People have understood the mechanics of eyesight for thousands of years. Writings and drawings on this subject go back as far as 2000 BC. And the quest to correct vision has never stopped. From the invention of eyeglasses hundreds of years ago to the fabrication of the first American contact lenses, the evolution of vision correction has indeed been astonishing. Now zoom ahead a few decades to the development of laser surgery, today one of the most popular methods of vision correction. The advent of computers and laser technology has made it possible to perform laser eye surgery to correct the shape of the cornea.

History of Vision Correction Surgery