All Posts Tagged With: "LASIK"

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LASIK vision trials – FDA results for laser systems used in the UK

How Well Will You See After Your LASIK Treatment? The American FDA runs rigorous trials of safety and performance before a laser system can be used in the US on patients. These clinical trials give the best comparison available of how well patients can expect to see without glasses or contact lenses after having LASIK laser eye surgery.

5Sep2009 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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Laser Eye Clinics’ Prices Vary Hugely

There is a huge variation in the prices paid at UK clinics. Read this article to get the truth.

25Apr2009 | Dave Allamby | 17 comments | Continued
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Congratulations Denise!

We were delighted to treat TV presenter and actress Denise Van Outen in January and she popped in the other day for her check up. You may have seen Denise recently on TV as she and several other celebrities decided to climb Mount Kilimanjaro for Comic Relief. Denise has suffered with glasses for years but the climb [...]

16Apr2009 | Dave Allamby | 1 comment | Continued
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Laser Eye Surgery Safety: 3 things you must know

For LASIK laser eye surgery safety, there are 3 things you must look for when you plan to go ahead. This LASIK safety trio means a more accurate result and the safest procedure we know of today:

Choose a blade-free all laser LASIK technique – using the latest femtosecond lasers means no blade is used in [...]

10Nov2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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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 | 4 comments | Continued
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SAFETY NOTE: Does the LASIK flap ever heal?

What are the risks of having a blade-cut flap in laser eye surgery? Should you choose the newer blade-free all-laser LASIK technique?

7Nov2008 | Dave Allamby | 11 comments | Continued
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Lifetime Care Guarantee after Laser Eye Surgery

Lifetime care guarantee after laser eye surgery introduced at FOCUS Laser Vision

2Nov2008 | 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 | 6 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 3. Should I Pay More For Wavefront LASIK? Will I See Better?

Should I Pay More For Wavefront LASIK? Will I See Better? Get all the answers in this blog post.

25Oct2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 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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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

17Oct2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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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.

11Oct2008 | Dave Allamby | 244 comments | Continued
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Laser Eye Surgery Safety

Laser Eye Surgery Safety: What you must know!

10Oct2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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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.

31Aug2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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SAFETY of LASIK Part 1: What are the Risks of LASIK?

LASIK risk continues to drop as doctors and engineers perfect the equipment used in the treatment. Advances in technology have made a big part of the difference here so make sure you are getting that latest equipment and not an older fashioned approach.

18Aug2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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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.

8Aug2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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LASIK and the Police Force

LASIK is fully acceptable for the police force, as is LASEK, PRK and ICRS (Intra-Corneal Ring Segments). The main criteria is whether or not the cornea is weakened following surgery

1Aug2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 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 | 9 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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