by David Shapiro, MD
A patient in my Santa Barbara office asked me today whether there were any advances in treating presbyopia, the age related loss of the ability to see up close. She was looking for a solution to avoid reading glasses after LASIK. Presbyopia occurs because the lens of the eye, which sits inside the eye and […]
by David Shapiro, MD
A patient from Santa Maria who I saw in my San Luis Obispo office was considering LASIK, but asked me how patients compared their LASIK to their previous use of contact lenses. This is a good question because LASIK is truly an elective procedure and would only make sense if it made patients happier than the […]
by David Shapiro, MD
A patient from Thousand Oaks asked me about the difference between two types of LASIK technologies: wavefront-optimized and topography-guided LASIK. The terms can get quite confusing. There are three general approaches to giving the laser information about how to go about its job of sculpting a new shape into the cornea to improve vision without glasses or […]
by David Shapiro, MD
A patient in my Ventura office asked me today if LASIK could treat astigmatism. While there is a myth that LASIK cannot correct astigmatism, it turns out LASIK has been able to correct astigmatism with great accuracy for nearly 20 years! Over that time, technology has improved and improved and more complicated and unusual types […]
by David Shapiro, MD
A patient from San Luis Obispo asked me about LASIK and hand eye coordination for sports. I mentioned that the two time World Champion darts player, Gary Anderson, just lost out on his bid for a third world championship while wearing glasses. Anderson has decided to undergo LASIK to improve his eyesight in an all […]
