Dr. Bernard Hustin, Somain

Since 1873 the Institut Ophtalmique de SOMAIN Eye center provides high quality level of ophthalmic surgery:
-cataract & refractive surgery .
-Excimer Laser Femtosecond Lasik.
MYOPIA (or Near-sightedness)

• Myopia occurs when the eyeball is slightly longer than usual. This causes light rays to focus at a point in front of the retina rather than directly on its surface.

• Far vision is blurry but near vision remains clear.

• Correction of myopia by glasses, contact lenses or refractive surgery moves back the image to the retina.
  PRK and Lasik surgery are able to correct myopia by flattening the cornea.
  ASTIGMATISM

Astigmatism occurs when the cornea is shaped like an oblong baseball whereas normal cornea is spherical football. This causes light rays to focus on two points beside the retina.
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Astigmatism induces distortion of vision.
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Astigmatism can be associated to myopia or hyperopia.
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Correction of astigmatism by glasses, contact lenses or refractive surgery focuses light rays on one point of the retina.
PRK and Lasik surgery are able to correct astigmatism by shaping the cornea and making it spherical.

-Premium IOLs(Presbyopic, toric)
When young, the lens of the eye is soft and flexible; allowing people to see objects both close and far away. After the age of 40, the lens of the eye becomes more rigid, making it more difficult for the lens to change its shape, or accommodate, to do close work such as reading. This condition is known as presbyopia and is the reason reading glasses or bifocals are necessary at some point after age forty. Hold the book up close and the words appear blurred. Push the book farther away, and the words snap back into sharp focus. Thats how most of us first recognize a condition that is called presbyopia, a name derived from Greek words meaning " old eye." Eye fatigue or headaches when doing close work, such