Fireworks and Bonfires: Stay Safe This Bonfire Night As the nights draw in and we reluctantly say goodbye to the warmer temperatures of summer and early autumn, it can be easy to become fed up of the darker evenings and colder days. Thankfully, there are plenty of festivities to enjoy in the coming months, with Bonfire Night arguably being one of the most fun. But while there is plenty of enjoyment to be had on this festive night, with fireworks…
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The Value of Sharing Personal Laser Eye Surgery Experiences
The Value of Sharing Personal Laser Eye Surgery Experiences Nowadays, it’s easier than ever to share an experience, opinion, or story with the world. With personal blogs, social media, and review websites to choose from, there’s almost always an option to suit you when spreading the word about a particular topic – and Laser Eye Surgery is no exception. In fact, these personal testimonials can be extremely useful for others considering going ahead with the procedure, which is why we…
Autumn is the Season of Colours – Enjoy It in All Its Glory
Autumn is the Season of Colours: Enjoy Them in All Their Beauty Colours appear all around us in spectacular abundance at all times of the year, though we don’t often stop for long enough to enjoy or even notice them. But when we do, they can not only help to make our world look more incredible, but they can also provide a boost to our mood. Whether it’s a serene sunset, a rainbow parakeet, or a Monet or Van Gogh,…
How Long Does it Take to Get Used to Laser Blended Vision?
How Long Does it Take to Get Used to Laser Blended Vision? Presbyopia is age-related eye condition that will one day affect us all. Translating flatteringly to “old eye” from Latin, presbyopia is an inevitable part of the eyes’ ageing process, in which the lenses become less flexible and the muscles become weaker over time. As a result, your ability to focus on near objects begins to deteriorate, making it increasingly difficult to read small print of perform close-up tasks….
The Road to Better Vision with Athlete Karen Darke
The Road to Better Vision with Athlete Karen Darke A few ears ago, Karen Darke MBE FRSGS was a full-time athlete with the British Para-cycling team, devoting her life to training, competing, and pushing herself to her physical and mental limits. In 2012, Karen won a silver medal at the London Paralympics, followed up four years later with a Gold in hand-cycling in Rio 2016. But that wasn’t the extent of Karen’s physical accomplishments. She also embarked on several high-intensity…
London Vision Clinic and Ending Preventable Blindness: Nepal
London Vision Clinic and Ending Preventable Blindness: Nepal According to recent data, around 43 million people around the world are blind, with an additional 295 million people living with moderate-to-severe visual impairment. A staggering 77% of these cases are preventable or treatable. The leading cause of vision impairment and blindness is cataracts, closely followed by uncorrected refractive error. In many of these cases, simple interventions such as glasses or cataract surgery are all that is needed to correct an individuals…
Laser Eye Surgery Through the Eyes of a Master Musician
Laser Eye Surgery Through the Eyes of Master Musician, Mo Pleasure We have welcomed our fair share of celebrities here at London Vision Clinic – this is something that comes hand in hand with our reputation as a world-leading Laser Eye Surgery clinic. But perhaps one of the most impressive we have had the honour of treating is Morris ‘Mo’ Pleasure, a multi-instrumentalist, musical director, composer, and producer. Mo has worked with huge names in the industry, starting his musical…
Valerie Singleton and Her Treatments at London Vision Clinic
Valerie Singleton and Her Treatments at London Vision Clinic Valerie Singleton is a British television personality best known for her time presenting Blue Peter in the 1960s and 70s. Throughout her varied career, which also includes popular radio shows, Valerie has become a household name and has even been honoured with an OBE! In addition to being familiar with television and radio, Valerie is also no stranger to London Vision Clinic, where she has been for, not one, but two…
“I was 47 years old with a -33 prescription… Laser Eye Surgery gave me my vision back”
“I was 47 years old with a -33 prescription… Laser Eye Surgery gave me my vision back” London Vision Clinic patient, Inge, had experienced poor vision since birth, with her prescription worsening as she got older. In this article, Inge tells us about her vision journey – and how she ultimately went from a a prescription of -33 to 0 with the help of Laser Eye Surgery. “As a baby, I was born with a prescription of approximately -5 and…
Regional and International Initiatives for Healthy Eyes and Vision
Earlier this year, the European Coalition for Vision (ECV) released a press statement to call on European decision makers to include eye health and vision in their political agenda. The call follows an earlier event in which members of the ECV claimed that eye health has been neglected in the political arena for too long, and that there is far too much avoidable and preventable vision damage….
