Potential Benefits of Wavefront LASIK

Wavefront technology is groundbreaking because it has the potential to improve not only how much you can see, visual acuity measured by the standard 20/20 eye chart, but also how well you can see, in terms of contrast sensitivity and fine detail. This translates into a reduced risk of glare, halos and difficulty with night vision post-LASIK.

How much you see depends on what lower order aberrations you have; lower order aberrations are also called refractive errors and include myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism. Traditional LASIK treats these lower order aberrations.

How well you see can depends on what higher order aberrations you have; higher order aberrations are irregularities other than refractive errors, and can cause such problems as decreased contrast sensitivity or night vision, glare, shadows, and halos. Higher order aberrations do not always affect vision. Wavefront LASIK treats both lower and higher order aberrations.