Thinking about getting laser eye surgery? Here's everything you need to know

5 years, 7 months ago

Thinking about getting laser eye surgery? Here's everything you need to know

ABC

If you wear glasses, you're not alone. But some people find glasses cumbersome and restrictive, or just plain annoying, so they opt to have laser eye surgery. From then there's very little change until your mid-40s, when the lens in your eye becomes stiff and stops doing the fine focusing it used to — a condition known as presbyopia. Your eye will feel a bit gritty, like LASIK, but your vision will be good straight away although it may take a bit of time to become excellent. During the procedure, the laser makes loud noises and a peculiar smell — that's not your eye burning — it's just how the laser works.

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Science Of Health How LASIK Works Experts Say Eye Surgery Technique Not Always Successful Explain When It May Fail Meaning Advantages Disadvantages

1 year, 9 months ago

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ABP News

The Science Of Health: Welcome back to "The Science Of Health", ABP Live's weekly health column. Explaining why LASIK surgery is not recommended for people with dry eyes or corneal disorders, Dr Mandaviya explained that the process of creating a thin flap in the cornea to reshape its curvature can disrupt the nerves responsible for tear production and distribution, leading …

Laser eye surgery: What it's like to see in focus for the very first time

9 years, 8 months ago

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Laser-free 'cure' for short sight

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Why ARE so many children now short-sighted? Experts reveal their suspicions as new research shows a third of kids need glasses

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The pandemic may be to blame for spiralling levels of short-sightedness in children, researchers revealed today. Experts have long warned it is because youngsters are spending less time outdoors and more time watching TV and playing video games. Experts have long warned it is because youngsters are spending less time outdoors and more time watching TV and playing video games …

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Hindustan Times

Cataracts, which cloud the eye’s natural lens, have a big impact on vision. Doctors perform cataract surgery more often than almost any other operation across the globe, and it has a high success rate. Modern cataract surgery techniques such as Phacoemulsification, involve a tiny incision in the eye followed by breaking the clouded lens apart using ultrasound waves and finally …

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Daily Mail

Patients are not being warned about the debilitating risks of laser eye surgery, which can leave some in agonising pain and even suicidal, experts have warned. Support groups for laser eye surgery patients in the UK and US have a combined 16,000 members, many of whom claim they’ve suffered symptoms ranging from double vision to chronic pain and severe light …

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Hindustan Times

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Why CONTOURA Vision is preferred over LASIK & SMILE procedure?

6 years, 4 months ago

Why CONTOURA Vision is preferred over LASIK & SMILE procedure?

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If you consult an ophthalmologist to get your vision power corrected, the chances are high that you will be recommended to get a LASIK procedure done. However, doctors nowadays highly recommend patients to undergo CONTOURA Vision procedure mainly because of these reasons: CONTOURA Vision offers the best power correction of all laser procedures. Traditional LASIK procedures use Femto and Excimer …

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Patients risk blindness due to health insurance budget cuts: patient groups

NL Times

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8 years, 4 months ago

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Huff Post

A significant percentage of people who undergo LASIK eye surgery to correct their vision may experience side effects from the surgery, according to a new study. Researchers found that, three months after the participants had LASIK surgery, more than 40 percent of them reported experiencing new visual symptoms, such as seeing glare or halos around objects, that they did not …

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8 years, 11 months ago

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CNN

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'Laser eye surgery helped me lose my glasses and SEVEN STONE': Man, 30, halves his waistline because he could no longer hide behind his specs

11 years, 9 months ago

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Daily Mail

'Laser eye surgery helped me lose my glasses and SEVEN STONE': Man, 30, halves his waistline because he could no longer hide behind his specs Michael McCarthy has gone from a 60 inch to a 34 inch waist Before surgery his prescription was -13 in one eye and -12.75 in the other Without his bottle-thick glasses, all he could see …

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Chris Bryant: My laser eye surgery helped me see things more clearly. This was one of them...

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1850: German physician Hermann von Helmholtz, who devoted much of his career to studying the eye and the physics of vision and perception, demonstrates his ophthalmoscope to the Berlin Physical Society. Although von Helmholtz was not the first person to develop an ophthalmoscope, nor the first to examine the interior of the eye, his device was the first to be …

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NPR

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NPR

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NPR

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18 years, 5 months ago

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NPR

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New Technology Adds Precision to Lasik Surgery

18 years, 5 months ago

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NPR

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18 years, 5 months ago

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NPR

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