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I want to have laser surgery – Custom Lasik on my eyes. What is the difference between Custom Lasik and no blade technology?
How to find reliable surgon in NYC- northern jersey area? How much does it cost?

No blade technology means the laser, not a blade, is used to cut the flap. Using the laser for the cut decreases risk and virtually eliminates surgical complications due to flap.

Custom LASIK means that your eye aberrations are measured and the laser treatment is customized to correct your individual aberrations. You can have Custom LASIK with no blade or with a blade.

Ask your regular eye doctor to recommend a surgeon. Your eye doctor sees many people who have had LASIK done and with different surgeons so he/she will know which surgeons are better at following up complications. Cost varies with surgeon; expect to pay more for the better surgeons with more up to date equipment.

I’m going to school to become a commercial pilot. Obviously my career depends on being able to see 20/20 with or without correction (I’m 20/200 without contacts, slight astigmatism). I’m 30 years now but have considered eye surgery my entire life. (even RK back in the day). Obviously technology has improved by leaps and bounds. When LASIK rolled out I thought how could it get better than this? My best friend is a MD and he told me to hold off for a few years (this was 4-5 years ago) and now we have custom wavefront LASIK. I have had friends who’ve had both done with excellent results. Now with wavefront LASIK advancements, what else is on the horizon??? Are some stellar new techniques currently being developed that will roll out in the next 4-5 years?

My eye doctor is suggesting PRK. Night vision problems could also end my career. I’ve heard there is less chance of reduced night vision (halos /startbursts) with PRK. The NAVY only allows PRK surgery for their pilots.

You are right about the side effects. Thats whats stopping me from doing the procedure so far. There are a lot more but the main side effects are halos and dry eyes. I saw some more mentioned here http://lasereyesurgerytruth.com/vision/latest/be-aware-of-these-laser-eye-surgery-complications-2.html

The most commonly used refractive surgery procedure is the lasik eye surgery procedure and this is a very popular form of surgery that has the advantage of being less painful and resulting in a 20/20 vision in most cases, usually on the very next day.

The basic lasik surgery procedure involves an instrument which is known as a microkeratome which is used in the surgery to create a thin and round flap in the cornea. The surgeon will take the flap and fold it back so that it is not in the way and then takes away some corneal tissue that is underneath with the help of an excimer laser which uses cool ultraviolet light beams to exactly remove very small bits of tissue from the cornea in order to reform it.

Once the cornea is reformed into the correct shape it will work in an improved manner and focuses light into the eye as also onto the retina thereby getting the person to see clearly which will be better than what it was before the lasik eye procedure. Afterwards, the flap is replaced back in place and covers the area where the corneal tissue had been removed.

Corrects Nearsightedness, Farsightedness as well as Astigmatism

Lasik surgery procedure is helpful for nearsighted as well as farsighted people. In the case of nearsightedness the aim is to flatten the extra-steep cornea and with farsightedness, a steeper cornea is required. Excimer lasers are also used to rectify astigmatism through smoothening of the irregular cornea and getting it into a more normal shape and the lasik eye procedure will help to achieve this.

There are certain steps to follow before getting your lasik eye procedure performed and these include choosing a good surgeon, finding out whether you are the right person for this type of surgery as well as finding out whether you have any dry eye diseases which need to be treated and cleared prior to the lasik eye procedure.

There are different types of lasik eye procedures such as blade versus bladeless and also custom lasik or wavefront lasik procedures. The wavefront-guided lasik eye surgery procedure makes use of 3-dimensional measurements that figures out how the eye processes images and this is helpful for guiding the laser in reshaping the front portion of the eye that is called the cornea. The wavefront measurement of the lasik eye surgery procedure is extremely useful in extreme and precise individualized vision correction.

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Benefits of the Custom View laser vision correction process with VISX technology.

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London Eye Centre, with 2 BC locations in New Westminster and Kamloops, is BC’s most experienced laser vision correction centre.

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I am scheduled to have Custom Lasik Eye Surgery in about a month. My Dr. has to do a pre-op exam before to make sure my cornea is thick enough to have the surgery done. My question is: How long did you have to wear your glasses (if you wore contacts before) full time before your surgery so your eyes could return to their normal shape. The Dr. told me two weeks, the lady that set me up for the surgery told me a month, and other people have told me somewhere inbetween.

For Custom LASIK – the office I work for it is a minimum of 2 weeks prior to surgery for soft contact lenses or 3 weeks for hard or gas permeable lenses.

Did you already do an examination to see which procedures you are a candidate for? The doctor should have gotten your corneal thickness measurements then. The only measurements he/she should need to do are the Custom (Wavefront) measurements unless the doctor is rechecking your pachymetry (corneal thickness), refraction, and corneal topography (health/ shape of your corneas) measurements prior to surgery.

Learn about the exciting WaveFront CustomCornea treatment performed by Dr. Robert Lin, MD. Dr. Lin is a graduate and Assistant Clinical Professor at UCLA School of Medicine (Jules Stein Eye Institute), and has performed over 15,000 refractive procedures, and is also a board-certified ophthalmologist. The Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance (CRSQA) has distinguished Dr. Robert Lin as one of the few CRSQA Certified Refractive Surgeons in the United States.

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Custom LASIK surgery is specially designed around you and your unique needs. Now imagine the following scenario. You are going in for a scheduled brain surgery and are told by the neurosurgeon that instead of tailoring the surgery especially for you, they would try something that works for most people.

Would you be ok with such a suggestion or would you freak out? Now, something like that would just freak me out and I believe the same goes for you.

The point that I’m trying to make is that it is always better to have surgery tailored for your exact needs than have something that works for most people. Because you are a unique human being with unique needs. Something that works for somebody else might not work for you.

And when you talk of sensitive areas such as the brain or your eyes you cannot take such a chance. If something goes wrong you can become blind for the rest of your life.

Now in the past LASIK eye surgery was not so advanced and what happened was that there were standard procedures surgical procedures that were applied to every person undergoing LASIK eye surgery. However things have changed with the advent of custom LASIK laser surgery.

Custom LASIK eye surgery captures three dimensional photos of your eyes as they are accepting light. These imagesare then used to map out a surgical strategy for your LASIK surgery. This procedure is known as wave-front technology and is more exact compared to contact lenses, glasses or other LASIK procedures.

By making use of computer-based tests to analyze the way your eye allows light in, the best course of action can be plotted. As this is a three dimensional image that perfectly fits the patient’s eye, the surgeon ensures that the dimensions of the flap over the cornea are exact.

Even though custom LASIK offers superior results, it may not be the best option for everyone. Hence you must first be approved by the FDA who will evaluate your specific eye condition to see if you qualify. First your custom LASIK surgeon will present you with the available options. If you choose to have custom LASIK, he will then look at the condition of your eyes to see if their condition is such that custom LASIK would offer the best results.

Custom LASIK offers the following advantages:

- Improved odds of getting a 20/20 vision

- The occurrence of glare or night vision disturbances are decreased or eliminated

-Lower odds of losing contrast sensitivity or vision quality

Research indicates that in spite of the higher cost of custom LASIK, more and more people choose this procedure compared to non custom LASIK. Nevertheless, it is necessary to consult with your eye doctor before the surgery on what can be corrected. This is because even though custom LASIK is possibly the best LASIK procedure in terms of its results, it may not fix all types of vision abnormalities at present.

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