Minnesota Eye Institute

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LASIK is a surgical procedure to reduce or eliminate nearsightedness, farsightedness, or astigmatism by reshaping the front surface of the eye (the cornea) with a laser. The goal of LASIK is to decrease or eliminate your dependence on eyeglasses and contact lenses for everyday visual tasks.

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The Minnesota Eye Institute was created to be the leader in laser vision correction in the central Minnesota area!
We take great pride in improving our patients' vision with LASIK Laser Vision Correction. Our state of the art VISX technology and one of the most experienced LASIK surgeons in Minnesota, Dr. Kent Carlson, make Minnesota Eye Institute truly your best choice for LASIK. Dr. Carlson has personally performed over 10,000 successful LASIK procedures. His staff of technicians focuses exclusively on laser vision correction, allowing for a high level of specific expertise in our office.

As more and more people choose to have their vision corrected with LASIK, the number of LASIK providers continues to grow. However, all LASIK procedures are not the same. If you are considering LASIK, we'd like you to know the following about us:

• Our surgeon has a fellowship training specifically in laser correction.
• Preoperative measurements are taken by a Board-Certified physician.
• Our surgeon does not take short cuts in the operating room in order to save costs.
• Our facility pays meticulous attention to sterile techniques.
• We are a local facility with Certified Surgical Technologists.
• Our LASIK team is caring and knowledgeable, and will answer all your questions and help to make your experience the best it can possibly be.