Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital has become the second ophthalmic institution in Tamil Nadu to acquire the Zyoptix laser machine which is a highly advanced lasik laser providing customized treatment for refractive errors. The machine will now help patients suffering from refractive errors leading to myopia, hypermetropia, presbyopia and astigmatism to have perfect vision and discard the spectacles or contact lenses that they currently use. The laser machine is a patented invention of Wavefront Technology, USA.

According to Dr. Amar Agarwal, Director of the hospital, personalized treatment can now be given to patients suffering from these refractive errors in less than 15 minutes. A machine, Aberrometer, takes images from patients' eye and analyses the aberrations present. After this, the patient is put on another machines called Orbscan, and the data from these two machines are used to analyse the extent of aberrations and defect. "The data obtained is linked to the Zyotix Laser which ablates the cornea and removes not only the patient's myopia or hypermetropia but also removes all aberrations in the eye which provides for better results," Dr.Agarwal added.

The advantages of the treatment are that it requires no hospitalization, no pads, no stitches and no injections.