LASIK Laser Eye Surgery Articles from
Beverly Hills Vision Specialist Dr. Andrew Caster

Dr. Caster In The Media

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The Latest on Laser Eye Surgery
Andrew Caster, MD, FACS

More than one million Americans have undergone vision-correction surgery as a hassle-free alternative to wearing glasses or contact lenses. About 95% see well enough after the surgery to pass a driver's license exam-and 75% achieve "perfect" 20/20 vision.

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Vision Quest, Eye Surgery Success Stories
Andrew Caster, MD, FACS

It is estimated that 1.5 million people will undergo vision correction surgery this year--more than 4 times the number in 1998. While results are nothing short of miraculous, its popularity is growing everyday. Patients who have been dealing with the hassle of glasses and contacts for years are able to throw them away for good.

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What to Expect from the New Eye Surgery
Andrew Caster, MD, FACS

What is it like to have PRK or Lasik? Does it hurt? Is it frightening? Will it take a long time to recover? Do the benefits outweigh the risks?

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Zapping the Eye
Brad Stone

Holly Williams got her first pair of eyeglasses in kindergarten. She graduated to hard contact lenses at 16, then moved to soft lenses two years later. But the 35-year-old senior VP for a New York market-research firm never felt contacts fit into her active lifestyle. On airplanes, her eyes would dry out.

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I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW
MELINDA BLAU

ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1996, THE PHRASE MIRACLE OF MODERN SCIENCE TOOK ON NEW MEANING for me. I am in a stark, dimly lit room, wearing a shower cap and my street clothes, reclining on a surgical BarcaLounger, fully awake and alert.

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Vision Quest
Leslie Schwartz

Dale Noelle could not believe her eyes. Literally. For most of her life, Noelle was so nearsighted that she couldn't even see the clock she kept next to her bed. She used to joke that she went through so many pairs of contact lenses and glasses that she could have opened her own eye-wear shop.

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LASIKed
Andrew Caster, MD, FACS

Laker's assistant G.M. Kurt Rambis, whose horn-rims inspired the copycat Rambis Youth during his playing days. Said now spectacle-free Rambis, "I would hope that I was known more for my heart and hustle than for my glasses."

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Hey, didn't you used to wear glasses?
Andrew Caster, MD, FACS

One of my nicknames when I played for the Lakers was Superman. Not because of my ability, but because of those big, black Clark Kent glasses. I wore them every time I played from the seventh grade through 14 seasons in the NBA. Without my glasses, if I was standing on a corner, I couldn't read a sign on the other side of the street.

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WebMD Live Chat Transcript: Laser Vision Correction (LASIK) with Andrew Caster, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Andrew Caster, MD, FACS

Moderator Welcome to WebMD Live. Our guest this afternoon is Andrew Caster, M.D., F.A.C.S., who will be discussing Laser Vision Correction (LASIK).

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