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 […]

Originally Dated on September 25th, 2006
This article was found in an online newspaper and discusses the improvement that custom LASIK has offered to patients.  Custom LASIK dramatically decreases the need for enhancement LASIK surgeries: 
 
Ophthalmologists have developed a formula that slashes by nearly two-thirds the likelihood that patients will need repeat visits to an eye […]

Frequently our lasik and cataract patients ask about the success of our procedures to decide if they would choose Dr. Stephen Turner as their LASIK surgeon.  They want proof that Dr. Turner is the best LASIK surgeon in the San Francisco Bay Area or San Jose.  Many want direct evidence that LASIK results of Dr. […]

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 […]

September 12th, 2006
Here is an article in a Northern California Newspaper.

The ads stare back at you — Lasik for $499. It’s an aggressive price from an aggressive new discount laser eye-surgery company that set up shop in Rancho Cordova about two weeks ago.
 
The arrival is The Lasik Vision Institute of Lake Worth, Fla., which […]