Researchers recently concluded that both LASIK and PRK work equally well at correcting eyesight. However, LASIK eye correction surgery was found to have one key advantage: Shorter recovery time. This advantage, of course, is concomitant with less post-surgery pain, and more discomfort during the actual surgery.
But while LASIK and PRK are equally effective at improving […]

Recently, online health sites all over the net featured articles stating that dry eyes were linked with menopause. Of course, the articles involved didn’t say it was a new discovery, but instead, they were talking about how few women actually know that menopause can cause dry eyes.
But that really isn’t the focus of today’s post. […]

By now, anybody with the intent to undergo LASIK eye correction surgery should know that the LASIK@Home DIY kit is a hoax. So, the DIY LASIK kit itself isn’t particularly interesting anymore. What’s really interesting about this issue at the moment is how just one small website caused enough problems to necessitate a press release […]

Remember a few days back when I highlighted the do-it-yourself LASIK@HOME kit - a sub-$100 tool kit that would allow you to perform LASIK surgery on yourself, right in the comfort of your home?
Then, I asserted that the DIY kit could only be either a hoax or a joke, but it seems other sites (like […]

These days, Visian Implantable Collamer Lenses (ICL) are getting a lot of attention. We already have two articles on ICL - one an introduction, and the other a clarification on its costs. Today, CBS 11 chimes in with their own feature of Visian ICL.
Possibly the greatest takeaway from this article is its explanation of the […]

The once-sighted blind - i.e. those who were born with sight, but have lost it – may soon be granted partial reprieve from their blindness, and the miracle technology that will do that is a small camera connected to electrodes that are implanted in the brain. In fact, there are already 16 people worldwide with […]

It can sometimes be very difficult to differentiate between a joke and a hoax. At least, that’s what I felt when I was checking out LASIK@Home. But before you click over to the LASIK@Home website to check out which it is, please read the whole entry. In fact, I’m going to force you to […]

Remember when I featured the LASIK surgery alternative, Implantable Collamer Lenses (ICLs), a month back? I stated that, “…Visian ICL isn’t exactly cheap - though I do not have actual figures to quote at the moment.”
Well, now I do. A recent NBC5.com article states that the recently approved ICL procedure costs up to US$5,000 per […]

We’ve already discussed quite a few solutions for the ubiquituous age-associated eye problem known as presbyopia. We talked about orthokeratology, and even Lens Replacement Surgery (LRS). Most recently, we featured multifocal LASIK surgery, which unlike conventional LASIK, can actually handle presbyopia.
But what if I were to tell you that scientists are coming up with an […]

At AllAboutVision.com, a new feature on the blade vs. bladeless LASIK debate has been published, with two respectable LASIK surgeons coming in with their own viewpoints. While we’ve talked about this before (here, and here) at Lasik World, this feature brings with it some new information direct from the specialists.
For one, they highlight a phenomenon […]