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How the Eye Works
To appreciate how the eye functions, imagine yourself as a beam of light reflected from a 100-foot tree into the eye of a living person. You are the image of the tree, traveling at the speed of light and about to enter an obstacle course on your way to the brain of the observer.
Your first encounter is your passage through the clear convex cornea which bends (refracts) you and slows you down. It also shrinks you to a manageable size (a little larger than a nickel). Next you squeeze through a round, adjustable opening, the pupil, formed by a colorful membrane, the iris, which, if you are too bright, will reduce your intensity.
You now encounter a rather dense but transparent medium, the lens, which not only bends you even more, but unceremoniously turns you upside down. It then aims (focuses) you at the back of the eye, the retina, which you strike after passing through a clear, sticky, gel-like substance, the vitreous humor.
You are now the inverted image of a 100-foot tree shrunk to the size of a postage stamp and flattened against the retina. But not for long! Instantly you are transformed from a beam of light into an electrical impulse, and flashed along the optic nerve from the retina to the brain. You are now perceived as a 100 foot, three-dimensional, right-side-up tree. All of this happens in a fraction of a second.
To recap: the cornea is the clear, transparent front covering which admits light and begins the refractive process. It also keeps foreign particles from entering the eye.
The pupil is an adjustable opening that controls the intensity of light permitted to strike the lens. The lens focuses light through the vitreous humor, a clear gel-like substance that fills the back of the eye and supports the retina.
The retina receives the image that the cornea focuses on the eye's internal lens and transforms this image into electrical impulses that are carried by the optic nerve to the brain.
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An independent review of last year's results at the Boston Eye Group shows that 92%-96% of our patients were able to see 20/25 or better. 100% of patients were able to see 20/40 or better. This will usually enable you to pass a driver's license eye examination without glasses or contact lenses. Most patients are able to perform their daily activities and enjoy many sports with minimal, if any, reliance on glasses.
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Contact us to learn more about Laser Vision Correction and other surgical treatment options to improve your vision. Our specialists have extensive experience and training, and our patients report great satisfaction with their laser eye surgery. Dr Melki is on the clinical faculty at Harvard Medical School and has conducted thousands of laser eye surgery procedures. Learn more about Laser Eye Surgery and financing options. We have a page on this website dedicated to discussing LASIK patient financing. You can even fill out an online application to qualify for LASIK financing. We offer 0% financing, on approved credit with low fixed monthly payments, no down payment and no pre-payment penalty.
Commitment to Quality
In addition to superior experience, ensuring the utmost success and safety during laser vision correction involves using state-of-the-art equipment and highly trained personnel. This is translated into a higher cost than found at the so-called "discount Lasik chains". We believe that our patients understand that a compromise on quality is unacceptable when it comes to one's vision. It is our commitment to best service and technology that determines our pricing model.
What is iLASIK?
Are you ready to reduce or eliminate your dependence on glasses or contact lenses? The iLASIK Procedure is the result of a decade's worth of technical refinement; it combines all of the most advanced all-laser LASIK technology in one efficient LASIK procedure... It simply doesn't get any better, so now is the time.
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