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Laser surgery is one good way to get rid of near sightedness, farsightedness as well as astigmatism. Before opting for laser eye surgery one should know all the eye laser surgery options. The first type of laser eye surgery was photorefractive keratectomy. Also known as PRK, this procedure can easily cure mild and moderate levels of vision problems. Photo refractive keratotomy is done with help of an excimer laser. Although this procedure is quite effective on mild and moderate cases, it is not quite effective on the sever sight related problems. PRK takes some time to heal and the time may stretch as long as to several weeks. Till that time one has to bear with the discomforts of PRK. Another option that one has is to for LASIK. LASIK is one of the most modern ways of treating sight related problems. LASIK is highly efficient and in addition to mild and moderate cases, LASIK is also very effective on high level of farsightedness, near sightedness and astigmatism. LASIK surgery heals very fast and the pain and the discomfort are comparatively less. Another evolving laser eye technology is the wave front technology. Wave front helps in getting one better than even the perfect level of vision.