If you have double vision, you may be helped by a fairly simple medical procedure. Eye muscle surgery is a unique medical procedure in the United States that helps people of all ages regain binocular vision. Children with Brown syndrome, an inflammation that causes the eyes to wander and double vision to occur and congenital double vision, are often the dominant patients. On the other hand, some people discover their double vision as they age and the eyes weaken. Eye muscle surgery can help these people as well.

Lasik eye surgery is a procedure that reduces that a person's need for corrective lenses. With so many more people getting this procedure done this surgery has become very common.

According to Heidi Stevenson, lasik surgery could result in poor vision and prolonged pain. What is the procedure involved in lasik surgery? During lasik surgery the flap which is in the cornea of the eyes which are in the front, is cut using a laser and the tissues of the cornea, which are present below the flap are reshaped.

If you wear corrective lenses and are nearsighted or you have astigmatisms, then you may want to consider LASIK surgery. This surgery is still fairly new, but it has a high success rate. LASIK is considered an elective cosmetic surgery and may not be covered under some insurance policies. 

Squinting or holding a newspaper at just the right distance to see the words are some of the behaviors exhibited by people with vision problems. That is why when Lasik surgery came along people flocked to their eye doctors hoping to get the procedure. The FDA received 140 complaints from people who underwent Lasik surgery. This prompted the FDA to review the issues and a year later the FDA panel ruled that the agency should require clearer warnings about the risks associated with Lasik surgery.