by David Shapiro, MD
A patient from Camarillo that I saw in my Ventura office asked me about LASIK and professional athletes. It turns out that yet another NBA star has just undergone LASIK and is crediting his improved performance to laser vision correction eye surgery. Tobias Harris, forward for the Detroit Pistons, used to play wearing contact lenses, […]
by David Shapiro, MD
A patient from Arroyo Grande that I saw in my San Luis Obispo office asked my office staff about using her FSA account for her LASIK. This is a common question this time of year! Many patients find that using an employer sponsored FSA to help pay for LASIK allows them to use pre-tax dollars […]
by David Shapiro, MD
Local researchers at UC Santa Barbara are making great strides in treating eye disease through surgical stem cell implantation in the back of the eye. KEYT recently reported progress being made at the UC Santa Barbara Engineering Department for addressing macular degeneration. The retina lines the back of the eye and the macula is the […]
by David Shapiro, MD
A patient from Oxnard I saw last week in my Ventura office for a LASIK consultation was wearing contact lenses for astigmatism. He was complaining that every time he blinked, his vision would get blurry. The reason for this — and it is a very common problem for people wearing contact lenses for astigmatism correction […]
by David Shapiro, MD
A patient from Santa Barbara that I saw in my Ventura office last week asked me about the best way to make the LASIK flap. There are basically two approaches: using the femtosecond laser to make the flap (sometimes called “bladeless LASIK”) or using the mechanical microkeratome to make the flap (often negatively referred to […]
