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Burn Survivor with Tearing Issues - We Can Still Get You 20/20 Vision

Name Mr Burns Age: 30 Someting Country:USA Contact Sex: Male Contact Prescription Right: -4 Contact Prescription Left: -4 Contact Other Conditions: Burn survivor and I don’t produce tears This is an easy Rx for Dr. Chynn to fix, about 30 seconds per eye, that’s it, and if you choose our hi-def option, PALV can probably get you seeing BETTER than 20/20. [...]

Posted on 11/09/2009 22:31:51

When Cheap is Crazy - Especially When it Comes to Your Eyes

Dear Dr. Chynn I am that skeptical guy that was at your office this Wednesday. I spoke again with Diamond Vision and found out that they also use Visx Wavescan Customview laser. Yes, but the same equipment by inferior operators yields an inferior result:) I realize you do a LASEK procedure which replaces the epithelial tissue back on [...]

Posted on 11/05/2009 17:25:34

All Vision Centers Aren’t Created Equal

Greeting: John Doe E-mail Address: john@doe.com Home Phone: xxx-xxx-xxxx Comment: Dear Dr. Chynn Q: I am that skeptical guy that was at your office this Wednesday. I spoke again with DV [...]

Posted on 10/14/2009 00:50:58

Complications from LASIK

Concisely and synoptically I would like to report the situation I am facing, hoping in your specialized medical opinion. My name is VK, I am 27 years old, and in 1-10-2008 I was the subject of a myopia correction operation in both eyes, which was done with the LASIK method causing to me a severe [...]

Posted on 10/10/2009 20:30:34

Gotham Magazine - Racism in Top 100 Bachelors List

I know this is a business blog but sometimes you just have to mix things up a bit. This is a letter I wrote to the editors or Gotham Magazine. I am not going to even link to the list I am talking about because it would be like contribution to the delinquency [...]

Posted on 10/10/2009 20:11:10

Insurance for LASEK

MEDICAL NOT VISION insurance is what you need for LASEK surgery. Vision insurance is for ODs, which are optometrists, like the kinds of “doctors” who never went to med school who do pre and postops at cheaper centers:) MEDICAL insurance is for MEDICAL doctors, or ophthalmologists, who are MDs, like myself and [...]

Posted on 10/03/2009 20:16:36

Post Operative Process for Foreign patients.

In this entry Dr. Chynn responds to a fellow practitioners questions regarding the LASEK post-operative process for a mutual foreign patient: Thank you in advance for helping manage our mutual patient.  just to reassure you, we will be doing 100% of the preoperative testing ourselves, and of course, the surgery (probably a LASEK instead of [...]

Posted on 03/03/2009 01:39:13

Obama Announces Vision Week

A PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Blindness and visual impairment affect millions of Americans. Early diagnosis and timely treatment are critical to minimize vision loss from eye diseases as well as vision loss that is correctable with eye glasses or contact lenses. During Save Your Vision Week, I encourage all Americans [...]

Posted on 03/02/2009 01:17:28

How Affordable is LASEK at PALV.

I’m glad you want LASEK, and want to know if you can afford it, as i can tell you DEFINITELY YES our price list is attached. ( Park Avenue Laser Vision – 2008 Price List ) It’s kind of complicated you have to go on our website to understand all difference between our safer non [...]

Posted on 02/04/2009 16:42:45

Recovery time after a LASEK procedure.

Timothy Asks: Doctor Chynn: I am still on the fence about getting LASEK. My main concern is recovery following the LASEK procedure. I was told that my nearsightedness vision would be affected for a week or two. I have also seen other similar complaints on the web by other people who have had LASEK. I am a tax [...]

Posted on 01/28/2009 18:05:14