LASIK Wavefront surgery continues to advance in technology and provides over a million eyes with excellent vision every year in the United States.  Despite its phenomenal success, LASIK surgery is not without its controversy and patients can often be confused by the marketing information that is provided to patients.  LASIK technology and the excimer laser […]

  
San Francisco Bay Area patient writes:
Thorough through out the whole procedure.  Staff was hospitable, knowledgable, and very efficient.

LASIK eye surgery has made significant changes in the way that we adapt to the world around us.  Glasses have been around for hundreds of years.  Contact lenses have been around for decades, although the concept appeared much earlier.  Laser eye correction has changed our vision even farther by allowing a permanent change in the […]

New advances in LASIK eye surgery are a common question among patients seeking LASIK eye surgery.  Many patients want to know if newer advances will increase the safety and effectiveness of LASIK and how soon this new LASIK technology will be available.  Is LASIK safe now or will there be better choices for LASIK in the […]

Presbyopia is the term for the diminishing ability to focus on up-close objects with age.  While the ability to focus on near objects grows progressively worse beginning at birth, it is often first noticed at age 40 when the near focus is approximately 40 cm.   Since this is a standard reading distance, it is this […]

With the New Year 2007, many people must be wondering what changes can be expected to come out this year in San Jose, San Francisco, and the Bay Area.  Let me offer my opinion on this.
LASIK eye surgery is safe and effective and has been for many years now.  While there are certainly changes that […]

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, […]

 
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 […]

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 […]