Can LASIK surgery correct astigmatism?
Yes, and today’s custom LASIK systems are better than ever in addressing astigmatism! Astigmatism is a refractive error that results from the shape of the eye being more football-like rather than baseball-like, which causes images to be blurred and distorted. Patients with astigmatism often complain of seeing shadows or “ghost” images on the eye chart and halo’s around street lights. Astigmatism treatment can be performed alone or in combination with nearsighted or farsighted treatments. Mulqueeny Eye Centers utilizes the ALLEGRETTO WAVE® EYE-Q laser system. One of the remarkable benefits of this system is its PerfectPulse™ technology, which gives the laser the unique ability to compensate for even the slightest movements of the eye during treatment. In fact, its high-speed eye tracking is capable of charting the eye’s movement 200 times per second! Because of this, the ALLEGRETTO WAVE® EYE-Q is the physician’s laser of choice for patients with significant astigmatism correction. In ad
