Safety. Precision. Customization. Affordability. Sound like good things? They are. And they also characterize today's LASIK Eye Surgery. As doubts about the procedure vanish, more and more ...
If you wear glasses or contact lenses, you may have considered laser eye surgery to correct your vision. Over the last 25 years, millions of Americans have had LASIK (laser-assisted in situ ...
Laser eye surgery uses a laser to change the shape of the cornea, the dome-shaped part of your eye. The cornea's shape ...
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LASIK doesn't ensure 20/20 vision and results may become less effective as a person ages. The cost of the surgery is also a barrier, along with long-term issues like reduced night vision. For decades, ...
Traditional assumptions have held that contact lenses are safer than laser surgery to correct vision problems. Now, an Oregon Health & Science University Casey Eye Institute physician, comparing data ...
When I was offered the chance to have laser eye surgery, you’d think I would have jumped at the chance to correct my rubbish eyesight, and forever be glasses and contact lenses-free. But I didn’t.
Nick Wagoner, a 29-year-old from Kansas City, stood in the waiting area at Discover Vision Centers in Leawood on Friday, while a laser eye surgery was performed in a glass-encased surgical suite ...
Singer Taylor Swift recently appeared in a video, but not the kind that might win an MTV Video Music Award. (Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images) After you get laser eye surgery, you can’t just ...
A woman in Australia says she was left with permanent chronic eye pain after undergoing laser eye surgery. She said she was told to drink alcohol before the procedure by her doctor. "It feels like my ...