Laser Eye Surgery Blog
What Is 20/20 Or 6/6 Normal Vision? [VIDEO]
In this short video Mr Glenn Carp explains 20/20 and 6/6: Mr Glenn Carp – “The main concern of having 6/6 vision or 20/20 normal vision really comes from whether you are based in the United Kingdom or you are based in America. It is really just to do with feet and metres. 6/6 means you see at 6 metres what an average person can see at six metres, and 20/20 is the equivalent in feet, twenty feet versus twenty feet. So… Read more
Can my sight get worse after Laser Eye Surgery? [VIDEO]
Once you’ve recovered from Laser Eye Surgery, the changes made to your cornea by the laser are permanent and completely stable. The eye quickly adapts to your new vision. However, it is possible that your eye sight will worsen after Laser Eye Surgery due to an unavoidable part of the body’s ageing process.It’s important to point out this is not because the effects of Laser Eye Surgery are temporary. Unfortunately, as we all get older our eyes, along with various other parts… Read more
Can my sight get worse after Laser Eye Surgery? [VIDEO]
Can I Go Blind After Laser Eye Surgery? [VIDEO]
Strictly, the answer to this question (in theory) is yes, but for all practical considerations it is extremely unlikely. In fact, Laser Eye surgery is one of the safest medical procedures carried out. As our expert Laser Eye Surgeon Mr Glenn Carp describes in the short video below, there is an incredibly small chance of going blind as a result of Laser Eye Surgery. But, it is vital to know and understand the risks. To fully get to grips with how small… Read more
Can I Go Blind After Laser Eye Surgery? [VIDEO]
An interview with Professor Reinstein on Laser Blended Vision and ReLEx SMILE
Laser Blended Vision is a sophisticated laser eye surgery treatment to get around the effects of ageing of the eye (presbyopia), which was devised by myself, here at the London Vision Clinic in 2004 and implemented by Carl Zeiss into their laser platform as PRESBYOND® in 2009. Laser Blended Vision is modified binocular vision (vision using both eyes with an overlapping field of vision) and we intentionally correct the eyes slightly differently. The dominant eye is focused to see mainly distance to… Read more
An interview with Professor Reinstein on Laser Blended Vision and ReLEx SMILE
Can I Have Laser Eye Surgery If…? And Other Suitability Questions
Head down the high street, walk into a Laser Eye Surgery provider, and ask a question, say ‘Can I have the treatment if I’m over 60? And you’ll get one answer. But hop in your car and go to a private or independent clinic and ask them the same question, and you get a totally different one. What’s going on here? Surely if you’re ineligible at one clinic you’re ineligible at them all, and vice versa, right? Well, this is often the case… Read more
Can I Have Laser Eye Surgery If…? And Other Suitability Questions
ReLEx SMILE: The latest innovation in Laser Eye Surgery
If you look at pretty much every field of surgery — cosmetic, restorative, dental, vascular — you’ll notice a few common trends. Thanks to an influx of technological advances and greater knowledge, more and more patients are enjoying fewer complications, less pain, quicker recovery times, and shorter hospital stays. These developments are revolutionising healthcare. And they’re all thanks to a new approach that replaces traditionally invasive, and often risky, open surgery techniques. This is what’s known as minimally-invasive surgery — what many… Read more
ReLEx SMILE: The latest innovation in Laser Eye Surgery
Why We Strive to Be The Best
We would all like to be the best at something, whether it’s the best parent to your kids, the best brain surgeon in the country, or the best at making lasagne in your family. For us, it’s Laser Eye Surgery. And it wouldn’t be so silly to expect it would be the same for all the other clinics and providers in our industry, too. Especially for clinics like ours, founded by specialist eye surgeons who’s vocations are to grant as many people as… Read more
Why We Strive to Be The Best
8 Things you can’t do wearing contact lens
When you first start wearing contact lenses, it can be like receiving your ticket to visual freedom — especially if you’ve worn glasses for a long time. But as the days and weeks and years pass, the reality of what you’ve bought into becomes all too clear. You start seeing how much of a hinderance contacts actually are, their benefits start to fade into the background, and you begin wondering if they’re actually the convenient and promising solution you thought they were.… Read more
8 Things you can’t do wearing contact lens
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London Vision Clinic
Private Laser Eye Surgery Clinic
138 Harley Street
London
W1G 7LA
United Kingdom
Local: 020 7224 1005
Overseas: +44 20 7224 1005
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