A LASIK patient from Santa Barbara that I saw in my Ventura office last week asked me about how to safely view tomorrow’s eclipse. First, those who have had LASIK or PRK are no different form anyone else in terms of the safety guidelines they should follow to protect the eyes during a solar eclipse. […]

A patient from Santa Maria that I just saw in my San Luis Obispo office asked me about SMILE laser eye surgery. SMILE, or small incision lenticular extraction, is a new laser vision correction eye surgery. It involves using a femtosecond laser to sculpt a contoured disc of tissue from within the cornea. The same […]

A patient from Oxnard that I saw in my Ventura office asked me about a laser eye surgery she saw on TV called SMILE. SMILE (small incision lenticule extraction) is a new laser vision correction surgery in which the surgeon uses the femtosecond laser to separate out a thin “coin” of tissue from within the […]

A patient from Santa Barbara I saw today in my Ventura office asked me about whether professional athletes have had LASIK. He is an avid basketball player. I told him that many professional NBA players have undergone LASIK or PRK, as have pros in many other sports. When I have performed LASIK or PRK on […]

A LASIK patient from San Luis Obispo who loves her crisp new vision after her laser vision correction eye surgery recently asked me why some people grow up to become nearsighted in the first place — while others do not. This is a great question! Some researchers feel that genetics are the main determinant of […]