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The Wavefront Device
Your eyes are as unique as any other part of you. In fact, as you may have heard, security experts are increasingly promoting the use of corneal scans to identify people at airports and other security checkpoints. This is because no two eyes are alike, including your own two eyes, which even have differences between them.

A wavefront device captures the unique characteristics of each of your eyes and allows your doctor to completely customize your laser vision correction procedure. The wavefront device creates a "map" of your eyes that goes beyond traditional vision testing. It works by passing a narrow ray of eye-safe light through the optical system and measuring the optical distortions as the light exits the eye.

In order to totally customize your laser vision correction procedure, your doctor's wavefront device should feed the wavefront maps it generates of your eyes directly into the laser system, such that the maps become the laser's guide for your treatment. These maps should direct the laser, telling it exactly how to reshape your corneas to correct your vision. This is known as a wavefront-guided procedure, and it's the most desirable because through the direct link between the wavefront device and the laser system, you receive vision correction that's customized to be as unique as your eyes.
In order to totally customize your laser vision correction procedure, your doctor's wavefront device should feed the wavefront maps it generates of your eyes directly into the laser system, such that the maps become the laser's guide for your treatment. These maps should direct the laser, telling it exactly how to reshape your corneas to correct your vision. This is known as a wavefront-guided procedure, and it's the most desirable because through the direct link between the wavefront device and the laser system, you receive vision correction that's customized to be as unique as your eyes.