Videos - View a Procedure

This is where we give you the opportunity to view a procedure. Choose from the links below to view the procedure you're most interested in. Be sure to take our Virtual Tour of the Facility as well.

Surface Epi-Laser

Surface Epi-Laser vision correction is a low risk, laser procedure to correct visual errors such as nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism. Epi-Laser with the Epi-K is an advanced "surface ablation procedure" - the laser correction is done on the surface of the cornea, rather than at a deeper layer, as in LASIK.

Epi-Laser involves separating the cornea's outer layer, the epithelium from the Bowman's membrane, in a thin sheet that retains its hinge on the eye creating a thin epithelial flap or cap. The surgeon uses an epithelial separator, called an epi-keratome, to separate the flap from the eye.

After the epithelial flap is made, it is lifted and gently folded out of the way. An excimer laser is used to sculpt the underlying corneal tissue. Then the epithelial flap is placed back on the eye with a kind of spatula. A special contact lens is placed on the eye to keep the flap in place while it re-epithelializes.

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Virtual Tour of Our Facility

 

We’d like to welcome you to take a Virtual Tour of our center.

In just a few minutes, you can take a look at what is involved in getting your vision corrected. When you're ready to start the fully automated tour, click the ad or one of the pictures above.

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Video Archives

A Closer Look: LASIK

This video represents laser vision correction technology at the Shealy Eye Laser Center from 1996 to 2001. Laser vision correction technology is continually changing, being refined and improved upon by experts in the industry as well as scientists from sister technologies. This video is for historical purposes only and should not be used by current laser vision correction consumers as an educational guide for current laser vision procedures.

The testimonials in this video are the opinions of some of Dr. Shealy's past patients, and they have not been guided, coerced or paid for their opinion in any way. Dr. Shealy and the Shealy Eye Laser Center is not responsible for the content of these testimonials.

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