Category: LASIK
Does LASIK correct near vision?
Posted by: Clear Vision Cataract & LASIK Center
We’ve all seen it: someone holding an object FURTHER away just to read what is written on it? Perhaps you are doing this yourself? I am often presented with patients who are annoyed by this loss of near or reading vision that comes with age, or as we call it, presbyopia. This common condition affecting…
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LASIK Alternatives for Vision Correction
Posted by: Clear Vision Cataract & LASIK Center
With the recent FDA approvals of the Vuity eye drop for presbyopia and the EVO Visian ICL, patients have even more options for reducing their dependence on glasses and contacts. Contact lens intolerance can cause significant chronic eye dryness and irritation, but many patients are still hesitant to proceed with laser vision correction such as…
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Does LASIK Wear Off?
Posted by: Clear Vision Cataract & LASIK Center
Does LASIK Wear Off? This is a common question we hear from patients who are experiencing blurring of their near vision many years after having laser vision correction (LVC) such PRK, LASIK, or SMILE. An explanation follows below, but the short answer is no, the LASIK did not wear off! Laser vision procedures alter the…
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The EVO ICL Provides Lens-Based Vision Solution for Patients with Myopia
Posted by: Clear Vision Cataract & LASIK Center
The FDA has now approved the more advanced EVO ICL, which can provide the even better visual outcomes but with even fewer risks. The EVO ICL is an implantable collagen-polymer lens that is placed by an experienced surgeon right behind the iris. Different than refractive lens exchange, placement of the EVO ICL does not require…
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