Patients with astigmatism can have difficulty with objects at either short range or distant range, or both. Some people who do not wear glasses can have astigmatism without realising it, with common symptoms including eye strain, the need to squint to clarify words and letters (squinting compresses the shape of the eye back to ‘normal’) [...]
A cataract is caused when the lens at the front of your eye becomes clouded due to natural proteins in the eye.
This disrupts the light entering the eye, causing blurred vision, which needs to be removed using cataract surgery.
Such cataract surgery will remove the cloudy natural lens from your eye and replace it with an [...]
Preparations for your laser eye surgery begin with thorough research of your eye irregularities.
It will help you if you understand each aspect of them, the procedures that are available to treat these problems, the clinics which provide this type of surgery, and most importantly the surgeon or eye doctor you wish to look after your [...]
There are several types of Excimer Lasers used for Lasik surgery in various eye institutes. As you will have discovered the Excimer is the laser which treats the eye surface after the corneal flap has been created.
In conventional Lasik surgery, the flap is created using a piece of equipment called a microkeratome, but it [...]
In the past, as a potential LASIK eye patient, you had less to think about when trying to choose the best laser eyes surgery for your needs.
However, in recent years, ‘bladeless’ surgery, using a further laser instead of a cutting device, has become more popular.
The information regarding both of these options is not [...]
If you are one of the millions of people who currently have the hassle of wearing glasses or contact lenses, it is likely you have thought about laser vision correction before.
Many of the advantages of having refractive surgery are clear to see, even to those who are not considering the procedure.
First of all, you [...]
LASIK has very high success rates among people of all prescriptions, whether you are affected by myopia (commonly known as near sightedness or short sightedness), or hyperopia (commonly known as long sightedness or far sightedness).
The outcome of your custom LASIK procedure will depend upon the severity of your hyperopia or myopia, however, even in cases [...]
Wavefront is another form of laser treatment, which goes a little further than conventional laser eye surgery.
Conventional laser eye surgery treats the area based on the patient’s optical prescription and treatment is in the form of a pattern programmed into the system by the surgeon, but it can leave the patient with some night vision [...]
You have decided that glasses/contact lenses are no longer for you and you intend to have vision correction surgery. What a pleasure it will be to look into a mirror without your glasses.
Now you have made your decision regarding vision correction surgery, you need to find a suitably qualified eye doctor.
If you want to buy [...]
You have carried out your laser eye surgery research, chosen your ophthalmology surgeon, your eyes have been examined thoroughly by him/her and you have had a detailed discussion with the surgeon regarding your eye correction surgery, your general health, and any medication you take.
On the day of your eye correction surgery, it is imperative that [...]