LASIK candidacy
Take our LASIK self Evaluation TEST if you are interested identifying the basic guidelines for candidacy.
A more thorough in-office pre-operative appointment will be required prior to surgery
Denver LASIK surgeons have strict and legitimate guidelines for lasik candidacy. Not everyone is a candidate for the LASIK eye surgery. Each person has very unique eyes. No two corneal mappings are the same, just like with DNA or a Fingerprint. Most Denver LASIK surgeons perform a very extensive Pre-Operative LASIK eye health exam. This pre-operative exam is absolutely necessary. Before we can consider performing LASIK on your precious eyes, you will be required to undergo a series of diagnostic tests to determine the stability of your vision. After a thorough evaluation of your cornea, the doctors will be able to determine if you are a candidate. This very extensive diagnostic evaluation is the first step in creating a positive outcome for your best possible visual outcome or personal best vision. Your exact refractive measurements are taken, exact corneal measurements are taken, and custom wavefront measurements are taken. Your refractive measurements are taken multiple times to ensure accuracy. Your corneal measurements are taken by corneal topography (color mapping of the eye),which graphically illustrates the exact curvature of the cornea. The wavefront map is taken to show the other abnormalities in your eye. These measurements are necessary to program the Excimer laser for each patients procedures.
