LASIK has been one of the breakthrough discoveries in eye surgery. LASIK has enabled many patients suffering from near and far sightedness as well as astigmatism to get relief from them. If someone has vision related problem, then LASIK can be a very good option to cure the problem. However before going for LASIK surgery it is very necessary that one has all relevant LASIK information.  LASIK is one of the most promising laser assisted refractive surgery. It is used for the correction of the vision. LASIK is a simple surgical procedure done with the help of local anesthesia on an outpatient basis. It is a very predictable and banal procedure and it helps in curing the problem of myopia, hyperopic and astigmatism really fast. In LASIK surgery a corneal flap is made with the help of an automated and programmed microkeratome. After the flap is created excimer laser rays are used to ablate and remodel the cornea. LASIK is considered to be better than the previous eye surgery methods because of various reasons. The first is that unlike the previous methods LASIK can cure a high level of vision problem. In addition to that LASIK is not only virtually painless but the eye also heals very quickly, enabling the patient to get back normal vision very soon.