Posts Tagged Customvue
Does “Custom Lasik” mean “Blade-Free”?: The Power of Words and Understanding the Current Lasik Technologies
Posted by Dr. John Suson in Milwaukee Eye Care on January 8th, 2010
Advertising for Lasik can be somewhat deceptive. Often you’ll hear high tech words used to imply that a surgeon uses all of the latest technologies available, but that is not necessarily the case. “Custom”, “Customized”, or “Customvue” are terms that I’ve heard used in this way in Lasik advertising. Although customized treatments are a key component to most Lasik systems in use today, advertisers often emphasize the word “custom” while neglecting to mention that they use bladed systems when making the Lasik flap. In my opinion, that is a serious omission and misleading to the patient. The most current and safest technologies involve Lasik systems that are bladeless. Although the custom technology is still important, if the surgeon is not clearly using a blade-free system like the Intralase®, then they cannot truly say that they are using the most advanced, precise, and safest Lasik technology.
A Surgeon’s Reasons for Seeking Lasik Eye Surgery
Posted by Dr. John Suson in Lasik | iLasik, Milwaukee Eye Care on December 16th, 2009
What are your reasons for thinking about Lasik surgery now and what are your concerns? Many people that have been nearsighted since childhood dream of the freedom of being without glasses. Although people become accustomed to wearing glasses or contact lenses, at its core, it is never a totally natural thing to do. I started wearing glasses in the 4th grade and contact lenses in junior high. By the time I was an adult, it was just a subconscious part of my daily routine. As I grew up, my vision became worse until I couldn’t even see the alarm clock in the morning when I woke up. It wasn’t until I personally had Lasik myself in my 30’s that I fully realized what a handicap it was. I look back and remember all of the hassles with my inability to fully participate in simple activities that others took for granted. When I went swimming, I would have to go without my contacts and be essentially blind, or wear glasses which hampered swimming. Sports were always difficult because of sweat pouring onto the glasses and visual problems due to movement of the contacts. And I remember so many times losing a contact lens and crawling around on the floor desperately trying to find it.
Custom Lasik does not mean Blade-free Lasik
Posted by Dr. John Suson in Lasik | iLasik, Milwaukee Eye Care on September 23rd, 2009
I hear some Lasik surgeons talking up the fact that they do advanced Custom Lasik but they make no mention of the blades that they use in their Lasik surgery. That’s right, “Custom Lasik” and “Blade-free Lasik” are two completely separate things. Surgeons that continue to use the cheap bladed Lasik try to cover that fact by talking about their Custom Lasik but that is old news at Suson Eye Specialists in Wauwatosa. I don’t think there’s a Lasik center in the USA that doesn’t use a Custom Lasik system and it’s been that way for years. But the real technological difference has been in the advancement of the blade-free Lasik systems to make the Lasik flap. That’s the technological advancement that these cheap chain centers neglect and that they always fail to mention. So they cover it up by talking about Custom Lasik so you won’t know that they still use blades.
Wavefront Guided Lasik and Night Driving Performance
Posted by Dr. John Suson in Milwaukee Eye Care on June 4th, 2009
Wavefront Guided Lasik and Night Driving.
Wavefront Guided Lasik treatments use a highly advanced method of scanning the eye for higher order optical aberrations. It has been known for some time that using the excimer laser to eliminate these optical aberrations gives better visual outcomes in situations of low light compared to conventional Lasik treatments. The Wavefront system that I use is called the Visx Star S4 IR Customvue™ system.
What is Wavescan Technology?
Posted by Dr. John Suson in Milwaukee Eye Care on May 26th, 2009
What Is a Wavescan and How Does It Affect My Lasik?