Vision Correction

The fast-paced rhythm of nowadays life where every moment is important to active people for use to full its potential determines also the need for maximum improvement of the quality of life. If the quality of life on a daily basis is severely limited or affected by poor eyesight, the matter of how to change it with permanent vision correction so one can opt out of daily worries about lenses and glasses and enjoy visual freedom becomes topical. 

The eye – sensory (vision) organ that detects light irritation, providing perception of 90% environmental information.

Transparent media of the eye- cornea, aqueous humor of anterior chamber, lens and vitreous body– form an optical system that refracts the light rays entering the eye and focuses them on the retina. Light rays, passing through the optical media, form an image on the retina.

The ability of a person to see the objects around clearly is provided by the lens of the eye in interaction with the inner or ciliary muscle.  But, between the lens and ciliary muscle there are Cinna ligaments, which are structurally similar to rigid filaments and the main function of which is to hold eye lens in place, and to provide a change in shape of eye lens by the tension or relaxation of the ciliary muscle.

The ability of the eye to adjust its optical power for viewing objects at different distances is called accommodation. The mechanism of accommodation is provided by the natural eye lens, ciliary muscle and Cinna ligaments. By the use of accommodation, it is possible to change the shape and optical power of the lens so that the images of all objects located between the nearest and farthest point of clear vision are formed on the retina. Therefore, when examining eyesight, it is also important to evaluate the function of eye accommodation.

The adaptation of the eye to view objects located at different distances is the ability of the lens to change its optical power. It is called – accommodation. Eye accommodation is an essential function of visual system, the operation of which is provided by the sophisticated and delicate mechanism of the neuromuscular system. Thus, various disorders in this system may disrupt functioning of accommodation mechanism and may be a cause of impaired vision. It is ability of the eye to change its refractive ability of the optical system so that the images of all objects located between the nearest point of clear vision and farthest point of clear vision are formed on the retina. Therefore, when examining eyesight, it is also important to evaluate the function of eye accommodation.

Binocular vision describes the interaction of both eyes and provision of stereoscopic vision. Stereoscopic vision allows for distinguishing of the position of the objects in the space and evaluating their spatiality.

As the body ages, the eye accommodation ability also changes – the lens of the eye becomes less flexible to adapt to clear view of distant and nearby objects. Focusing of the distance between the distant and nearby objects becomes increasingly difficult. This decreasing in ocular accommodation ability is called age-related farsightedness or presbyopia.

Age-related farsightedness begins to be observed in people after the reaching of age 40 and develops until age up to 65.

To succeed in prevention of discomfort caused by vision features, vision correction is needed.

Vision correction is possible for patients of all ages, respectively applying the individually required method available to each age group. 

Only in interaction with the patient, a vision specialist can make the right choice of vision correction, knowing his/her daily habits and needs of quality of life.

Vision correction options can be divided into 2 main directions – laser vision correction and non-laser vision correction.