Dr Chris Rogers is an eye surgeon with extensive experience in Ophthalmology and Laser Refractive Eye Surgery and is considered an authority in these fields by numerous laser eye surgery doctors. He is a corneal specialist who has refined his skills in refractive surgery.
An ophthalmologist is a doctor that specialises in eyes, their functions and problems associated with vision and the eyes. An ophthalmologist’s role is to diagnose and treat diseases and problems relating to vision and the eyes.
Eye surgery is used to improve the refractive state of the eye and greatly decrease or fully eliminate a person’s dependency on corrective lenses or contact lenses. Included are various methods of surgical reshaping the cornea or cataract surgery. The most common of these methods used today is an excimer laser to reshape the curvature to the cornea. Refractive eye surgery can widely reduce or cure vision disorders such as Myopia, Hyperopia and Astigmatism.
When the cornea and lens lack focusing power, light focuses past the retina creating a refractive error known as hyperopia, or farsightedness. This results in impaired vision when focusing on close objects.
Common when the curvature of the cornea is uneven. This uneven curvature causes light to focus on different points on the retina, distorting both near and far vision.
Laser eye surgery is a general term which relates to a technique in which a cool blue beam of light is used to reshape the surface of the eye (cornea). The reshaping can be done beneath the flap (IntraLase LASIK) or on the surface (PRK/ASLA).
Laser vision corection is used to treat irregular or misshapen corneas. These are optical errors of the eye which have traditionally been treated with prescription glasses and/or contact lenses.