When we ask you to stare into this machine during your next appointment at Allied Eye, you might wonder, "What kind of mind-control-hypno-conspiracy madness IS GOING ON HERE?!"
Don't fret. We're not messing with magic. This vibrant bit of machinery plays a critical role in our understanding of your total eye health. It measures your CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY. That's like an elevation map for your eyeball.
The cornea is responsible for a majority of the eye's refractive power, so it plays a major role in visual clarity and overall eye health. We use the 3D map produced to plan LASIK, cataract surgery, and to make sure your contact lenses fit well.
With one eye at a time, you sit and gaze right into the center of this hypnotic-looking wheel, and the light from the purple rings reflects back into the machine. A computer builds an image for us based on the spacing between the rings, and viola! You've been mapped like a new-found mountain.
Now.... When I snap my fingers,
you'll have the strangest urge to tell your friends about Allied Eye!
*SNAP!*
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