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    Nearsightedness (Myopia)   

    
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  With myopia, the cornea is too steeply curved and too much focusing power is produced. This makes distant objects blurry, because light is focused in front of the retina. Near objects remain clear.

   When LASIK is performed for myopia, the laser gently flattens the cornea, which lessens the bending of incoming light, thereby allowing it to focus on the retina.

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