Everything You Have Ever Wanted to Know About Vision Correction Surgeries

Glasses and contacts might be a thing of the past with all the new vision correction surgeries.

 Blurred Vision, Burning Eyes: This Is a Lasik Success?

Some patients who undergo the eye surgery report a variety of side effects. They may persist for years, studies show.

 Lasik Eye Surgery: Weighing the Pros and Cons

“Lasik’s Risks, in Focus” (Science Times, June 12) implies that there are emerging doubts about Lasik eye surgery’s safety and efficacy. We believe that such arguments are without scientific foundation and do a disservice to Lasik surgeons and the more than nine million Lasik patients in the United States. Lasik’s safety and efficacy are well documented by scientific literature; more than 7,000 studies have been done. While no surgery is without risk, Lasik is an outstanding procedure for those who are good candidates. That in no way diminishes the experience of those featured in your article.

 Seven things nobody tells you before you get laser eye surgery

From wishing you’d had it done sooner to not wearing a jumper on the day of surgery, here’s everything you didn’t know about laser eye surgery…

 The Latest Laser Eye Surgery Innovation Shaking Up The Health Industry - And Anyone Can Do It

Laser eye surgery has been around for quite some time now, and has become such a low risk and relatively easy-to-execute procedure that it can be conducted relatively quickly, and recovery is limited to around a month. However, if you look around you'll find generally the procedure is still rather invasive.

 This Is What Happens In Laser Eye Surgery

I was just having a conversation about laser eye surgery with my family and the debate on whether laser eye surgery is safe or not got heated, to say the least. Aiming lasers at the eye sounds really scary but it is a totally safe procedure.

 When Routine Eye Surgery Leads to Debilitating Pain

In rare cases, complications from Lasik or cataract surgery can leave patients feeling as if they have shards of glass in their eyes. Researchers are looking to treat the condition, known as neuropathic corneal pain.

8 Things To Know Before You Get Lasik

While the thought of a laser boring into your eye may seem, well, terrifying, the procedure is overwhelmingly safe...

A Worrier's Guide to Shooting Lasers in Your Eyes

It's totally normal if LASIK surgery still bugs you out.

Chris Paul Is Shooting Better Than Ever Since Getting LASIK Surgery

Chris Paul was petrified of getting LASIK surgery, but he finally did and now he's shooting even better than before.

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Laser Eye Surgery

If you’ve just about had it with the glasses and contact lenses, perhaps you’re considering laser eye surgery to correct your vision. But what does the procedure really entail? What are the risks? And will you have guaranteed perfect vision afterward?

Have You Had LASIK Surgery? Be Grateful to a Turkey.

There are a lot of great options for repurposing Thanksgiving leftovers. You can make sandwiches, casseroles, or turkey carcass gumbo. But you’ll have to get pretty creative to top the time an IBM scientist used his leftovers to perfect LASIK surgery.

How Does LASIK Work? Everything You Need to Know About LASIK Eye Surgery

Approved by the FDA nearly 20 years ago, LASIK is a household name around the conversation of vision. Need glasses? You better get LASIK eye surgery. Did the ref make a bad call? He definitely needs LASIK. Want to be a super hero and shoot lasers from your eyes? Get LASIK. But, contrary to popular belief, LASIK is not for everyone nor does it fix every vision problem.

LASIK eye surgery safe in long-term, experts say

LASIK eye surgery to correct a person’s vision has been in use since the mid-1990s, but lingering questions as to the long-term effects still come to mind for past and potential patients. But LASIK recipients can rest easy: Studies have shown that the surgeries have little negative effect and in fact, are now safer and more beneficial than ever.

Lasik Surgery: When the Fine Print Applies to You

I WAS vain. That’s the only way I can explain why I willingly let a doctor cut my corneas with a laser: vanity. Little did I know when I chose Lasik surgery that I would not end up satisfied like the friends and acquaintances who raved about their post-glasses existence. Instead, my days are complicated, since I am dealing with side effects that are far more bothersome than being unfashionably four-eyed.

My Lasik Eye Surgery Experience

I used to forget and think that I still had contacts or glasses on, but then I'd remember that I didn't need them ever again, and this big smile would creep across my face. Getting Lasik eye surgery was truly amazing and is, without a doubt, the best thing I've ever done for myself. Money well spent.

Pros and Cons of LASIK: Are the Risks Worth the Cost?

Patients seek LASIK surgery for many reasons. One is near universal: “to wake up in the morning and not reach for your glasses or spend two minutes putting in contact lenses,” says Christopher Hood, M.D., a clinical assistant professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center.

Some People Shouldn’t Get Lasik Eye Surgery—Here’s How To Know If You’re One Of Them

If you wear contact lenses or glasses, the thought of opening your eyes each morning and already being able to see the world clearly sounds like a dream. That's the irresistible allure of LASIK eye surgery.