Eyes On The Prize STEVE MCDOWELL takes the plunge and opts for corrective Laser Eye Surgery I WRITE this with apologies to the excellent offices of JH Steward (Bisley) – the opticians in whose very capable hands my shooting eyes have been for some years. But not any more. The short sightedness and the astigmatism that afflicted my vision have gone – eliminated by Laser Eye Surgery. I’ve always had a hate/hate relationship with contact lenses. Ever since giving up…
Eyes Wide Open… As divers, our eyesight is something we rely on every time we take a breath in the underwater world. Good eyesight is something taken for granted if you’re lucky enough to have perfect vision, but for those who have to wear glasses or contact lenses, it presents a problem when you come to dive. For obvious reasons, wearing glasses under a mask is out of the question, so many divers opt for a prescription mask. These have…
My Personal Account Of PRESBYOND® Laser Blended Vision By Pait Teesalu, MD, PHD. More than 2 years after surgery, my refraction is 0.00 -0.25 X 3° in the right eye and 0.00 -0.25 X 68° in the left; I can still see J1 up close. I decided to undergo corneal refractive surgery about 3 years ago. My refraction was approximately – .00 D in each eye. At that time, I was performing more than 1,500 cataract surgeries per year and…
“I Can See Clearly Now” Published in the Daily Express New techniques mean that thousands who previously could not have Laser Eye Surgery can now be safely treated. JULIE CARPENTER explains why she can throw away her hated glasses at last. There is one reason why many people still shy away from having Laser Eye Surgery to correct short or long-sightedness and that is fear. I was the same. Despite the fact more than 30 million people worldwide have had…
This could be the time to confess something I have not yet dared to admit… here goes: I don’t like jazz.
Or, at least, I didn’t think I liked jazz……
Better Vision, Better Performance Can Laser Eye Surgery help police professionals do their job better? “LASIK is extraordinarily safe in fully trained hands, but even average surgeons can still get it right 90 per cent of the time. Just like in any profession, the few bad apples can give the profession a bad name.” -Professor Dan Reinstein. After Laser Eye Surgery, Tiger Woods, arguably the world’s best golfer, effortlessly won the Pebble Beach PGA tournament in February, 2000, in California….
Welcome to a special post on the London Vision Clinic blog … no, we are not marking the end of the summer – despite the fact that with all the wind and rain this week London has felt far more like autumn than August……
Flicking through an old copy of Vogue magazine (April 1991) the make-up and fashion features have not dated as much as you might expect……
A female friend of mine describes herself as a “Techno Tart” – for the sake of alliteration let’s call her Trisha.I feel quaintly old-fashioned after spending time with Trisha and her shiny new iPad……
Having written about the Three Phases of Truth and how they might relate to the expectations of the Laser Eye Humanitarian Project in Nepal, it occurred to me that ……
