All Posts Tagged With: "laser eye surgery"

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Laser Eye Treatment CAN be Reversed

Most people don’t realise that laser eye surgery, including LASIK, LASEK and PRK procedures, CAN be fully reversed.

8Nov2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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More People Are Choosing to Have Laser Eye Treatment Since NICE Report Into LASIK

More People Are Choosing to Have Laser Eye Treatment Since 2006 NICE Report Into LASIK

31Oct2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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Kay’s Great Questions Part 7: LASIK vs PRK vs LASEK? Which laser eye procedure is best?

Continuing from yesterday:
Some surgeons recommend PRK or LASEK (both forms of surface laser eye treatment and basically the same) over LASIK. The article referred to by Kay in her original post and advocating LASEK was written by ophthalmic surgeon Sunil Shah, who was one of the creators of that particular approach (and so has [...]

30Oct2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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Kay’s Great Questions Part 6: LASIK vs PRK vs LASEK? Which laser eye procedure is best?

We discussed in the last post about the two options you have: LASIK or PRK (surface laser), and how 90%+ of treatments are done via LASIK.
LASIK comes in two flavours now: blade or blade-free. The older traditional LASIK technique uses a mechanical device containing a blade (called a keratome or microkeratome) to cut a flap [...]

29Oct2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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Kay’s Great Questions Part 5: LASIK vs PRK vs LASEK? Which laser eye procedure is best?

You will have a choice of procedures when you come to have laser eye surgery. But which one will be right for you? Basically though, there are only two laser eye treatment procedures available, but each one has options within. More…

28Oct2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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Kay’s Great Questions Part 4. Should I Pay More For Wavefront? What is the Truth?

Is wavefront laser eye surgery worth it? Find out the answers here.

26Oct2008 | Dave Allamby | 2 comments | Continued
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Kay’s Great Questions: Part 2. Expensive Laser Eye Surgery - Is It Worth It?

Do laser eye surgery clinics try to sell you on the most expensive treatments? Are these expensive treatments no better than the cheaper ones? Is there really any difference between blade LASIK and the newer (more expensive) blade free dual laser option?

19Oct2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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Wavefront LASIK from £295

FOCUS Laser Vision now offer Wavefront LASIK from only £295 for short sight.
FOCUS is the best price in the UK. Plus offering the proven fastest and safest laser. Plus having super-qualified NHS London teaching hospital corneal and laser specialist surgeons for your treatment. Plus a new state of the art facility in the Harley Street [...]

12Jul2008 | Dave Allamby | 32 comments | Continued
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LIVE VIDEO: All Laser Blade Free Method vs Microkeratome Method

The new femtosecond lasers have eliminated the need for a blade in LASIK laser eye surgery. All leading laser eye treatment clinics now offer blade free LASIK as a safer and more accurate procedure for patients…

28Jun2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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Reading vision helped by laser eye surgery

Most people start to need reading glasses after the age of 45 and previously were not eligible for laser eye treatment. All that has changed with advances in technology. FOCUS Laser Vision has been very active in this increasingly popular area of laser eye correction.

27Jun2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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Laser eye surgery is effective for reading vision

SEVERAL approaches to LASIK are effective in the treatment of reading vision problems (presbyopia) for patients with otherwise normal distance vision, or long or short sight, according to studies presented at the 12th Winter Refractive Meeting of the ESCRS.

26Jun2008 | Dave Allamby | 6 comments | Continued
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Ultralase buys Cambridge Eye Laser Clinic

Leeds-based laser eye surgery company Ultralase has increased its network of clinics by acquiring The Cambridge Eye Laser Clinic for an undeclared sum. The purchase is the company’s second since it was bought by 3i in February for £174 million, and follows the acquisition of Belfast’s Allclear clinic in April.

21Jun2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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Rick Wakeman and his laser eye surgery

Read Rick Wakeman’s story about his laser eye treatment online at the Daily Mail’s website. Rick talks about the whole process in a very interesting article from Rachel Kaufman.

25May2008 | Dave Allamby | 7 comments | Continued
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Are they joking?!

Wow! According to this recent Istanbul blog post on the reasons why you should have LASIK laser eye surgery, it seems you will be less ugly, richer, more romantic and have enough confidence to achieve anything!!

20May2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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What kinds of laser eye surgery are there? Part 1

There are three main treatment choices for anyone thinking of having laser eye surgery. But which one will be right for you? Find out in this two part posting for anyone considering laser eye surgery.

19May2008 | Dave Allamby | 6 comments | Continued
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What is an excimer laser & how does it correct vision?

The excimer laser produces a high-energy, cool ultraviolet light beam in pulses and delivers the pulses to a surface of the eye’s cornea, precise enough to etch a human hair -see the photos!

18May2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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CAUTION: Laser Eye Surgery Ahead!

The most common reason I hear from people who have not yet decided to go for laser eye correction is that they are cautious and worried that something might go wrong. The results you will get, and live with, will depend on four factors. Find out more…

8May2008 | Dave Allamby | 1 comment | Continued
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UK Laser Eye Clinic Maps Are Here!

To help you find a UK laser eye surgery clinic, here are two maps. Just click on each marker to see the name and telephone number of each clinic or click on the name to go straight to their website.

7May2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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2008 list of all laser eye clinics in Great Britain

A list of all the GB laser eye clinics that have their own laser for patients looking at having laser eye surgery vision correction.

6May2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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Z-LASIK and iLASIK laser eye surgery explained

Z-LASIK: means blade free LASIK using the new Swiss Ziemer laser to make a corneal flap, rather than a traditional blade.

6May2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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Coming Soon! Which clinics have which laser… and just how good are they?!

I keep getting asked about how to choose a good laser eye surgery clinic and what to look out for when considering LASIK. So, as you may know, there are FOUR key things to look out for

4May2008 | Dave Allamby | 1 comment | Continued
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Ultralase laser eye surgery prices go up even further

Ultralase laser eye surgery chain has increased prices again. Their price for Intralase LASIK including the upgrade for wavefront based correction is now £1,945 per eye.

29Apr2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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Join our LASIK price poll - make your vote count

How much do you want to pay for LASIK eye surgery? Most people are voting that LASIK laser eye surgery prices should be under £1,000 per eye. If you haven’t yet voted, look over to the lower right hand side bar and have YOUR say!

29Apr2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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FDA recommends changes for eye laser patient labeling during public hearing

Leading ophthalmologists plus LASIK patients at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Ophthalmic Devices Advisory Panel (ODP) presented two conflicting perspectives on the LASIK laser eye surgery procedure last week.

29Apr2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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