LASIK Laser Eye Surgery Blog

Corrective Eye Surgery Always Moving Forward

noreply@blogger.com (emily) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:06:00 +0000

Like all surgery techniques, LASIK eye surgery is always evolving. A procedure called Corneal Inlays and Onlays are currently being tested for FDA approval and may change they way corrective eye surgery is performed.

Corneal inlays and onlays are made of biocompatible materials that are similar to the clear surface of the eye. Functioning like contact lenses to correct vision, inlays and onlays do not need regular removal or ongoing care. Some of the complications associated with procedures like LASIK and PRK can be avoided through the use of corneal inlays and onlays because the eye’s natural surface tissue is virtually untouched.

In LASIK and PRK, laser energy reshapes the outermost part of the eye (cornea) to alter the way light rays enter the eye. With corneal inlays or onlays inserted just below the eye's surface, laser energy some day could be used to shape this artificial material instead of the eye itself.

To learn more about this and other corrective eye surgery procedures, visit Eye Surgery USA Procedure Page.

Wavefront Guided Custom LASIK

noreply@blogger.com (emily) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:35:00 +0000

Wafefront Guided LASIK is one of the most advanced custom LASIK procedures available today. It reshapes the cornea by using three dimensional measurements of how your eye processes images to guide the laser. This provides a precise and individualized vision experience that would be otherwise impossible to achieve with traditional LASIK.

The FDA has very strict guidelines to follow in order to qualify for custom Wavefront LASIK. Factoring in the different available lasers and the thickness of your cornea, you could be considered a candidate even if you have myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism. A consultation with a Board Certified Eye Surgeon will be determine your whether you are the eligible or not.

Many of the concerns surrounding LASIK are the post LASIK complications that may occur, such as glare, halos and difficulty seeing at night. Avoiding these complications is what makes Wavefront technology so cutting-edge. It not only has the potential to improve your vision based on the standard 20/20 chart, but has the potential to improve the fine details and better contrast.

More doctors and practices are offering Wavefront LASIK. Click here to find a Board Certified Eye Surgeon in your area.

Looking for Lasik FAQ? Let Eye Surgery USA Answer Your Question

noreply@blogger.com (emily) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:59:00 +0000

If you are tired of wearing glasses or contacts and are considering LASIK, let Eye Surgery USA help you make an informed decision. Our FAQ section will answer some of the most common questions regarding LASIK.

What is LASIK?
Am I a good candidate?
What is the procedure like?

These and other questions are all addressed in the Eye Surgery USA FAQ page. If you don't see the answer to your questions, use the "Ask an Expert" link. Your question will be sent to a screened, qualified, eye care professional who will respond with your answer.

At Eye Surgery USA, we want your decision to undergo LASIK eye surgery to be one that you are comfortable with. Doing your research and finding the right eye care professional will make your LASIK experience a pleasant one.

Find a Surgeon at Eye Surgery USA

noreply@blogger.com (emily) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:39:00 +0000

Looking to find an eye surgeon in your area? Eye Surgery USA offers a surgeon finder, which allows you to find a doctor in your area. Visit Eye Surgery USA today to find the right cosmetic surgeon for you.

Welcome to Eye Surgery USA

noreply@blogger.com (emily) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:36:00 +0000

Are you interested about the LASIK surgery experience? If so, Eye Surgery USA offers a wealth of information about the surgical process. To learn more about what eye surgery can do for you, visit Eye Surgery USA today.

Benefits of Corrective Eye Surgery

noreply@blogger.com (emily) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:58:00 +0000

Corrective eye surgery is an excellent way to achieve the vision you've always desired. With advances in technology easing the surgical process, now is the time to make that change in your life. With Corrective Eye surgery, you can enjoy such benefits as:

1. Freeing yourself from the need to carry and wear eyeglasses.

2. Eliminating the need for purchasing expensive lens care solutions and contact lenses.

3. Being able to enjoy excellent vision while swimming or participating in sporting events - as always, check with your surgeon to see how long you should allow to heal before undertaking any such activities.

4. Being able to wear lighter-weight non-prescription sunglasses.
The nose pain and headaches which can accompany wearing eyeglasses.

Visit Eye Surgery USA

noreply@blogger.com (emily) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:17:00 +0000

Are you interested in improving the vision of your eyes? If so, Lasik Plastic Surgery is the optimal place for you. It is becoming more and more important to take care of your eyes, and as you age you begin to lose your vision. Eye Surgery USA offers a wealth of knowledge in regards to LASIK eye care and is your destination to find out what LASIK surgery can do for you.

Find A Surgeon at Eye Surgery USA

noreply@blogger.com (emily) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:41:00 +0000

Are you looking to find a eye surgeon in your area? Eye Surgery USA offers an array of surgeons that can assist you in achieving the face you desire. To find a screened vision correction specialist visit Eye Surgery USA.

The Eye Surgery USA Gift Card Giveaway

noreply@blogger.com (emily) — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:29:00 +0000

For those looking for some extra holiday cash, or a way to finance their procedure, Eye Surgery USA has given you another great option. It's the The Eye Surgery USA Gift Card Giveaway Contest! After completing this form, press submit and you will be automatically entered into the Eye Surgery USA $500 Visa Gift Card Giveaway. No purchase of products or surgery is mandatory to win.Winners notified via email.Your name will not be posted on the Eye Surgery USA website without your written approval via email. Your information will never be sold to any third party company. Thank you for visiting Eye Surgery USA!

LASIK Eye Care

noreply@blogger.com (emily) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:01:00 +0000

LASIK is a surgical procedure intended to reduce a person's dependency on glasses or contact lenses. If vision is impaired it can be detrimental to various areas of your life. LASIK surgery is a short procedure that takes only a few minutes to complete. For more information on LASIK surgery, visit Eye Surgery USA to learn more about what eye surgery can do for you.

Things To Know for Lasik Surgery

noreply@blogger.com (emily) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:23:00 +0000

One of the most important steps in the process of undergoing any surgery, is choosing the right surgeon. Below are a few important guidelines provided by Orange County LASIK Surgeon, Dr. Mark Schneider, to help you in your search for the right LASIK surgeon:

1. Get referrals from other patients, friends, and family.

2. Beware of advertisements pushing "low cost" surgery. Discount surgery is just that. The quality of care and technology IS NOT the same. The potential savings are not worth the risk in receiving less than expert care.

3. Don't be fooled by fancy advertisements about a particular laser center. Investigate the doctor, not the center. Find out who will actually do your procedure, then ask about that particular doctor's qualifications. (board certification, specialized training, etc.)
How many actual LASIK procedures has the surgeon performed himself? Choose a doctor who has done at least 5,000 LASIK procedures.

Refractive Eye Exchange

noreply@blogger.com (emily) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:36:00 +0000

There are various procedures that can be used to treat eye conditions. For example, one popular procedure is known as the refractive lens exchange. In refractive lens exchange (RLE) eye surgery, your eye's natural lens is replaced with an artificial one to achieve sharper focus.
While RLE technically does not have approval from the FDA, some surgeons in certain circumstances will use the procedure off label. This type of use is perfectly legal and sometimes a practical option for elective vision correction surgery, particularly for older people and younger people in some circumstances.

Nutrition and Your Eyes

noreply@blogger.com (emily) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:47:00 +0000

Nutrition is an important element in maintaining your eyesight as you age. As we grow older, we tend to lose the accuracy of our vision which hinders us from seeing things clearly. With the proper nutrition we can succesfully maintain our vision through the years. Here are some useful tips for nutritional purposes to help gauge the best foods to improve and maintain your vision.

Vitamin A: cod liver oil, liver, carrots, sweet potatoes, butternut squash.

Lutein and zeaxanthin: spinach, kale, collard greens.

Vitamin C: sweet peppers (red or green), kale, strawberries, broccoli, oranges, cantaloupe.

Bioflavonoids: citrus fruits, cherries, grapes, plums.

Vitamin E: sunflower seeds, almonds, hazelnuts.

Selenium: brazil nuts, yeast, seafood.

Zinc: oysters, hamburgers, wheat, nuts.

Fatty acids: cold-water fish (salmon, mackerel, trout).

Know Your Surgeon

noreply@blogger.com (emily) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:25:00 +0000

While today most LASIK eye procedures go on without a hitch, in the early days there were manby complications. An April 2008 FDA hearing lends a cautionary tale.
By all accounts, Dominic Morgan should never have had LASIK. At birth, he had retenoplathy of prematurity. This condition limited his vision to about 20/50 (not good enough to drive in most states), and even with eyeglasses and before he ever underwent LASIK. Using a unapproved laser, Dominic's surgeon performed his LASIK procedure in 1998. Pressure from the eye suction ring used in the procedure effectively destroyed his fragile retinas leaving him legally blind. Make sure you have a trusting and safe relationship with your doctor. It can simply mean everything

The Ishihara Color Vision Test

noreply@blogger.com (emily) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:15:00 +0000

In the early days the Ishihara Color Vision Test was the most widely used screening test for
The most widely used screening test for color blindness is the Ishihara Color Vision Test. The test is named after Japanese ophthalmologist Shinobu Ishihara (1879-1963), who devised the procedure and first published a description of it in 1917.

Consisting of a booklet, the Ishihara Color Vision Test features each page containing a circular pattern (or "plate") comprising many dots of various colors, brightness and sizes. The seemingly random colored dots are arranged in such a fashion that a person with normal color vision will see a single-digit or two-digit number within the array of dots, while a colorblind person will either be unable to see a number or will see a different number than the one seen by a person with normal color vision.

When is LASIK Surgery Not for me?

noreply@blogger.com (emily) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:27:00 +0000

Today we will be discussing a few reasons why people should not choose LASIK surgery. One of the main issues that may hinder people from choosing LASIK surgery is the huge risk that one takes when choosing to go under the knife. If you are not a risk taker, then LASIK surgery may not be for you. For others, their career may be jeopardized by the possible surgery. Some jobs prohibit certain refractive procedures. Be sure to check with your employer/professional society/military service before undergoing any procedure. For others, cost is an issue. Most medical insurance will not pay for refractive surgery. Although the cost is coming down, it is still significant. While there are various financial loans that can be taken out for LASIK surgery affording the surgery is the greatest hurdle for many.

Financing LASIK Surgery

noreply@blogger.com (emily) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:44:00 +0000

For many people LASIK eye surgery is the process to receiving the vision they've always wanted. We're not all born with perfect 20/20 vision, so for some LASIK surgery is a necessary procedure to give people clear vision. With LASIK costing a few thousand dollars per eye, having laser eye surgery may sometimes seem more of a financial decision than a medical or lifestyle choice. However, financing options mean that cost need not be a reason to avoid LASIK.
With a little research, you may be able to find an affordable way to pay for the LASIK procedure even if you are concerned about cost. Payments range and vary from $200 to $500 monthly, depending on the type of financing decide to go with. For those that feel that correcting their vision is a necessity, there are options out there for you to do it, just make sure that you can afford the steady payments.

LASIK Eye Care Needs

noreply@blogger.com (emily) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:16:00 +0000

Here are some important necesseties to consider when choosing LASIK eye surgery. If all things are in order, than you give yourself a greater opportunity for the surgery to go off succesfully. If these things are not kosher, than you may want to reconsider the plastic surgery procedures.

1. Your eyes must be healthy. If you have any condition that can affect how your eyes respond to surgery or heal afterwards, you must wait until that condition is resolved. Examples are chronic dry eyes and any injury. Some conditions, such as cataracs that interfere with your vision, and glaucoma, may disqualify you completely.

2. You must be an adult. By law, certain procedures require you to be 18; others, 21. Younger patients can be treated as an exception.

3. You must have stable vision for at least a year. Many young adults experience changes in their eyeglass and contact lens prescriptions in the teenage years. Vision stabilizes most often sometime in their 20s. Usually, it is nearsightedness gradually becoming worse, but there may be other changes as well. They are not good candidates until their eyes have "settled down" into one prescription. Your doctor can tell you whether your prescription is stable.

Color Blind Tests

noreply@blogger.com (emily) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:17:00 +0000

There are two ways for doctors to detect a diffiency with ones eyes. Today there are two types of tests that are used to test

The most widely used screening test for color blindness is the Ishihara Color Vision Test. The test is named after Japanese ophthalmologist Shinobu Ishihara (1879-1963), who devised the procedure and first published a description of it in 1917.

The Ishihara Color Vision Test consists of a booklet, each page containing a circular pattern (or "plate") comprising many dots of various colors, brightness and sizes. The seemingly random colored dots are arranged in such a fashion that a person with normal color vision will see a single-digit or two-digit number within the array of dots, while a colorblind person will either be unable to see a number or will see a different number than the one seen by a person with normal color vision.

Is LASIK Right For You?

noreply@blogger.com (emily) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:31:00 +0000

Plastic surgery is an important and monumental decision for anyone considering going under the knife. Below we've presented a few cautionary situations that will hopefully allow you to make a more educated decision about whether or not LASIK surgery is right for you:

- You are not a risk taker: Certain complications are unavoidable in a percentage of patients, and there are no long-term data available for current procedures.

- It will jeopardize your career: Some jobs prohibit certain refractive procedures. Be sure to check with your employer/professional society/military service before undergoing any procedure.

- Cost is an issue: Most medical insurance will not pay for refractive surgery. Although the cost is coming down, it is still significant.

You have a disease or are on medications that may affect wound healing: Certain conditions, such as autoimmune diseases (e.g., lupus, rheumatoid arthritis), immunodeficiency states (e.g., HIV) and diabetes, and some medications (e.g., retinoic acid and steroids) may prevent proper healing after a refractive procedure.

If any of these situations apply to you, maybe you should reconsider choosing LASIK surgery as the procedure for you.

3 Tips For Computer Eye

noreply@blogger.com (emily) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:00:00 +0000

Today we will touch on 3 tips for combatting the dreaded computer eye:

1. Get a computer eye exam.
This is the most important thing you can do to prevent or treat computer vision problems. According to the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), computer users should have an eye exam before they start working on a computer and once a year thereafter. Be sure to tell your eye doctor how often you use a computer at work and at home.

2. Use proper lighting.
Eye strain is often caused by excessively bright light either from outdoor sunlight coming in through a window or from harsh interior lighting. When you use a computer, your ambient lighting should be about half that found in most offices.

3. Minimize glare.
Glare on walls and finished surfaces, as well as reflections on the computer screen can also cause computer eye strain. You may want to install an anti-glare screen on your monitor and, if possible, paint bright white walls a darker color with a matte finish. Again, cover the windows. When outside light cannot be reduced, consider using a computer hood.

Cataracts at a Glance

noreply@blogger.com (emily) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:34:00 +0000

Today we will be discussing the anatomy of the eye. It is important to understand the basis of the eye, so that one can tend to it properly. A cataract is a clouding of the eye's natural lens, which lies behind the iris and the pupil. The lens works much like a camera lens, focusing light onto the retina at the back of the eye. The lens also adjusts the eye's focus, letting us see things clearly both up close and far away. The lens is mostly made of water and protein. The protein is arranged in a precise way that keeps the lens clear and lets light pass through it. For anyone interested in more information on the topic of eyes, make sure to ask you doctor about possible procedures and practices to maintain healthy eyesight.

The Development of LASIK

noreply@blogger.com (emily) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:40:00 +0000

Today we will touch on the development of eye care from it's creation to where it is today. Many people are unaware that until contact lenses were popularized in the 1950s, eyeglasses for at least the past seven centuries had been the only practical way to correct refractive vision errors. Today, several modern approaches to corrective eye surgery range from laser reshaping of the eye's surface in procedures such as LASIK and PRK to surgical insertion of artificial lenses to correct eyesight. In LASIK, PRK, and similar procedures, laser energy reshapes the curvature of the eye's clear front surface (cornea) to alter the way light rays enter the eye. Artificial lenses surgically inserted into the eye also can refocus light rays to sharpen vision.

Glaucoma 101

noreply@blogger.com (emily) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:28:00 +0000

Glaucoma refers to a category of eye disorders often associated with a dangerous buildup of internal eye pressure which can damage the eye's nerve that transmits visual information to the brain. With untreated or uncontrolled glaucoma, you might eventually notice decreased ability to see at the edges of your peripheral vision. Progressive eye damage could then lead to blindness. In fact, glaucoma creates at least some vision loss in more than half of the approximately 2.5 million Americans estimated to have the eye disease and is the second leading cause of blindness.

Computer Vision Syndrome 101

noreply@blogger.com (emily) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:00:00 +0000

For many of us who use the computer often, we have to be sure that our eyes are still in good shape as we go about our daily lives. For many students, and professionals, computer use is prevalent from 2 to 6 hours a day. Computer vision syndrome (CVS) is a very real problem for many people who spend hours daily in front of a computer screen. Sometimes, simply rearranging your work environment to create better ergonomics is all you may need to do to reduce eye strain and other vision problems related to CVS. In some cases, a good pair of computer eyeglasses may help you see better at just the right distance range needed for viewing a computer screen.