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Your vision is unique - as personal as your fingerprint or your DNA. WaveScan technology
provides your eye doctor with a map of your eye.
Initially you will meet with your eye doctor for a complete medical evaluation and
eye history to determine whether you are a good candidate for the CustomVue procedure.
Your doctor will discuss the benefits and risks of the procedure with you. A WaveScan
measurement will be taken to map the unique characteristics of your eye. With this
map, your doctor will be able to:
- Accurately assess whether you're a good candidate for laser vision correction. Anyone
who is considering laser vision correction should obtain a WaveScan measurement
as the first step.
- Along with the other diagnostic tests that your doctor performs, an individualized
treatment plan can then be developed to address your unique vision needs.
Once it is confirmed that you are a good candidate, your doctor will schedule you
for a CustomVue procedure. Your doctor will provide details to you on how to prepare
for the day of the procedure.
If your doctor feels it is beneficial, he or she may choose to provide you with
a PreVue Lens during the consultation. The PreVue Lens enables you to view an approximation
of your potential corrected vision prior to treatment; however, it is not meant
to be predictive of your actual result. Your doctor will place a plastic lens under
the laser. Using the information from the WaveScan, your unique correction will
be placed on the lens. The lens is then fitted in a trial frame for viewing.
On procedure day, you will be seated in a reclined position. Anesthetic drops will
be placed in your eyes and a flap will be created on your cornea. Your individualized
treatment information is transferred from the WaveScan to the laser in order to
drive the CustomVue procedure. The actual laser procedure typically takes several
seconds. Most individuals feel no pain during the procedure.
After CustomVue, you will notice results immediately, and your vision will continue
to improve over the next few days. Typically, you will be scheduled for a follow-up
visit the next day, again in about a week, and again around a month after the initial
procedure.
Please review the important information contained in the
CustomVue Patient Information Booklet and Patient Information Sheet.
For more information on the Visx CustomVue Procedure, Click here.
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