pune thirty eight year old vinit opted for vision correction surgery he could not wear fashionable shades due to the spectacles he had been since childhood a middle aged professional gladly the surgery to pursue his hobbies in sports which demand for an impeccable disposable income wish to pursue sports spectacle free look are driving people happily opt refractive surgery no medical emergency take this example only 113 vision correction surgeries were conducted in the city in 1985 86 when the procedure was newly launched here however the has gone up to 7000 to 10000 surgeries per year a single centre the city rising numbers can also be attributed the refinement in the technique over the years as well it has now safer easier and it better of vision too experts said earlier girls of marriageable age would opt for it today is more run by desire have a better lifestyle growing in outdoor sports job opportunities aesthetics surgeon aditya kelkar of national institute of ophthalmology nioinformed choice better awareness and financial stability are also reasons people are not only opting for the out of societal or professional compulsions any more nio started first excimer laser in city 1993 94 that was the first time puneites saw surgery taking place in city response was not heartening as awareness was low eye vardhamaan kankariya of asian eye said currently refractive surgery is popular youth is because has increased and myths have been busted is considered as a quick safe and painless life changing procedure the number of seeking it convenience and other reasons is more than those seeking it of kankariya mentor professor ioannis performed the world s first lasik in greece in 1989 and this became the trendsetter in surgery across the however laser eye became popular choice what was in practice was radial keratotomy a surgical procedure for vision correction in 1985 radial keratotomy our centre could only correction up to 6d low myopia or sightedness lasik and smile laser technologies it is possible to correct spectacle refractive powers up to 10 moderate myopia and 6 hyperopia farsightedness kankariya said after the introduction of new procedure called icl implantable contact lens it is possible to correct high spectacle numbers up to he added the of laser vision is growing 10 15 every year in pune city said eye jeevan ladi who started putting in in the eyes of patients glasses in pune city 1990s the fixation lens or secondary lens implantation a surgical procedure which lens is fixed to eye one could see without glasses experts have however