How to Choose an Ideal Surgeon for Your Eyes?

March 11th, 2010  Tagged

If you want to receive an eye surgery, you must be in want of an experienced, senior surgeon. In addition, there are also many other things you should ask-which laser center is ideal, what is the operating process, is there any complications, how much should you pay, etc.

The foremost matter is to find an ideal eye doctor. One of the best methods is to ask you friends, or other people around you for help. They may introduce you some professional and experienced surgeons.

Another method is to search some directories of these eye doctors. There you can get some information about these surgeons, or even you can contact them by some ways they have provided. But one defect of this method is not all surgeons are listed in.

One point should be noticed that those discount Eye Centers may be cheating. So do not believe those who have advertised and promised present great discounts.

Sometimes, the possibility of complications is related to the experience of the surgeons. The more cases they have done; the few complications you may suffer. So just find a surgeon who has operated over several hundred cases.

You should know how the surgeon deals with your eyes after the surgery. A good surgeon will always pay more attention to your eyes. For this process is also related to the success of the surgery.

It is essential for you to ask something about the success rate and possibility of complications. No one can tell there is no adverse complication in the surgery. So you should bear a positive toward complications and just consult with the eye doctors. On the contrary, if the surgeon says there is no risk in his surgery, he may tell lies.

While selecting an ideal surgeon, you should ask the surgeon for a related certificate, for this can assure the seniority of the doctor.

Also, you should know some information about the surgeon by enquiring other people around him and other patients that have received such surgery before.

LASIK surgery is one of the latest means, so you should make sure that your surgeon knows how to operate. In the U.S., many types of equipment should meet the requirements of FDA, so just make sure that the excimer laser is approved by FDA.

If you want to assure the possibility of success, you are suggested to invite the surgeon to make some examinations before and after the surgery.

Of course, people like to communicate with those who have left a good impression onto them. For this reason, you may also choose an eye surgeon that you think is good. For the communication during the surgery between can be more effective and practical.

It is possible that you have worn lenses for very long time. You have known that there are so many people have received LASIK surgery in the U.S, and you decide to take it as well. But you should not be in a rush even if you have made such decisions. For the preparation of this surgery is very important. Or to some extent, the preparation plays a decisive role in the success of your surgery.

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Similarities and differences of PRK and LASIK laser eye surgery

March 10th, 2010  Tagged

With the highly-developed technologies of vision treatments, people nowadays are opting to take laser eye surgery to treat their eye problems as laser surgery can take certain eye problems away completely. However, for most people, they just know two of the most common laser surgeries — PRK and LASIK, but they are confused what these eye surgeries actually are and which one is better. The following will give a brief introduction of PRK and LASIK on their similarities and differences in the hope of giving people some help on understanding of laser eye surgery.
PRK is short for Photorefractive Keratectomy. LASIK stands for the laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis. The similarities of them are they are both refractive eye surgeries. Compared with other surgeries, they are less risky. And for certain eye problems, they can move the problems away thoroughly.
The differences of both laser eye surgeries are as following: First, they use different ways to treat eye problems. PRK involves sculpting to change the surface of the eye. While LASIK uses the laser to treat myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism, a flap is cut on the eye to allow the laser to get behind to perform the remodeling instead of sculpting. Second, compared with LASIK, PRK is more risky. PRK makes use of PK procedure and radial keratotomy. It is realized by surgeons using scalpel to reshape the cornea. So we can see the surgeons’ experience also plays a role in it. Considering the pain and recovery time, LASIK is more excellent. LASIK is painless, while PRK is a little painful. And people with PRK laser eye surgery usually need more time to recover.
Therefore, when people consult in surgeons which laser eye surgery is better, surgeons generally recommend LASIK as it indeed has some outstanding advantages over PRK. But this does not mean all eye problems should be treated with LASIK eye surgery. That is because for some eye problems, PRK is the only option you can choose, which means LASIK can not work well with certain eye problems.
Above all, both PRK and LASIK have their own advantages and disadvantages. We can not say which one is definitely better. So before taking the laser eye surgery, it is advised to talk with your eye doctor. Then eye doctor will recommend the suitable surgery to you according to your eye problem, which will be good for treating your eye problem appropriately and effectively.
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How Do Eyes Heal After LASIK Surgery?

March 8th, 2010  Tagged

Suppose, with eyeglasses what will happen if you are dating with the one you admire most? It is not hard to imagine that your dating will be affected by your glasses. Then, why not consider over LASIK surgery that can help you get rid of glasses and regain perfect vision?

If you want to receive such surgery, you should be cautious about several points. To be simple, you should stick to what your eye doctors have suggested. For example, you will feel some discomfort in your eyes after the wearing off numbing medication. However, if you can realize this and do not rub your eyes, your recovery will be quick and safe with less pain.

Such discomfort will disappear quickly. Some special medications will be used, as antibiotics and anti-inflammatory, to reduce the risk of infection and swelling. Of course, after the surgery, your eyes will be very dry, and the eye doctors will give you some drops to maintain moisture.

After the surgery, you are stepping into the healing period, no less than two months. During this period, you should be very careful, such as do no swim; do not rub your eyes, etc. And even at night, an eye patch is still needed for at least one month.

As mentioned above, rubbing is prohibited. This act can affect the healing process. Anyway, you are not suggested to have strenuous sports within two months.

Generally, eyes are unstable after the surgery. Therefore, you should be careful within one to two months before your eyes are stabilized. The reason is there are some common symptoms within this period, such as glare, haloes, etc.

After the healing process, almost all existing symptoms will disappear once your eyes are stabilized.

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Disadvantages of Laser Eye Surgery

March 8th, 2010  Tagged

LASIK (laser in-situ Keratomileusis) and PRK (photorefractive Keratectomy) are both types of laser eye surgery which are widely praised by sponsored reviews, articles and press releases. The stories that athletes giving up contacts after eye surgery and the comments that eye surgery is easy, safe and better than contacts or spectacles greatly encourage people to do the laser eye surgery to completely get rid of contacts and spectacles.

However, is the laser eye surgery that good and effective? Let us see some facts first.

  1. Laser eye surgery may cause more than the correction of eye focus, which may induce eye pressure, too. Excessive pressure in the eyes, which is the symptom of glaucoma, may lead to eye blindness. Medium cases of eye pressure can be treated with drugs to decrease the pressure, but requiring the measure of eye pressure every interval set by the ophthalmologist. Severe cases cannot be cured by only drugs, and should refer to eye surgery to improve the drainage of excess fluid in the eyes. This kind of surgery is always carried out with the help of laser bursts. Sometimes it needs the more advanced microsurgical cutting.
  2. The procedure of corneal reshaping during the laser eye surgery contains the removing of bits and pieces of eyes. If the bits cannot be put back properly, you still have to wear contacts or spectacles to correct refraction errors and more seriously your eyes may be under great risk. So US military members are not allowed to take the surgery to avoid any damage to eyes.
  3. Not every surgery can have very satisfactory result. Though LASIK industries claim that the success rate of laser eye surgery can be as high as 95%, actually a part of the correction vision is only 20/40, which is legal to drive in most states. The situation is everyone is born with 20/20 vision, though the 20/40 vision is achieved by laser eye surgery, people may still feel uncomfortable, not to mention that the current result cannot last for your whole life, which has the same effect with the deeper degree of your spectacles with the time going. So if your eyesight becomes bad again, what can you do? I think re-surgery must not be a good choice.

Then is there a more safer and convenient way to improve eyesight? Luckily, a relatively new technology ICL (Implantable contact lenses) is introduced to alternate the traditional LASIK and PRK. In ICL, a lens is inserted in front of your lens or even replaces your own eye lens, which is located behind the pupil. It is a faster and easier error correction comparing with LASIK and PRK. The key point is ICL can be reversed and updated if your eyesight deepens. So it is considered the best choice to improve people’s eyesight. If you decide to take the laser eye surgery, you should know more about ICL through internet.

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Eye Recovery after LASIK Surgery

March 5th, 2010  Tagged

Recovery period after LASIK surgery is fast but important, especially in its early stage. A good eye recovery is the main advantage of LASIK surgery and it can guarantee the patients to resume their work as earlier as possible as a result of the benefits of a successful surgery.

The short recovery time is mainly due to the particular type of surgical intervention. Most LASIK surgery will use the advanced laser technology. The laser burns the tissue in the inner part of the stroma without having to cut the tissue in other surgeries. The cutting process only takes 8-10 minutes. In that case, the substances are not really injured and the healing requires no long time.

Generally speaking, the proper recovery time is usually 48 hours, though the patients will be asked to be also careful for the remaining two days. Complications after LASIK surgery can be preventable with proper precautions.

6 tips on how to do eye care for a quick recovery is given in the following.

  1. An eye shield is needed to prevent the eye infection.
  2. Itching or rubbing on eyes should be completely avoided during the first 7 days.
  3. Be careful when you are in shower. Do not let water strike your eyes directly and escape from soap and shampoo in the eyes. It is better to have less baths during the first week after surgery.
  4. An intended medicinal product is intended for recovery, Use of antibiotics, steroids and other drugs are required to prevent dry eyes.
  5. Light exercises are recommendable, but be sure to avoid any vigorous exercise as the sweat is harmful to your eyes, especially the sports like boxing and karate.
  6. Do not work very hard in the first few days to give a rest to your eyes.

The syndromes like ghosts, halos, starburst regular or irregular astigmatism after surgery are all common complications in the period of the first few weeks to six months because the complications can be gradually solved and finally disappear. However, if the complications still exist after six months, you have to go to your doctor for a further examination.

Remember one sentence that carelessness is the killer of eyes during the recovery period after LASIK surgery, so be cautious to do the eye care to ensure a brighter vision.

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What Is Photo Refractive Keratectomy

February 11th, 2010  Tagged

Photo Refractive Keratectomy (PRK), which is commonly known as laser vision correction procedure, has been performing well in the treatment of eye correction recently. It is a simple eye surgery using lasers and local anesthesia, including cataract treatment, contact lens implants, glaucoma treatment, PRK refractive surgery, refractive lens replacement surgery and squint surgery, etc.. Thus with this procedure, it is believed that most eye problems can be cured, however, one has to get a general idea of the procedure, as well as its diseases and surgical procedures before making a decision of the eyesight correction so as to prepare yourself.

The procedure is processed on corneal tissue, thus before the operation, the surgeon would firstly remove the thin, transparent protective layer over the cornea (known as the epithelium) so that the corneal tissue is exposed. Next, the surgeon reshapes the cornea with laser technology by removing a part of the tissue. Thus the focusing ability is regenerated. Then, the accomplishment of operation is in the offing. A ‘bandage’ contact lens is going to implant on the cornea to protect the eyes until the epithelium is regenerated, in addition periodic drops are necessary to keep eyes moist. Usually, 5 to 7 days are enough for eyes to get recovered.

After the surgery, one needs to have a frequent visit to the surgeon, one time each or every two weeks at the beginning, and every two to three months when eye condition comes to be stable. By this way, eyes will, to a maximum degree, be protected from infection and expedite the healing process.

Any surgical procedure is important for anyone, so is a corrective eye surgery. Besides knowing the information above, you also have to consult a professional eye health center which will offer you a comprehensive lead, and in most circumstance, Photo Refractive Keratectomy (PRK) is always their preferable recommendation.

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Who are qualified to do LASIK eye surgery?

February 10th, 2010  Tagged

It is not easy to find an outstanding ophthalmologist to do LASIK eye surgery for you. Though 90% success rate has been reported of LASIK, there are still some risks. What we can do is to try our best to reduce the possibility of risks, including to get good clinic, good ophthalmologist, good equipment and good satisfaction.

Good clinic cannot guarantee 100% surgical success. Because any surgery has potential risks. A good clinic must provide the customers with any possibility that will happen during the surgery and the measurements they will take to deal with the contingency. Only irresponsible clinic promises unrealistic consequences.

Good ophthalmologist must have qualifications which are signs of his professional ability. You can do some investigations on what is the most valuable qualification in this field and check if your ophthalmologist possesses that honor. If he does not have any authoritative qualification, you have to turn to another doctor.

Good equipment is a premise of a success surgery. Because advanced equipments provide more accurate procedures than the inferior ones, and a lot of complications after surgery are reported due to dated equipments. So check out if the clinic uses the up to date equipments before you make a decision.

Good satisfaction means that clinic, ophthalmologist and equipment are all welcome by customers. You must want the most satisfying doctor to do the surgery for you.

Some people provide LASIK eye surgery only to make money without considering the safety of eyes, and they pretend being experts to get people’s trust. So it is very significant for you to identify who are good and who are not to make sure you have a successful surgery.

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Lasik Eye Surgery Chicago and The Choices In Lasik Illinois

February 9th, 2010  Tagged

If you’re living in Chicago or Illinois, then maybe you want to know about or in need of Lasik Illinois and or Lasik eye surgery Chicago. LASIK (Laser Assisted In-Situ Keratomileusis) surgery involves reshaping the cornea with a laser, allowing light to be refocused and vision improved. In LASIK, a corneal flap is created by using a laser or a
mechanical approach. The flap is repositioned after the corneal reshaping. Your LASIK Illinois or Lasik eye surgery Chicago visit can correct varying degrees of nearsightedness (myopia) farsightedness (hyperopia) and astigmatism and is generally the treatment of choice for patients with high myopia. Another part of the Lasik eye surgery Chicago and or Lasik Illinois visit you may find a top surgeon that offers INTRALASE (Femtosecond Laser) this provides an all laser approach to creating a corneal flap during laser vision correction surgery. IntraLase replaces the hand-held microkeratome blade with a silent, computer-guided laser. This less invasive, computer controlled approach allows the physician to achieve more precise construction of a corneal flap prior to excimer laser treatment. Now when you find the right Lasik Illinois place to use or Lasik eye surgery Chicago top professional, then you will find that your surgery and your experience can have the best results.
Now another type of the Lasik eye surgery you can encounter at a professional and trusted Lasik Illinois and or Lasik eye surgery Chicago choice is called a CUSTOMCORNEA. It involves capturing the subtle imperfections of the cornea to create a 3-dimenstional map that is unique to the eye, tailoring a distinct correction for each individual. The map is then used to guide the laser in order to customize your treatment. This means that rather than treating you for myopia, hyperopia, or astigmatism, the surgeon can treat your individual visual irregularities. Hence, CUSTOMCORNEA treatment possesses the ability to improve not only how much you can see, but also the overall quality of your vision. Now with the last type of Lasik Illinois or right Lasik eye surgery chicago professional and experienced choice for your lasik eye surgery we will speak about, it is called PRK or Photorefractive Keratectomy. This type of Lasik reshapes the surface of the cornea with an excimer laser, which uses a cool ultraviolet light beam after removing the epithelial surface layers of the cornea. PRK may be suitable for people with large pupils, thin corneas, other corneal issues or dry eye. Now there may be a lot of choices for Lasik illinois and or your next Lasik eye surgery Chicago decision. The best way to find the right choice is to make sure the surgeons or surgeon is professional, experienced, and recognized for being one of the best.

Lasik Eye Surgeon Chicago and In Lasik Eye Surgery

January 26th, 2010  Tagged

Now if living in Chicago and or downtown then you may be looking for the professional and trusted choice in a Lasik Eye Surgeon Chicago and In Lasik Eye Surgery DownTown Chicago. The first thing to understand that it is crucial to find a lasik eye suregeon Chicago that for one is experienced and for two really does care about
your overall results. A lot of the places such as other lasik eye surgery downtown chicago places may be more like a sales center when you want answers. The right lasik eye surgeon Chicago for you will explain the information you need to understand and answer any question you may have. Some of the websites you may have visited online that are lasik eye surgery downtown chicago locations, you may really find there is no advice or information on the procedures. Also more impoatantly, you may have found that the other lasik eye surgery downtown Chicago places may not even tell you if you are right for the surgery. Like we spoke about, the right lasik eye surgeon Chicago will be there to help you and not there to sell you. The results with lasik and lasek surgery can be fantastic and once you uncover the possibilities waiting on your vision, this may be the right surgery and you want to find the right lasik eye surgeon Chicago for your lasik or lasek surgery. Since this is a very precise surgery and it is important to have someone not only experienced, but also recognized for their work. This way you will feel confident in your decision to choose that lasik eye surgeon Chicago and be happy that you chose the right location for your lasik eye surgery downtown Chicago.
Now where do you start on finding the professioal and trusted lasik eye surgeon Chicago and the ultimate choice in lasik eye surgery downtown Chicgao? The first thing is to make sure the lasik eye or lasek eye site you are visiting has details on the surgery, what is involved, if you are a right candidate, and more. This way you will be educated on the best decision. Also make sure their site explains about the Lasik Eye Surgeon Chicago that you are thinking about using. If they are recognized as being good or great and if they have been named a leading lasik eye surgeon Chicago, then this is most likely the best choice for you and your vision. With all the information out there it is crucial to find helpful details and not sales pitching messages. You can visit milleniumparkeyecenter.com to learn more about Lasik Eye Surgery Downtown Chicago and you can learn all about the lasik and Lakek surgery. After all you will be the one going through the procedure, so you obviously want to make the best choice. If you find the right surgeon, the right place, at the right time for you, you will have the best possible results and get the best experience possible.

The LASIK Is Raging on a Rolling Sea

January 14th, 2010  Tagged

In recent years, laser eye treatment comes to the fore. Especially the LASIK goes over big since its inception. Although, in modern times, eyeglasses have undergone a major reform in both style and function, being more fashionable and practical, while contact lenses have made great change to make them applicable to more people, they are not able to keep back the growth tendency of laser eye surgery.

LASIK, the abbreviation of laser assisted in-situ keratomileusis, is one of the most popular laser eye surgeries. It is a simple surgery which will only take you a few days to recover and you can go home after the operation, no hospitalization or remaining in hospital under observation. It means that just within a few days, you are able to see clearly without the assistant of spectacles and contacts, behaving as a person with normal eyesight.

The LASIK achieves eyesight restoration by reshaping the cornea by a laser, during that time a flap will be cut in the cornea. The principle of vision improvement is to make the incoming light focus on the back of the retina more correctly. The procedure is usually done one by one and one of the greatest needs for vision correction is treated firstly.

However, although LASIK is a very simple procedure, you can not treat it lightly, since what it involves is your precious eyes. As I have mentioned above, it will take you several days to recover from the surgery, they recovery time is very crucial. If you do not take it seriously, a hangover will accompany you the whole life.

All in all, laser eye surgery contributes a lot to us. The shortsightedness, farsightedness, and some other with eye problems, with laser surgery, are able to get rid of the bothering spectacles and troublesome contacts.

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