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Laser eye surgery vaporizes part of your cornea

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Fixing bad eyesight sounds pleasant until you realize it involves a localized facial laser strike. The machine slices open a microscopic flap on the surface of your eye, and an excimer laser uses pulsing ultraviolet beams to literally vaporize microscopic layers of your cornea. You are consciously smelling your own eyeball burning just to avoid wearing glasses.

Laser eye surgery vaporizes part of your cornea
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