Posts Tagged ‘Vision Correction’

Understanding the Side Effects of LASIK Vision Correction

Friday, March 12th, 2010

With the advancements in LASIK technology, LASIK eye surgery is quickly becoming a popular form of vision correction. This may be largely due to the fact that the surgery can permanently correct your vision and has relatively few side effects. Be advised, this is still a surgery and therefore requires an experienced and skilled LASIK eye surgeon. It is recommended that you choose a doctor with a successful past in performing LASIK.

The side effects of LASIK eye surgery are experienced by a relatively small percentage of patients. It has been reported that about 1 to 5% of patients will experience some kind of side effect. Fortunately, the majority of these patients experience very minor side effects and usually have good LASIK results overall.

Several reports have shed some light on the different side effects and various factors involved. The surgeon that performs your surgery has been found to be one of the largest factors. On that note, San Diego has shown to be one of the most successful areas for LASIK eye surgery. San Diego LASIK eye surgery surgeons have shown consistent results with this surgery. Other side effects reported have been about 1.8% of patients reporting light sensitivity, 3.6% complaining about night vision, and 2.8% reporting fluctuation. As you can see these numbers are relatively small.

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How Much Does LASIK Eye Surgery Cost?

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Most people believe LASIK eye surgery costs an arm and a leg. The truth is, when LASIK was first invented it was extremely expensive as most new procedures are. However, several years later the costs have dropped dramatically. The price you pay varies depending on many factors, such as the type of correction you need, the mapping and laser you choose, and the surgeons that perform the procedure.

Typically, the longer you suffer from eye problems, the more the costs increase. This is due to the fact that the complexity of your surgery is directly related to the severity of the correction that will be necessary.

Upon learning about the different LASIK mapping systems available, you should discover that wavefront is considered to be one of the best options, although it is the most expensive. The surgical procedure involves two different types of scalpels. One is a mechanical scalpel the other is a laser scalpel. Choosing to go with only the mechanical scalpel and no wavefront system, will keep the lowest costs at around $1500. Choosing to go with only the laser scalpel and no wavefront system, and you can expect to pay somewhere near $2000. If you want the best, and go for the laser scalpel and a wavefront mapping system, you can expect to pay nearly $2500.

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The Vision Showdown: Glasses, Contacts, or San Diego LASIK Eye Surgery? And The Winner Is…

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Your eyesight is very important to you. You use your eyes from the moment you get out of bed in the morning until you go to bed at night. Your eyes help you navigate your way to work, they help you choose what you want to eat; and they basically play an enormous role in everything you do. That’s why you shouldn’t take your eyesight lightly. If you have bad eyesight, you should do everything in your power to correct it. For many, this means getting glasses, or even contact lenses. However, if you live in the San Diego area, which is known for extraordinary success with LASIK, you should make an appointment to see a specialist.

LASIK is not for everyone, but a specialist will be able to determine if it is right for you. Cost is typically a factor in vision correction. LASIK is not cheap, but it is worth it. Talk to someone who has had the procedure done and they will agree with how much better LASIK is over glasses or contact lenses. Let’s compare your options and see which ones stand out.

Traditional Glasses

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San Diego LASIK Vision Correction – Expectations, Prices, and Results

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

How many years had to pass before you would hear the words, “Hey, Four Eyes!” and know without a doubt they were talking you? Growing up with poor eyesight has plagued you all of your life and in most cases made you completely miserable. Any dates you got were with undoubtedly with girls that also had glasses. The girls that did not wear glasses never looked at a guy in thick glasses. This situation can finally end for you with LASIK vision correction. The risk and complication will be covered in this article coupled with the costs, what expectations you might have, and why San Diego LASIK is the better idea.

Before anything happens, an evaluation is made by the LASIK surgeon to address the patient’s unique visual problems. Determinations are then made about corrective measures and what will work in the patient’s individual situation. The precautions that are taken to correctly address any visual problems and the corrective measures have been listed as one of the safest surgeries an individual can have, according to reports from the American Medical Society.

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Getting Myopia Correction

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

Myopia is a condition where a person can see objects that are nearby, but not objects that are farther away. This can heavily impair how able you are to see signs when driving. It can likely also up the instance of missing buses and trains arriving since it’s so hard to see the numbers and locations until they come close by. A great deal of people simply continue to wear glasses or contact lenses to correct this, but because of how they look, glasses can make some people feel self conscious. Glasses can also cause eyesight problems if they steam up or get lost. Above all, many patients with myopia just can’t get along with contact lenses. This is where surgical vision correction is the ideal option.

There are options for resolving myopia, even though not each of them are forever or require a surgical procedure. One way of fixing the problem is to wear glasses or wear contact lenses as another option. Keep in mind that this will work for some people, it does work for everyone. Some might find out they have allergic reactions and think that contacts are annoying, and others feel that glasses in wet or steamy conditions can impair the sight further. Another option to this is by laser surgery. You will only have to be in for a day so you can be back in the comfort of your own home by the afternoon or evening so you don’t really need to be away form your work or loved ones for very long.

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What are the Risks of Lasik?

Friday, December 25th, 2009

Surgery always has risks and eye surgery is no exception to this rule. Imagine if your eye surgeon slips just a little and cuts something he or she is not supposed to; this could cause serious complications.

Even though unfortunate results are very rare, they still happen. The most common complication, dry eyes, is luckily usually temporary, usually lasting only up to six months. Eye drops will help get you through this time. You may also have double vision and your night vision may suffer.

During the operation, the surgeon will form a corneal flap. After a period of time, this flap may wrinkle if not placed correctly. After the eye is reshaped, the flap is replaced on the eye, but there may be problems if this flap is cut too thick or too thin. Your vision may not be perfect if it doesn’t’ adhere to the eye the way it is supposed to.

If your surgeon cuts too deeply, and removes too much tissue, you may wind up with the surface of your eye bulging. Gas permeable contact lenses or corneal implants may be necessary to hold the cornea in place.

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See Things A Little Clearer With Laser Eye Surgery

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

This article is intended to detail some methods in which you can repair your eyesight, or keep it from going bad in the first place. You will also find a method to replace both eyeglasses and contact lenses. The three main methods/procedures that will be discussed are laser eye surgery, laser eye treatment and LASIK eye surgery.

I would assume that should you poll the general public on which sense they would care to lose if they had to lose one, their eyesight would be one of the fewest voted. This is because our eyes are so important to us. You need to learn methods that can keep them clear. Through some of these methods listed below, you might be able to reverse and thwart the degeneration of eyesight, no matter the reason.

You can put LASIK eye surgery on the top of this list because it has been so important to so many people. You see, this procedure has many people saying goodbye to their glasses for good. It has become a common procedure for many different eye complications, partly because of the short amount of time it takes to perform it.

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Gas Permeable Contact Lenses Vs. Other Contact Lenses

Monday, December 21st, 2009

When it is time to choose new contact lenses, you may be interested in gas permeable contact lenses. These lenses have both advantages and disadvantages when compared to soft contacts. This guide is to help you to make the best choice between the two for you.

In many gas permeable contacts will give you the optimal correction for your vision. There are certain conditions, including astigmatism that gas permeable contacts do a better job in correcting than soft contact lenses are able to do.

Gas permeable lenses are found to be much more durable lenses. Since they are more durable, you will not have to replace them as often as you do soft contacts. Some persons are able to use the same set of gas permeable lenses for two to three years.

Since oxygen can freely pass through the gas permeable contacts, it can provide the what is needed for your best eye health. Soft lenses cannot match this quality.

Adjustment times are more difficult for gas permeable lenses that it is for the soft lenses. It can take a few days to adjust to your lenses and if you stop using them for a few weeks, you may have to start the training of your eyes all over again to adjust to the use of these contact lenses.

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Lasik Surgery The Way Foreward

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

Take a moment and consider this question “do you appreciate and take care of your eyes?” In most cases the answer is regrettably “no”. For some of us we have the limitless pleasure of outstanding eyesight but have you really taken the time to truly understand the extraordinary splendor of such an astounding yet complicated organ? Unfortunately for most us such appreciate or attention is only given when damage has already occurred.

In today’s world abnormally high pressures, mental and emotional worries, injury, varying illnesses and interestingly pregnancy can be a major contributing factor to visual impairments. Common types range from stigmatisms, glaucoma, cataracts to both far and nearsightedness to name a few. Such impairments seem to be on the rise while affecting more and more young ones as time goes by.

Fashion

Some may say fashion is a shallow motive when considering such a procedure, “but is it really?” For many the drudgery of wearing glasses or contact lenses on a day to day basis seems more of an inconvenience while providing an annoyance on days where glasses cannot be found and contacts seem to provide more of an irritant then relief. Is there anything more to be said? That is why LASIK eye surgeryis often sought out.

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The Advantages Of Selecting Gas Permeable Contact Lenses

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

The most common contact lenses are soft contact lenses. The other two are hard lenses, one older made of a material called PMMA and gas permeable contact lenses (GP). People tend to like the GP contact lenses more than the soft lenses because they come with more advantages.

Gas permeable contact lenses can also be called rigid gas permeable lenses (RGP) and oxygen permeable lenses. Most GPs have silicone in them, making them more flexible than the PMMA lenses, and it is oxygen permeable, meaning that oxygen passes through the GP lenses. This allows your eyes to breathe and leads to better eye health as oxygen is necessary for them to work.

Soft lenses are immediately comfortable. The only disadvantage of GP’s is that they are less comfortable than soft lenses at first. However, most people adapt to them quickly. If you stop wearing them for about a week or so your eyes will have to re-adjust to them.

Because GP contacts contain silicone, they need hardly any water to retain their form, preventing the moisture being drawn out from your eyes. Their smooth finish and the fact that they do not draw water mean that they attract fewer protein and mineral deposits from your tears. This is more comfortable for your eyes.

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