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LASIK Flap Healing Long Term
Is it true that corneal flaps never heal completely after Intralasik? What is the chance of dislocation during the rest of the patients life?
Reading Glasses Treatment?
Gill asked this question about laser eye surgery for varifocal and reading glasses: Dear Mr Allamby, I was told last year by my optician I would benefit from varifocal lenses, which I hate.
When is a Cornea Too Thin for LASIK?
Many surgeons don’t cut LASIK flaps in corneas less than 500 microns. Being able to create very accurate LASIK flaps with the new femtosecond lasers (e.g. Ziemer, Intralase, Zeiss) leaves more tissue behind and so allowing larger treatments.
Which Laser Eye Clinic Should I Choose?
The choices of laser eye surgery clinics can seem bewildering! You want to have laser eye treatment e.g LASIK and now you need to choose the clinic for your surgery. But which one?
What is going to happen to laser eye surgery prices?
Overall all laser eye surgery prices are increasing or set to increase. The cost of new technology to give you better and safer surgery is very high and needs to be constantly updated
Laser Eye Surgery Prices
For LASIK pricing, there are two common ways to charge. The first is 1 price for all prescriptions – in effect the lower prescriptions are subsidising the higher more difficult cases. The second method, used by ourselves and some others, is to charge based upon the prescription.
Celebrity Paul Ross and Dr Dave Allamby on ‘This Morning’ TV Show
Fern Britten and Philip Schofield interview Paul Ross and Dr. Dave Allamby about laser eye surgery.
SAFETY NOTE: Does the LASIK flap ever heal?
Some new research from Professor John Marshall has helped shed light on this key topic and is something that everyone who is thinking about LASIK laser eye surgery needs to know.
WaveLight laser sales increase worldwide
WaveLight AG, based in Erlangen, Germany increased its sales for the first nine months of 2007/8 accounting year by 31% to €65 million. In the worldwide sales-strong US market the company exceeded the turnover of the comparable period in the previous year by 66%.
LASIK for USAF Pilots and Astronauts
One week after surgery more than 76 percent of femtosecond laser patients achieved an uncorrected visual acuity of at least 20/16 (better than 20/20) compared to only 58 percent of microkeratome patients # In an evaluation of 785 pilots, 89% of Navy aviators evaluated their ability to land on an aircraft carrier as moderately to significantly better after laser eye surgery. None said it was worse after treatment
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!
FDA approves faster iLASIK laser
Advanced Medical Optics Inc. in Santa Ana, announced on Wednesday that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new laser for use in laser eye correction. The iFS femtosecond laser is set to be at the centre of AMO’s iLasik products for laser vision surgery.
Myopic, the risk is linked to the appearance and shape of your corneas, seen on the 'topography' scans taken at ...
I want to know about post lasik ectasia. I want to get Lasik but the fear of ectasia is holding ...
I have to say that for the last couple of hours i have been hooked by the impressive posts on ...
I have only just heard of laser blending treatment. I am about to have laser treatment to correct my distance ...
Thank you for the reply. I'm planning to get lasEk anyway as I don't see any advantages to lasIk other ...
Thanks for the go-ahead Doc. Best wishes... 
What if one has cold sores on the lips. Can they spread to the eyes ? 
I forgot to add my vision. It's -6.50 on both eyes. 
Hi Dr. Allamby,
I have just had intralase lasik with wavefront (4 days ago) and am slightly concerned that the day ...
Thank you! 
Hi,
I'm aware that surgery shouldn't be conducted on women who are already pregnant. But could you tell me whether there ...