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History of Laser Eye Treatment

  • First treatment with eye surgery took place in 1963.

  • Excimer Laser was first introduced in 1989 by reshaping the cornea using a laser beam .This procedure is called Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK).

  • Later in 1991, utilizing the Excimer Laser for PRK in reshaping the cornea resulted in a more detailed and better treatment which was called LASIK. It was in 1997, that Lasik was first introduced in Thailand.

  • Since 2001, Intralase is being used as an alternative to using the microkeratome and up to date, there were already about more 4 million eyes in which Intralase was used to create the corneal flap.