Short-sighted? What You Can Expect From Laser Eye Surgery If you have myopia (short-sightedness), you’re in good company. Recent estimates indicate that around a third of the global population might share this trait with you. But this is unlikely to comfort you if you’re one of the millions of people in the UK who are daily burdened by glasses and contact lenses. If this sounds like you, then you have likely wondered about Laser Eye Surgery before. Is it a…
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A Look at Careers Where Good Eyesight Is Important
A Look at Careers Where Good Eyesight Is Important Having good vision is an extremely important consideration for all of us. However, there are some people for whom it could play an even more critical role in their everyday lives. There are many professional circumstances in which poor vision can lead to disaster – and yet, these could all be avoided with the help of a quick and painless procedure called Laser Eye Surgery. Everyone from military personnel and professional…
Jumping Letters: The Mystery of “Map Dot Fingerprint Dystrophy”
Jumping Letters: The Mystery of “Map Dot Fingerprint Dystrophy” From person to person, reading can prove difficult for a huge variety of reasons. The most obvious would be refractive errors such as hyperopia (long-sightedness), presbyopia, and astigmatism. However, other conditions such as dyslexia, can also significantly affect how accurately an individual can decipher the letters on a page. Another, lesser-known condition that can affect your ability to clearly discern letters is Map Dot Fingerprint Dystrophy (MDFD). What is Map Dot…
Growing Arms or Presbyopia: Is it Time to Take Action?
Growing Arms or Presbyopia: Is it Time to Take Action? As hard as we might try – and as effective as some skincare and hair products might be – we can’t stop all the signs of ageing. We might start to notice that our knees aren’t as strong as they once were and our backs might ache more, but there is one effect of ageing that is often even more frustrating: presbyopia. If you’re in the throes of middle age,…
LASIK Safety and Patient Satisfaction
LASIK Safety and Patient Satisfaction Laser Eye Surgery is considered to be among the safest elective surgical procedures to date. And with over 100,000 procedures performed each year in the UK alone, it is also the most common. With all that in mind, we’re taking a closer look at the safety and patient satisfaction of LASIK – the most popular Laser Eye Surgery procedure. What is LASIK? LASIK – laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis – is an advanced form of refractive surgery…
Eye Health: Common Causes of Damage to Your Eyes
Every day, we hear about things that are bad for our health but when it comes to our eyes, it is particularly serious. The lens of the eye cannot repair itself and any lost and damaged cells are never replaced; thus, we really do need to take care of them. But what is particularly damaging? …
Which Visual Impairments Can be Treated with Laser Eye Surgery?
Which Visual Impairments Can be Treated with Laser Eye Surgery? Laser Eye Surgery has successfully treated the visual problems of people all over the world for decades. Originally suitable for correcting only a limited range of prescriptions, significant advancements in technology and surgeon expertise mean that it is now suitable for more people than ever before. But which visual impairments can be treated with Laser Eye Surgery? Poor vision can be caused by a wide range of issues with the…
What If I’m Frightened about having Laser Eye Surgery?
What If I’m Frightened about having Laser Eye Surgery? Laser Eye Surgery can be a life-changing procedure – in the best way possible. Not only can it allow you to ditch the pesky glasses and contact lenses that have been getting in your way for goodness knows how long, but it can also allow you to experience the world in a whole new way. We’re passionate about the benefits of Laser Eye Surgery (and so are our patients!). But that…
Leave the Stress Behind – Along with Your Specs!
If you are a spectacle wearer, you will undoubtedly be aware of the stress that glasses can cause. Specs may seem like the perfect solution if you find contact lenses too pricey, uncomfortable, unsuitable, or simply too fussy and time-consuming but, for many people, they can in fact be just as irksome….
Could Exercise Help to Protect Our Eyes as Get Older?
Everyone knows that keeping fit will help you to grow old gracefully and may slow the degenerative processes associated with ageing – but did you know that it can also keep your eyes healthy?…
