It took Katie a week and a half to even pluck up enough courage to watch the recording her mother had made of television presenter Philips Schofield’s laser eye surgery at the London Vision Clinic…
Category: Reviews and Patient Stories
Target Spot
Eyes On The Prize STEVE MCDOWELL takes the plunge and opts for corrective Laser Eye Surgery I WRITE this with apologies to the excellent offices of JH Steward (Bisley) – the opticians in whose very capable hands my shooting eyes have been for some years. But not any more. The short sightedness and the astigmatism that afflicted my vision have gone – eliminated by Laser Eye Surgery. I’ve always had a hate/hate relationship with contact lenses. Ever since giving up…
Sport Driver
Eyes Wide Open… As divers, our eyesight is something we rely on every time we take a breath in the underwater world. Good eyesight is something taken for granted if you’re lucky enough to have perfect vision, but for those who have to wear glasses or contact lenses, it presents a problem when you come to dive. For obvious reasons, wearing glasses under a mask is out of the question, so many divers opt for a prescription mask. These have…
Part 1: It Takes A Mountain Load Of Desire For Katie
There is no measurement – yet – to register the strength of desire. If such a calibrated table were to exist it might consider the case of 32-year-old Katie from Potters Bar……
Cataract and Retractive Surgery Today
My Personal Account Of PRESBYOND® Laser Blended Vision By Pait Teesalu, MD, PHD. More than 2 years after surgery, my refraction is 0.00 -0.25 X 3° in the right eye and 0.00 -0.25 X 68° in the left; I can still see J1 up close. I decided to undergo corneal refractive surgery about 3 years ago. My refraction was approximately – .00 D in each eye. At that time, I was performing more than 1,500 cataract surgeries per year and…
Daily Express (I Can See Clearly Now)
“I Can See Clearly Now” Published in the Daily Express New techniques mean that thousands who previously could not have Laser Eye Surgery can now be safely treated. JULIE CARPENTER explains why she can throw away her hated glasses at last. There is one reason why many people still shy away from having Laser Eye Surgery to correct short or long-sightedness and that is fear. I was the same. Despite the fact more than 30 million people worldwide have had…
Police Life
Better Vision, Better Performance Can Laser Eye Surgery help police professionals do their job better? “LASIK is extraordinarily safe in fully trained hands, but even average surgeons can still get it right 90 per cent of the time. Just like in any profession, the few bad apples can give the profession a bad name.” -Professor Dan Reinstein. After Laser Eye Surgery, Tiger Woods, arguably the world’s best golfer, effortlessly won the Pebble Beach PGA tournament in February, 2000, in California….
Part 1: Eye Surgery In Vogue
Flicking through an old copy of Vogue magazine (April 1991) the make-up and fashion features have not dated as much as you might expect……
Less Than Six Degrees Of Separation
I have long believed in the “Six degrees of separation” theory, sometimes referred to as the “Human Web”. It refers to the idea that everyone is at most six steps away from any other person in the world……
The Amazon Connection
While mentioning the iconic glasses jar on the reception desk at the London Vision Clinic: who would have thought that this jar of redundant specs would link two strangers from different countries… while travelling up the Amazon in Peru……
