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No. LASIK is surgery and no surgical procedure is 100% risk-free. With very rare exceptions, LASIK patients are extremely happy with their results. Side effects and complications are exceptionally rare. But that does not mean LASIK is totally safe. Nor does a...

PRK and LASIK are very similar: They are both Laser Vision Correction procedures that use an excimer laser on the cornea to correct primarily Myopia (nearsightedness) and astigmatism. They both require otherwise healthy, normal eyes and even use the same settings. The...

There are actually extremely few recorded cases of a "blind" person getting back their sight. The most common situation (depending what one means by "blind")is when a person with advanced cataracts has them fixed with successful IOL (Intraocular Lens Implant) surgery. But...

Yes…but it is a very old and outdated way to measure hearing! The EENT (Eye, ear, nose, and throat) medical specialty began to evolve over 100 years ago. At that time, both hearing and vision were recorded using the same 20/x notation system. The eye chart was placed...

The corneal flap that is created in LASIK involves the outermost 3 of the 5 total layers of the cornea. Those are 1)epithelium, 2) Bowman's membrane, and 3) the stroma. The first of these is the protective layer (like epidermis in the skin). Bowman's layer is actually an...

No, not really. The age-related type of farsightedness is called Presbyopia. It is caused by the slow hardening of the natural lens of the eye to a degree where there is just too much resistance for the muscle to squeeze it into the proper shape for up-close vision. ...

The typical healing period for an uncomplicated cataract/IOL procedure is about 3 months. Most of the healing and improvement in vision, however, occurs in the first 2-3 days up to about the first 2 weeks. Since the natural human lens is made of different material than...

There is no single "best intraocular lens," whether single vision, toric, or presbyopia-correcting. All IOLs vary in optical performance, with incremental improvements over time from advances in technology. What is the "best" IOL for a particular individual often depends...