"Okay. Now blink again."

"I would always bend my glasses up a lot it seemed like. I’m looking forward to the fact that I don’t have to worry about that," says Steve McBeth, laser eye surgery patient.

Because of the shape and location of his eyes, conventional refractive surgery would not have been as successful for correcting Steve’s vision. John Sutphin, M.D., an eye specialist with University of Iowa Health Care – suggested a ‘new’ kind of refractive laser surgery. Using 3-dimensional technology, Sutphin was able to successfully correct Steve’s vision.

"Your eye has got a built-in, sort of a wiggle, to it. So the laser locks into that and follows that little wiggle. It follows it not only left and right but up and down so that if you start to reflexively move away, it will follow you up and down," says Sutphin.

The tracking mechanism allows the new laser to be even more accurate. That means less time in surgery and better outcomes for patients. For Steve, seeing is believing.

"I’d recommend it to anybody – anybody who’s got a lifestyle that requires a lot of activity and a dependence on glasses. This surgery is definitely for you. I can’t think of a better group of people to be involved with in doing it either," says Steve.

The new laser can also adapt to changes in technology, which means better vision for patients like Steve McBeth.

The cost for this new refractive eye surgery is about $1,600 per eye. For more information about laser eye surgery, visit http://www.uihealthcare.com/eyecare/.

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Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences