The Eye Care Blog

As opposed to the belief, the LASIK treatment, rarely gives the patients a trouble free lifestyle. It brings many problems with it. Recalls a patient who has once opted for the treatment.

Lasik Surgery (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis) is the most advanced eye surgery. According to Golfer Tiger Woods “It is a life changing”. NASA is now allowing astronauts to undergo this procedure, and in the U.S. military, nearly 112,500 personnel, have undergone this surgery, including pilots.

LASIK treatment, like any other surgery, can in rare cases cause some complications. Since its invention in 1988 in the US, LASIK surgery is widely known, used and accepted worldwide as it rarely brings serious problems. Selecting a reputable eye surgeon is the single best thing you can do to ensure successful outcome of your [...]

Scientists have conducted a study to analyze the results of Aberrometry guided (Inter wave) LASIK and the standard LASIK surgery based on refractive measures. The study shows that in both of the above cases, though acuity and refractive results are equal in both the cases, the Inter Wave treatment is superior in Mesopic vision.

Laser assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) is painless surgery, but it has few complications. These few complications include vitreoretinal complications and anterior segment complications.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to review whether LASIK, laser eye surgery, is really improving patients lives. FDA says that the move is in response to a number of concerns raised about patient satisfaction with the procedure.

In UK the cost of Lasik Surgery (Laser aided eye correction for short-sightedness, long-sightedness and astigmatism) is dropping across the board, in some clinic as much as 80% for correction of short-sightedness. Recent pricing changes for laser eye surgery across the UK means people can pay nearly £4,000 more to get rid of their glasses [...]

In celebration of their 8th anniversary of LASIK center in Houston, International EyeCare Laser Center will be sponsoring a free lunch and LASIK forum at 926 N. Wilcrest Drive on Wednesday, February 20th from 12pm until 2pm. LASIK surgeons Doctors Charles R. Moore and Scott E. Segal will be presenting at the forum.
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Riboflavin and ultraviolet-A corneal collagen cross linking can increase the bio-mechanical stability of the cornea and can halt and even partially reverse the progression of LASIK-induced keratectasia, according to a study by researchers in Switzerland & Germany.