YAG Laser
The YAG laser is the laser used to clear the frosting from the back surface of an intraocular lens. YAG laser treatment is painless and is completed from outside the eye in a few minutes. During YAG laser treatment your eye doctor may use a magnifying contact lens to help with aiming the YAG laser at the layer of frosting.
What does a YAG laser do?
The YAG laser is the laser used to clear the frosting from the back surface of an intraocular lens. YAG laser treatment is painless and is completed from outside the eye in a few minutes.
What does YAG stand for in eye surgery?
YAG stands for Yttrium Aluminum Garnet. These are the crystals used to generate the laser.