Wavefront scanning is a new technology which reveals how your entire optical system processes light.

A Wavefront scan produces a map of the actual focusing requirement at each point on your eye, which is different for every individual. It can be compared to having a fingerprint taken for each eye.

Wavefront LASIK and surface treatments build information from a Wavefront scan into the pre-programmed pattern of laser treatment used to correct your sight. The procedure is otherwise identical to conventional excimer laser treatment, and is used to correct the same range of refractive errors.

The advantages of Wavefront over conventional laser treatments are thought to include greater accuracy and improvements in visual quality. It should be emphasised, however, that conventional laser refractive surgery already produces very good results and that Wavefront treatments do not routinely produce supervision, or vision that is better than the normal level for a non-spectacle wearer.

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