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Laser Eyelid Surgery
Article updated and reviewed by Raymond S. Douglas, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Clinical Professor Ophthalmology, UCLA School of Medicine/Jules Stein Eye Institute/UCLA & Director, Orbital and Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Greater Los Angeles Veterans Administration Hospital on April 19, 2005.
Laser in Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK), also known as Excimer Laser Lamellar Keratomileusis, is a procedure used to treat myopia (
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