Lasik Eye Surgery

If you are in your 40s, you are probably starting to feel the frustration of being unable to read books and menus up close. When you find yourself buying your first pair of reading glasses, you can blame presbyopia. As you get older, your eye loses the ability to focus properly. Presbyopia is unavoidable, although […]

While it costs a bit more than regular LASIK surgery, the results you can achieve with IntraLase surgery may well be worth it:

According to Dr. Cory Lessner with Millennium Laser Eye Centers, “By using IntraLase, coupled with the precision of this allegretto laser, we were able to deliver a treatment to Hardy that kept potential […]

Multifocal lenses, the first of which were introduced a little more than a year ago, have eliminated or greatly reduced patients’ need for glasses or contacts, says Dr. David Cano, an ophthalmologist who performed Glater’s surgery.

The two FDA-approved acrylic multifocal lenses - ReStor and ReZoom - have concentric zones through which light bends to create […]

Do you have very dry eyes? Your LASIK surgery might be to blame.

Treatment options for dry eye vary with the cause. There are three treatment options, artificial tears, prescription of drugs or even surgery. Dietary changes can also help in reducing the severity of the symptoms. “Dry eye can be caused by conditions such as […]

The American Academy of Ophthalmology offers the following information:

Lasik may not give you perfect vision. Seven of 10 patients achieve 20/20 vision, but 20/20 doesn’t always mean perfect vision. If you have Lasik to correct your distance vision, you’ll still need reading glasses around age 45. The procedure is too new to know if there are any […]

Source: News 8 Austin

Typically, standard surgery consists of removing the cataract and replacing it with a clear lens implant. Local anesthesia is usually used because it is not generally required to put the patient completely to sleep. Healing occurs rather quickly, and the patient usually sees an improvement in his or her vision within a […]

Lasik Patient Advocacy Website Exceeds 3 Million

he USAEyes.org website of the Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance recently welcomed its 3 millionth visitor. “A noncommercial website achieving this level of success shows the high demand for detailed and objective information about Lasik and other laser eye surgery techniques,” says Glenn Hagele, founder and Executive Director […]

TODAYonline reports on a new alternative laser eye surgery treatment for patients unable to have LASIK surgery:

IN A country with one of the world’s highest rates of myopia, surgical vision correction is fast becoming a fact of life. But it is a little known statistic that 10 to 30 per cent of those who show […]

Macleans.ca reports that, while the use is still unofficial, eye-surgeons have been recommending that patients who have poor vision after cateract surgery fix it with LASIK rather than undergoing another round of surgery.

The use of LASIK to correct vision after cataract surgery is not an officially approved use of the technology, but when Kuo reviewed […]

While LASIK can be an attractive option, it’s important to remeber that there are alternatives. The Times Leader reports that the FDA has approved ReStor, a replacement lens for the eye.

“It’s a breakthrough in lens replacement surgery,” Reiser said. “For years, the lens of the eye, when it was replaced in cataract surgery, was replaced […]