“What If I Move My Eye During LASIK?” This is a question I often hear from patients. It turns out, the answer is: “nothing!” Eye movement is no longer a concern. During LASIK, you simply look at a red light which is not itself a laser, but actually is just a target to look at. […]

Can chocolate improve vision? According to a small study published in the Ophthalmology edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association, the answer may be yes!  In a study of young adults, vision was measured two hours after eating either dark chocolate or milk chocolate. After eating the dark chocolate, small letter contrast resolution […]

The world’s first LASIK laser eye surgery was performed 30 years ago this month. On March 25, 1988 Marguerite McDonald, MD at Louisiana State University Eye Center performed flapless LASIK (PRK) on a blind eye of Alberta Cassady, a 62 year old volunteer who had cancer in the eye and was willing to let her […]

A patient from Camarillo that I saw in my Ventura office asked me about the choice between PRK and LASIK for athletes. LASIK laser eye surgery involves creating a thin flap on the surface layer of the cornea before applying the laser to reshape the cornea. The flap is then positioned back into place after […]

I saw a patient from Oxnard in my Ventura office yesterday who asked me about LASIK and professional athletes. Freddie Freeman, Atlanta Braves’ first baseman, just had LASIK laser vision correction surgery in the offseason. Freeman is famous for wearing glasses but a fan noticed a picture of Freeman on his family’s Instagram page that […]