An eye patch does not need to be worn after LASIK, but to be safe we ask our patients to wear a clear protective eye shield at night after surgery. A patient from Santa Barbara recently asked me if she would need to wear a patch right after LASIK laser eye surgery. She was concerned […]

Laser vision correction eye surgery was approved in the form of PRK in 1995 by the FDA. A patient from Santa Barbara recently asked me a question I often am asked: how long has laser eye surgery been approved by the FDA? Laser vision correction was first approved by the FDA in 1995, but only […]