The "Hassle" of LASIK?
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There is one primary reason why LASIK has rocketed to popularity over the last decade, and it has to do with the quick recovery and results. There are few if any medical procedures where the results are so predictable and rapid as in LASIK laser vision correction. Although as with any medical procedure their are risks and complications, for the vast majority of patients undergoing this procedure, the vision is restored to normal levels virtually overnight. Despite this fact, many potenti
I Hate My Glasses Video Contest to Win Free LASIK Vision Correction
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There will be two winners: Details HERE.
One humorous LASIK video and one serious LASIK video will be chosen. Submitted You Tube videos must be at the minimum 2 minutes in length but no longer than 4 minutes.
We know every video requires some work on your part, so everyone who submits a video will be sent a coupon via e-mail for $500 off bilateral Custom All Laser LASIK surgery. ($250 off per eye may not be combined with other discounts or offers, no cash value, etc.).
4 finalists w
Coming Out of the WOOD(s)work
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Maybe not tomorrow or next month, but right now if you go to the website for TLC vision, you will see Tiger Wood's smiling face, dressed up to play golf, and being quoted that he choose TLC for his vision correction and now he sees 20/20 without glasses. While it is impressive that LASIK has helped to make someone who had extremely bad vision (the advertisement says he was -11.00 which is really extreme) now have vision so good that he can be perhaps the best in the world, it was not really TL
Are there advantages to i-LASIK?
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It is important to distinguish real technological advancements, from marketing hype and this is especially true when it comes to laser vision correction. There is not much question that I-LASIK is the latter of these in that it was the matching of two existing technologies. The VISX laser was one of the first approved lasers, and although there have been some improvements, it is still a broad beam first generation technology which is limited as compared to many newer lasers that have been avai
Nothing to fear but fear itself
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It was not that long ago that in the American West where we now reside, patients were given something to bite on, like a soft bullet to reduce the pain of surgery. Modern anesthesia has made remarkable advances in that while unconscious patients can be treated oblivious to their surroundings. It is a different matter for LASIK vision correction. Here we need the patient to cooperate and to fixate on a lighted target in order to properly perform the procedures. We also have advanced
Own The Night
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When laser vision was first conceived, an optical engineer named Dr. Charles Munnerlyn developed a mathematical model for reshaping the front of the eye in the 1980's to correct nearsightedness and he received a patent for his work. I met Dr. Munnerlyn recently and he is still very interested in the field of laser vision correction. His formula was to flatten the cornea the correct amount to achieve a desired result without much emphasis on real world issues such a night vision. As it tu
What to do when your perfect vision gets blurry at age 40
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A brief anatomy and optics discussion is needed because this is not really easy to understand. In contrast to nearsightedness where the eye is too long for the corneal shape, in farsightedness the opposite occurs. Light rays want to focus behind the eye rather than on the retina where they belong, and this blurs the vision. Unlike nearsightedness, the youthful eye can overcome this with the lens inside the eye which can focus and overcome this defect in the shape. However, as
What is a femtosecond and why is that important?
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Back in the year 2000 (almost 10 years ago) I was approached by some people that I knew in the vision correction industry and was told that they were working on a new laser which among other things could be a better way to do LASIK. Intrigued, I flew to San Diego and watched Dr. Lee Nordan (now retired) perform some of the first uses of this new device, a femtosecond laser, to make a corneal flap. It was much different than the production devices we have today, slower for one thing, but it did
Denver Lasik Blog summer LASIK special
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Contact us at Dishler Laser Institute to learn more about our summer special. Not valid with any other offers. This is definitely the best deal you can get on the most advanced laser vision correction in Denver Colorado and it has brought patients from throughout the region to enjoy this opportunity for better eyesight. If you live anywhere within a few hundred miles of Denver Colorado, you might want to consider this offer. And with financing from either Care Credit or Chase, we
LASIK alternative: Advanced Surface Ablation
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Patients need to have their individual needs evaluated from both a safety and effectiveness standpoint when considered for laser vision correction surgery. The first laser treatment, and the one that the laser companies thought was going to be the only laser treatment was to treat the front of the eye with the laser and let a new skin or epithelium heal with the eye patched. Although this was the most simple approach, it had several limitations. For one, there was considerable discomfort
We are Denver LASIK
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For all of the convenient restaurants and hotels near our office and a map please go here to find more about Denver's first Denver LASIK laser vision correction center. (Source: Dishler Laser)
Blade free LASIK is better LASIK
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LASIK has been a breakthrough in vision correction in that it is quick, virtually pain free and in most cases eliminates the need for glasses or contact lenses. The achilles heel of LASIK was always the first step, making a corneal flap. Here was the non-laser part and in about 50% of cases this technique based on technology that is about 50 years old, is still in use today. Basically a motor driven electric disposable razor blade cuts the cornea to remove the top layers and allows the l
Dishler Introduces Latisse
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We have signed on with Allergan Pharmaceuticals to dispense Latisse for our patients in Denver, Centennial, Aurora and from Colorado Springs and Fort Collins who wish to have longer, thicker, and darker eyelashes. We have received numerous requests from existing patients to offer this product, and although it does not have the gravity of LASIK or laser vision correction, it is something that many of our female patients have been requesting. Since Latisse can only be prescribed by m
Measure Twice, Cut Once
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Great results require great data. When we reach the step of applying laser energy to the eye, we are on almost the last step of a checklist that has many steps preceding it. To begin with we must take a careful history of the patient, their vision, and their eye and medical history. We need to understand their visual needs, what they are currently wearing (contact lenses or glasses or nothing) and how effective these have been. Then we want to understand what the patients expectati
Choose the Doctor that Doctors choose
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Doctor Dishler began performing LASIK in 1995 as the first doctor in Colorado, and the region to perform LASIK. In 2000 he was the first to perform IntraLASIK, the all blade free LASIK procedure. Over the years we have led in the laser vision correction field, including participation in numerous clinical studies, and being admitted to the organization Trusted LASIK Surgeons. Throughout this period, most of the patients that have been treated by Dr. Dishler have been referred
Bite The Bullet
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It was not that long ago that in the American West where we now reside, patients were given something to bite on, like a soft bullet to reduce the pain of surgery. Modern anesthesia has made remarkable advances in that while unconscious patients can be treated oblivious to their surroundings. It is a different matter for LASIK vision correction. Here we need the patient to cooperate and to fixate on a lighted target in order to properly perform the procedures. We also have advanced
Laser-eye surgery under the government spotlight
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latimes.com: Three federal agencies the Food and Drug Administration, the Defense Department and the National Eye Institute announced last week that they are launching a three-year effort to gauge how many, and which, patients suffer troubling symptoms after undergoing the vision correction procedure called Lasik. (Source: Physics Today News Picks)MedWorm Message: Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm Swine Flu RSS news feed - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health
Centre for Sight | Leaders in Laser Vision Correction | Home
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Welcome to Centre for Sight, helping to provide the south east of England and surrounding region with affordable laser eye surgery and laser vision correction
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Intralase, Intralase LASIK, Intralase Eye Surgery, Intralase UK, Intralase iFS. Centre for Sight. Leaders in the UK for Laser Eye Surgery and Vision Correction
LASIK, LASIK Laser Eye Surgery, LASIK Treatment
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LASIK is the most commonly performed laser vision correction procedure in the world to ... Intralase to the UK back in August 2004, and as such are the longest provider of the ...



