Laser Eye Surgery News

Why Does Chopping Onions Make You Cry?

Yes, you’ve guessed it, we’re talking about the perennial problem of onion-chopping here. Whether it is for winter soups, autumn sauces, spring or summer salads; onions are the mainstay of any kitchen store cupboard. With many varieties to choose from, these versatile vegetables have one thing in common: they make your eyes water. And their preparation is a constant source of anguish for any cook with half way sensitive eyes….

Laser Eye Surgery Procedure Video: Zana Morris Shares Her Experience At The London Vision Clinic

“I was really, really pleased I went with the London Vision Clinic, really, really pleased. The service and the back up was just incredible both before the surgery and all the testing and everything they did. During the surgery and around the day of the surgery there was incredible support and after it they really, really looked after you. Glenn Carp, the surgeon really kept an eye on you. You had his number to take with you to contact him should you be concerned in any shape or form, or should there be anything after the surgery. So you really, really felt in safe hands. I think anything else would have made me very nervous. It was nice to know you’re being looked after and for something like the eyes in particular it is something you would like to know you’re being looked after with and I really, really felt that.”…

Impressionist Art Seen Through Blurred Vision

The French painter widely accredited with being the leader of the neo-impressionist movement, Georges Seurat, took a scientific approach to the way he applied his paint to the canvas. By the use of tiny dots of colour (known as pointillism) the viewer is required to join the dots rather than having the paints already blended on the canvas. This technique is pretty time consuming for the artist – Seurat took two years to complete his famous “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte”. When viewing his great works I can’t help but wonder about his eyesight and how these pictures might be viewed by those with colour blindness….

London Vision Clinic Featured On Channel 4 Live From The Clinic – Donna Sepala’s Patient story

A staggering 2.1 billion pounds is spent on one particular accessory every year and I’m not talking handbags. 50% of the UK population suffers with poor eye sight. Every year we spend more than £2.1 billion on glasses and contact lenses. Unsurprisingly, corrective surgery has become so popular that 100,000 people had the procedure in the UK last year. LASIK, a type of laser eye surgery, costs on average £3,000 for both eyes. Recovery time for this procedure is between three and four hours….