Lasik Articles

SBK Shows Advantage over Traditional LASIK

The new vision correction procedure SBK may offer advantages over traditional LASIK surgery. Learn more about the benefits of SBK vision correction surgery.

Seven Things to Consider Before Getting LASIK Eye Surgery

As the technology has matured, safety has increased, and prices have become more affordable, LASIK has become more popular. Here are seven things you should consider before going under the laser.

SBK Vision Correction Surgery: Is It Superior to LASIK and PRK?

In an ambitious attempt to provide an alternative to LASIK and PRK, surgeons have developed a new type of refractive surgery called SBK, or sub-Bowman's keratomileusis.

New Laser Eye Surgery Gives Navy Pilots Eagle Eyes

Runways, other planes, dozens of tiny instrument dials…add in the deadly complications of combat flying, and you have a job where ‘vision’ is not a corporate buzzword – it’s a life-saving requirement.

Surface Ablation (PRK and Epi-LASIK) Versus LASIK

PRK? Epi-LASIK? LASIK? With all the choices on the market today, refractive surgery using an excimer laser is safer and more effective than ever. Find out the differences between these eye-opening procedures.

Vision Testing That’s Less Black and White

Many eye care professionals are now testing not only the ability of patients to focus on objects like that big “E” on the Snellen chart, but also their visual functioning in situations that are less black and white, as it were.

In LASIK, Bigger Is Better

Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler discusses which techniques and technology surgeons can employ to achieve the best results out of the LASIK surgery procedure.

Teens and LASIK

For millions of teenage boys and girls, undergoing LASIK surgery may be as desirable as going to the prom with the date of their dreams. Yet, unfortunately for those under 18, LASIK may be as unattainable as that fantasy date.

Flaxseed For Dry Eyes

Many ophthalmologists are now proactive and aggressively address postoperative dryness with all of their LASIK patients. The first step is educating them on how they can reduce the risk of postoperative dryness.

LASIK Surgery vs. ICLs

Age and LASIK Surgery

Important Questions to Ask Your LASIK Surgeon

Common Fears Associated with LASIK Surgery

LASIK Side Effects

Top 5 Fears Associated with LASIK Surgery

I lay in the bed at the LASIK surgical facility, eyes pried open with what appeared to be some medieval torture device, the wild-eyed surgeon coming at me with a scalpel. His accomplice, the nurse, stood ready behind him, aiming the high-tech laser system that was to obliterate my entire ocular cavity.