Now you, too, may become one of the rapidly growing number of people who are enjoying the benefits of laser vision correction. The tendency to develop farsightedness runs in families. Farsightedness usually starts in childhood and typically stabilizes in the late teens or early adulthood. Hyperopic PRK is a surgical treatment for farsightedness in which the SVS Apex Plus Excimer Laser reshapes the front surface of the cornea by removing microscopic amounts of tissue. An excimer laser is a surgical instrument that produces a powerful beam of light.
Laser light is directed and controlled precisely and delivered in brief, intense pulses.
The excimer laser produces a beam of ultraviolet light in pulses that last only a few billionths of a second. Each pulse removes a microscopic amount of tissue from the surface of the cornea, thereby changing the shape of the cornea. Indications for Use . Myopia, or nearsightedness, affects approximately 70 million people in the United States. Myopia occurs when light rays entering the eye are focused in front of your retina instead of directly on it.