] Technological advancement has achieved great feats, leaving its ebullient marks in all the fields it has touched. With this journey marching ahead, the rise in expectations of people have also risen.
Taking healthcare as an example, with the rise in number of hospitals and improvement in the quality of facilities they provide ,people have started expecting more and more, that is because being and feeling fit is the new age anthem. Eye hospitals hold one of the major positions where expansion and growth in healthcare is concerned.
So facilities related eye cares have multiplied too. A few decades back one needing spectacles as an aid for reading was not considered a big deal, but sooner the trend was seen changing, as people started becoming more and more conscious about the way eyeglasses marred their looks. People then started to take spectacles as an obstacle.
As a boon to the problems which such people faced, there came up a technique called the Lasik surgery in India.
As the name suggests it is a surgery done using highly specialized laser. The problems related to eye sights can be broadly classified in to three types, Myopia, Hyperopia and astigmatism. Where, Myopia refers to nearsightedness, hyperopia refers to farsightedness and Astigmatism refers to Distorted lens shape.
In all the three cases, the focusing system of the eye which is comprised of the lens and cornea have an error known as refractive error. Eye glasses or contact lenses usually correct this refractive error by refracting the light so that it falls correctly on the retina.
Laser Operation alters the shape of the cornea. This is done by using Highly specific Lasers underneath a corneal flap and the cornea is thus reshaped. Various kinds of lasers are used for the same, though the process is same for all, there are a number of manufacturers for the same.
Various criteria are considered before operating a patient for the same, few important requirements for the eligibility being preferably aged above 18,absence of any auto immune diseases, glasses prescription, normal and unscarred corneas, non-pregnant and non-nursing etc.
With the above mentioned limitations too, there is a steep rise in these Lasik surgery in India. The reasons being quite logical. The first and the most important thing is that this surgery brings us out of the regular menace caused by spectacles. Spectacles or contact lenses being difficult to maintain and tedious to use always have a short hand over laser operation.
This eliminates a degree of worry as people can now walk in rain or travel lightly and carefree, see and gauge things effortlessly without worrying about their glasses or lenses. One more thing to worry about eyeglasses and contact lenses is that we need to change them quite often as and when our number fluctuates .Moreover maintaining lenses is a tough job and it irritates our eyes too. One gets rid of all this and that too with a small and nearly pain free operation.
Hence due to the above mentioned advantages and due to an increased awareness in people, the number of these surgeries is increasing. With an infinitesimally little pain of the operation and proper post operation care, one can make the most out of these surgeries, and they can be called an Insignia of meticulously yet simply corrected novel vision.