A patient from San Luis Obispo asked me about a blog I had previously posted on an exciting new drop that possibly could cure presbyopia, the age related loss of the ability to see up close. Presbyopia typically starts at age 40 and is due to the lens becoming progressively stiffer as it loses its ability to […]

Last week a patient in my Ventura office who wore contact lenses asked me about infections with LASIK. Many people would assume contact lenses would be safer than LASIK laser eye surgery since LASIK is a surgical procedure. A recent study from the Hamilton Eye Center at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, however, […]

Recently, a patient in my Santa Barbara office who plays soccer asked me about someone playing a high impact sport having LASIK laser eye surgery. I told him that many professional athletes over the years have undergone PRK or LASIK laser vision correction to improve their performance in their sport. One national league pitcher I performed PRK […]

A patient in my San Luis Obispo office asked me about the difference between custom wavefront LASIK and SMILE (small incision lenticular extraction) for laser eye surgery. Both use a laser to reshape the cornea, but they use different types of lasers and use a different surgical approach. With customized wavefront LASIK, a thin flap […]

A patient from Oxnard asked me about the differences between Customized Wavefront LASIK and PRK. The goal of either LASIK or PRK is to use the excimer laser to reshape the cornea to allow it to focus precisely. Customized Wavefront LASIK involves first creating a thin surface flap, lifting it, and then applying the wavefront guided laser […]