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LASIK eye surgery is used to reshape the cornea in order to correct vision. The LASIK refractive eye surgery procedure can treat myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness) and astigmatism, and can reduce your dependency on eye glasses and contact lenses. Patients who suffer from myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism experience blurred vision. LASIK eye surgery offers you an effective treatment to improve your eye’s focusing power and enhance your vision.
What Makes a Good Candidate for LASIK?
A good candidate for LASIK eye surgery should be at least eighteen years old, have no change in refraction for at least one year and have realistic goals and expectations regarding the results of the surgery. Anyone with an eye infection or injury within the previous year should forego LASIK eye surgery. Your eye surgeon or ophthalmologist is the best one to determine if you are a good candidate for this procedure after a thorough examination and consultation.
The Risks and Benefits of LASIK
LASIK eye surgery benefits include improved vision, and freedom from eye glasses and contact lenses. This freedom from eyewear means you can perform every day functions and even participate in sports, swim, spend a comfortable day on a sandy beach or go mountain climbing without the restrictions eye glasses and contact lenses impose on you. LASIK eye surgery is an effective and safe treatment experienced by millions of people. A small number of people, one to five percent, may experience LASIK complications. Risks of LASIK eye surgery may include:
- Sensitivity to light
- Haloed or glared vision
- Irregular astigmatism
- Dry eyes
- Loss of visual clarity
Recent advances in LASIK technology have dramatically reduced the risks of these complications and most problems can easily be rectified with additional treatment. LASIK eye surgery is typically nearly painless with most people complaining of only mild discomfort.
LASIK eye surgery is the most frequently performed vision surgery in the United States. Over one million people have LASIK eye surgery every year with excellent results. LASIK eye surgery is performed in less than fifteen minutes with most experiencing improved vision immediately.
If you are interested in learning more about LASIK eye surgery and how it can improve your quality of life, please visit the website of Dr. Gary Kawesch, LASIK eye surgeon at the Laser Eye Center of Silicon Valley today.
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Life is different after Lasik eye surgery and noticeably better. If you have been eyeglasses or wearing contacts and feel poor eyesight then you might want to consider Lasik eye surgery.
About 8,000 to 10,000 military personnel wear glasses or contacts. They need to keep in touch through regular checkups for their prescriptions. This can be very troublesome to personnel who are posted abroad and in times of war. The military can get good benefit out of the procedure of lasik eye surgery. I think now its common people in the military get Lasik treatment to eliminate the contacts or glasses.
What is Lasik ?
LASIK stands for Laser in situ Keratomileusis and it is a treatment that reshapes the cornea in order to produce clear vision. The LASIK refractive eye surgery procedure can treat myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism
What qualifications should I look for in a laser eye surgeon?
- Surgeon should know several ways to improve your vision– not the only way.
- Detect subtle corneal conditions that may require caution when considering laser eye surgery.
- Manage your progress after surgery for best results while continuing to provide data.
Am I a good candidate for laser surgery?
LASIK patients should be at least 18 years old, demonstrate no change in refraction for at least one year, and have realistic expectations regarding the results of LASIK eye surgery. Patients who have experienced an eye infection or injury in the past year should not undergo LASIK.
Are the effects of LASIK eye surgery permanent?
In most cases, after Lasik eye surgery the vision improves almost instantly however in some cases patients say that their vision improves to an even greater degree after days pass. Connie Jarvis, I found the video of Dr. Ellis, patient she is happy after Lasik Eye Surgery.
http://www.motionbox.com/videos/7a96d7b71514e4c5f5
Where to go for LASIK Surgery
Ellis Eye & Laser Medical Center, The Primer San Francisco LASIK Laser Vision Correction Center
Stacy is professional researcher and now a day’s doing research on medical education in USA. she is co-author and administrator of Lasik Eye Surgery Oakland an informative blog about Laser Medical Center
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Quite candidly, the perception of many people as well as our own was that a primary determinant of the affordability of LASIK was strongly related to the cost of having it done. We wonder if centers that charge slightly more or less than others benefit or are hurt by placing financial stress on the patients who elect to choose them. We are concerned about how important the cost of the procedure weighs in the average patient’s decision. Therefore, we decided to model the costs of LASIK at our current charges for the procedure as compared to the costs of glasses, contacts, solutions, and routine eye care to see just how much of a premium was involved for those who choose this option. We expected LASIK to cost more, and were very surpised just the opposite. The bottom line — having LASIK saves you money!
When we started looking at the actual costs for eye care over a lifetime we knew that there was a significant cost to glasses, contacts, solutions, and examinations for this care. We also knew that there are costs for LASIK and the costs associated with this care as well. For this reason we never put pen to paper and we were very surprised at our findings.
After a very conservative analysis these were our results:
- A 20 year-old could save over $48,000 over his/her lifetime with LASIK
- LASIK could pay for itself within 4 years (if you wear prescription eyeglasses, sunglasses, and use contact lenses)
- LASIK is even cost effective for most people in their 40s and 50’s!
These statistics are based on the average U.S. life expectancy of 77.7 years, and our own estimates of vision correction costs based on current average industry prices and recommendations.
These are the basic cost assumptions of this analysis:
- Prescription Eyeglasses: $200 every other year
- Prescription Sunglasses: $350 every other year
- Contact Lenses: $40 every month
- Contact Lens Supplies: $12 every month
- Annual Eye Exam (also applies to LASIK): $105 every year
- LASIK Cost: $3,500
Actual prices will probably vary from our calculations, based on what your situation – your annual visits may be more or less expensive than our estimate, and you may pay a different amount for glasses or contacts or buy them at in less frequent intervals – but we hope that this will be helpful for anyone who is researching the costs and benefits of LASIK.
Importantly this model includes important eye examinations AFTER LASIK which add costs to the LASIK choice, but is far outweighed by the other costs. The savings are probably even greater than calculated because there is an increase or escalation in the costs of things like glasses every year whereas the costs with LASIK are fixed. Even taking into account that a small percentage of LASIK patients may need an enhancement procedure years later, there is still an obvious and significant savings by having the procedure.
What really puts this over the top is the benefit of financing at zero or a low percentage, since the time of financing takes away the large capital cost of having the procedure, and by the time that the procedure is paid for, about half of the savings has been realized. Also, the other half can be covered with the fact that the surgery is tax deductible and/or the use of flexible savings accounts to use pre-tax dollars to cover the costs.
If you want the details, this table shows at ages in 5 year increments what the projected savings over a lifetime are for having LASIK surgery. For instance, a 30 year old would need prescription glasses and sunglasses every two years and contact lenses and supplies totaling almost $53,000. Even with the costs of LASIK and examinations, there is a savings of over $39,000! Yes, some people may not wear contacts this entire time, but it is our experience that most LASIK patients are contact wearers who also have prescription glasses. Also, we are being very conservative on glasses costs. Some prescription glasses from designers with all the bells and whistles come in close to $1,000 just for one pair of glasses.
Based on the estimated costs of this analysis we can see that contact lenses and their associated costs are substantial. This assumption is for daily wear disposable contacts. Obviously for all of those who have significant astigmatism and require toric contact lenses the costs are significantly more. By contrast, anyone who only wears glasses can subtract the contact lens costs from their personal analysis. Even for these people, there is still a savings by having LASIK over glasses alone, or for that matter for contacts alone without glasses. The latter is not recommended in that contact lens patients should always have glasses, at least for a backup should they not be able to wear their contacts. Again, our experience is that most patients have a number of glasses and contacts when they come to visit us for consideration of LASIK. This analysis also does not take into consideration the increased costs of bifocals or trifocals, which are substantially more expensive than single vision glasses.
Based on all of these factors, we believe that on average this analysis is accurate for the average person and thus demonstrates the financial benefit of LASIK clearly. There are certainly many disclaimers that should be made on this type of an analysis and to the extent that we have missed anything important, please forgive us and feel free to comment to this post and we will make corrections.
So how often is there something that you can do which will benefit you for a lifetime, providing you with an improved quality of life AND save you money? Here is my epiphany — I think that at some level patients have realized this fact and that is why so many millions of people worldwide have decided to have LASIK vision correction. Not only for the lifestyle benefit, but also for the financial benefit.
In a broader context, is not a healthier America a better and more cost effective America? Can we learn something here that has broader implications in the health care debate and legislation before us today? The emphasis should be on what we can provide to the American people that is valuable and will ultimately decrease the cost of health care and increase human productivity which will make us net a wealthier nation. This country is based on a combination of a free market economy and helping those who cannot afford to help themselves. We should be able to extend this philosophy to medical, dental, and eye care.
In the meantime, I am happy to learn that LASIK has helped to provide a better life while saving money for all of those who needed it.
Here is the most impressive thing, the epiphany. While $3500 is a substantial amount of money, it is just about the smallest number on this chart. Would it really matter if this was $5,000 instead? Not much really. So the costs for this procedure should not drive the decision to have it but rather whether it is a good idea for a particular person and also picking the best provider to have the greatest chance of realizing these savings. Second, even people who are over 40 years of age still will have a substantial benefit. In fact at age 40 there is still over $30,000 of savings by having LASIK.
Dr. Dishler is the first doctor to perform LASIK in Colorado, the first doctor to offer blade free LASIK in Colorado, and is a consultant, lecturer, and inventor. He is involved with several FDA studies and answers questions related to laser vision correction online.
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