San Leandro, CA - Stephen Turner, M.D. has been helping Bay Area residents see for 30 years now.  Even more impressive than the length of time that Dr. Turner has been in practice is the level at which he has been practicing.  Consistently, Dr. Turner has been on the leading edge of the newest advancements […]

 
A Comprehensive Eye Health Examination will require an additional 60 minutes to 2 hours and includes the following testing:
 • History of wearing glasses: The ideal candidate is at least 18 years of age with a stable glasses or contact lens prescription for at least 2 years.
• History of contact lens wear: Contact lenses may change the […]

STAAR® Surgical Company’s Visian ICL
 
Experience Vision As It Should Be
 
Imagine being able to enjoy life without worrying about your glasses or contacts. The Visian ICL (Implantable Collamer Lens) by STAAR®Surgical Company offers you freedom from nearsightedness. With the Visian ICL, you could enjoy the beauty of a sunset, go snorkeling and observe amazing sea life, […]

Staar Surgical and Visian ICL are opening a new website to provide information for consumers wanting to learn more about Phakic IOLs.
This website provides new information regarding this newest collamer lens and the advantages that it can provide with users.
Visian ICL lenses have been shown to be more effective than LASIK for many near-sighted individuals.

 
Halloween costumes can often receive a boost of fright or an added thrill with the addition of color or cosmetic contact lenses.  These contact lenses can be as simple as your ordinary soft contact lenses or they might be specially made hard or scleral contact lenses. Often Hollywood relies upon specially designed scleral lenses to add […]

Thousands of East Bay Area and Fremont residents, voted Turner Eye Institute the Best of the East Bay Area according to the Fremont Argus in the recent Best of the Bay Area voting in the East Bay.  Turner Eye Institute won in the category of Best in the San Francisco Bay Area in Vision Correction.  […]

Perhaps the most common question I receive is whether near vision loss due to old age is correctable.  So often people feel that after 40, they must accept reading glasses as the only option in life.  They have been told that LASIK cannot correct their problem.
LASIK does offer a solution that most people would find […]

A recent study has concluded that LASIK eye surgery is now safer than contact lens wear in long-term safety.  While this news is nothing new it does provide food for thought for the millions of people who are currently using contact lenses.
Recent outbreaks of viral, bacterial, and fungal eye infections have left many wondering about […]

ISLAMABAD: LASIK surgery results can be hurt by warm temperatures and high humidity, increasing the number of people who require follow-up procedures, says a Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center study.

This study, the first to show that environmental factors can affect LASIK outcomes, found that a 10 percent increase in treatment room humidity meant an […]

Recently we had a patient from San Jose with glaucoma curious if LASIK was an option that could help correct his vision.  He had been told previously by another Jan Jose LASIK surgeon that due to the elevated pressure within his eyes, he was not considered a good candidate for LASIK eye surgery.  Can this San […]