DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Is LASIK surgery considered safe? Is it always effective? I don't want to risk my vision since it's not terrible but would love to get rid of my contacts. LASIK (short for ...

From cutting-edge vision correction (including LASIK) to next-generation cataract surgery, here’s your insider guide to ...

LASIK technology went unchanged from 1996 to 2001, and as a result, the price trended downward during that period. As technology advanced, the average price of LASIK gradually rose each year until ...

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NEW ORLEANS — The latest peer-reviewed meta-analysis of worldwide scientific literature for LASIK shows the satisfaction rate for the procedure is up to 98% and nearly 90% of patients achieve 20/20 ...

Safety. Precision. Customization. Affordability. Sound like good things? They are. And they also characterize today's LASIK Eye Surgery. As doubts about the procedure vanish, more and more ...

LASIK has been a successful procedure now for many years. The basic steps of the procedure, including a femtosecond lamellar flap and excimer laser ablation, are well understood. However, there is ...

ClearSight, partnered with News 9, is giving away a free Lasik or lens replacement procedure to a veteran. Surgically corrected vision has been a procedure done for decades now, and doctors at ...

Christopher Tomes, 43, opened his eyes one morning, looked out the window and could read the license plate of a parked car — without his glasses. He’d had Lasik eye surgery the day before, becoming ...

Throughout my life, I’ve been blessed with 20/20 vision -- until recently. In just the last several months, I’ve had to hold menus at arm’s length to read them. I fall asleep after reading only three ...