Refractive surgery makes it possible for people to see without their glasses. The surgery reshapes the cornea, Lasik is one one of the most popular types of refractive surgery.

Patients with myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness), or presbyopia, can wear contact lenses or eyeglasses instead of having refractive surgery to improve their refractive errors.

Optometrists can only perform refractive surgery in Oklahoma. Optometrists do not have surgical rights, and in the rest of the US.

Undercorrection or overcorrection in refractive surgery. Undercorrected refractive surgery patients usually can be treated with an enhancement, but overcorrected patients will need to use eyeglasses or contact lenses.

There are many risks to any kind of surgery. Refractive surgery is very risky and you can end up having deformed limbs and even loss of use from the area being operated on.