Harvard Eye Offers Expert LASIK Advice

Harvard Eye wants each of their patients to be informed and understand the LASIK procedure before making a commitment. To be a good candidate for LASIK eye surgery, their patients must meet the physical, health and age criteria. Harvard Eye wants you to fully understand the LASIK procedure and be aware of any risks and possible side effects. Harvard Eye is offering some guidelines may assist in a general estimation of your suitability for LASIK surgery. However, a consultation with Harvard Eye would be necessary to determine whether you are fully qualify as a LASIK candidate.

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Harvard Eye explains that LASIK has definite physical, health and age criteria, which must be met before a patient can be considered for LASIK. This includes:

1. Healthy eyes
2. Age of at least 18 years
3. Stable eyeglass prescription for at least one year
4. Vision within the correctable range

Harvard Eye further explains that you are not a candidate for LASIK if you:

1. Have a history of eye disease or injury
2. Have a history of any autoimmune disease
3. Take prescription medications that may affect healing or vision
4. Are pregnant or nursing

Harvard Eye feels is it vital that their patients understand the LASIK procedure and thoroughly read the literature they gives you. Harvard Eye encourages you to ask questions to cover all of your concerns. Harvard Eye has performed over 100,000 successful refractive surgeries; they care deeply about each of their patients and work diligently to stay on top of the most modern techniques and technology. If you are interested in understanding what LASIK can do for you, please call our office now for your free, no-obligation, no-hassle LASIK consultation.

Orange County LASIK – Harvard Eye Associates in Orange County, California specializes in LASIK laser vision correction.

Monovision LASIK

Harvard Eye understands that if you have developed noticeable presbyopia symptoms, you may not want to wear reading glasses, bifocals or contact lenses anymore. Harvard Eye suggests that if your are under age 50 and have not begun to develop cataracts, monovision LASIK may be a good option for you to consider. This is especially true if you are also nearsighted or astigmatic.

Harvard Eye explains that like ordinary LASIK eye surgery, monovision LASIK can also correct existing refractive errors besides presbyopia, including nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism. If you’ve had LASIK before, you can still have monovision LASIK correction as a touch-up procedure, sometimes called an LASIK enhancement.

Harvard Eye has performed well over 100,000 successful refractive eye surgeries, and prides themselves on providing their patients with the kind of care they would want for any member of their own family. We invite you to talk with Harvard Eye about whether monovision LASIK may be right for you.

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Harvard Eye utilizes the same technologically advanced equipment for monovision LASIK as with other LASIK surgeries – a highly specialized laser-called an excimer laser – to reshape the cornea and give you focused vision. The excimer laser emits pulses of concentrated cool, invisible ultraviolet light. When targeted to specific areas on the cornea, it precisely and gently reshapes the cornea by removing extremely tiny amounts of tissue without disturbing other tissue.

Unlike during conventional LASIK surgery, Harvard Eye corrects your vision with monovision LASIK by correcting one eye for distance vision and the other for near vision. Your brain adjusts to focus on a selected image, so you see well at near or far distances. If you haven’t experienced monovision but are interested in trying this approach, Harvard Eye can help you try monovision in advance by fitting you with specialized contact lenses. Harvard Eye may suggest this as an important step to confirm you would be able to adjust easily.

If you are interested in further information about LASIK and finding out if you are a good candidate for this amazing procedure, we invite you to call our office right now for your hassel-free, no-obligation FREE LASIK consultation.

LASIK Orange County- Harvard Eye Associates in Orange County, California specializes in LASIK laser vision correction.