Posts Tagged Laser Refractive Surgery
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.
Should I consider Lasik Eye surgery?
Posted by Dr. John Suson in Milwaukee Eye Care on September 17th, 2009
Many people are curious about Lasik eye surgery as an option for vision correction instead of the traditional glasses or contact lenses that they’ve used for ages. Many people were told in the past that they were not good candidates but with current up-to-date technology, many of these people are actually very good candidates. The reasons for having Lasik eye surgery are very personal and each individual has to look at his or her own needs, desires, and lifestyle. Those things will be the major determinants on whether you should have Lasik eye surgery.
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.