Flatter in the middle - like your cornea after laser eye surgery (if you are near/shortsighted).

In the last couple of years there has been increasing attention paid to the potential drawbacks to vision quality when the natural prolate shape of the eye is disturbed. Some of the newest developments have been to try to maintain the prolate shape while reshaping the cornea.

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Updated February 2005.