LASIK was first performed in large numbers in the United States in 1997, giving us the opportunity to measure long term results today. Recall that LASIK technology has evolved enormously over that time and today’s results are even better –with even better long term stability.  North Carolina surgeon Dr. Jonathan Christenbury recently presented an interesting study […]

One of the great myths about LASIK is the claim that eye doctors would never have LASIK on their own eyes. It turns out this is completely false! An important study recently put this myth to rest. This study, by my friend and colleague Guy Kezirian, M.D., showed that eye surgeons who perform LASIK were four times more likely […]

A patient from Santa Barbara recently asked me about vision with contact lenses vs. LASIK. A recent study published in the prestigious medical journal Ophthalmology found that former contact lens wearers were happier with LASIK than contact lens wearers who continued to wear contacts. The difference became more pronounced as time went on. The study involved […]

A study recently published in the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery found that visual performance and patient satisfaction remained high at the five year mark after LASIK laser vision correction. This long term study, conducted in Scotland, looked at 2530 LASIK patients with an overall average age of 42.4 years. Pre-operative prescriptions ranged from […]

Speaking at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, our largest and most important annual meeting, Dr. Kerry Solomon summarized a massive effort he had undertaken: a systematic review of all articles about LASIK published in medical journals worldwide between 2008 and 2015. The idea was to provide a true […]