Guide to Recovery & Post-Operative Care after Laser Eye Surgery Updated for 2025 It can be easy to take our eyes and our vision for granted – especially for those who were lucky enough to be born without a refractive error. However, even those of us who have had our fair share of lost or broken glasses and tantrums with fiddly contact lenses, often overlook the incredible complexity of our eyes. Yet, every now and then, something might occur –…
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Guide to Dry Eyes and Laser Eye Surgery [VIDEO]
Quick Guide to Dry Eyes and Laser Eye Surgery Updated for 2025 Our eyes are one of the most complex organs in the human body, second only to the brain. The human optical system is made up of millions of working parts that, when healthy, provide us with an invaluable picture of the world around us. But with so many components, there are also many opportunities for something to go wrong. Humans have several biological defences designed to protect our…
Short-sighted? What You Can Expect From Laser Eye Surgery
Short-sighted? What You Can Expect From Laser Eye Surgery If you have myopia (short-sightedness), you’re in good company. Recent estimates indicate that around a third of the global population might share this trait with you. But this is unlikely to comfort you if you’re one of the millions of people in the UK who are daily burdened by glasses and contact lenses. If this sounds like you, then you have likely wondered about Laser Eye Surgery before. Is it a…
A Look at Careers Where Good Eyesight Is Important
A Look at Careers Where Good Eyesight Is Important Having good vision is an extremely important consideration for all of us. However, there are some people for whom it could play an even more critical role in their everyday lives. There are many professional circumstances in which poor vision can lead to disaster – and yet, these could all be avoided with the help of a quick and painless procedure called Laser Eye Surgery. Everyone from military personnel and professional…
Leave the Stress Behind – Along with Your Specs!
If you are a spectacle wearer, you will undoubtedly be aware of the stress that glasses can cause. Specs may seem like the perfect solution if you find contact lenses too pricey, uncomfortable, unsuitable, or simply too fussy and time-consuming but, for many people, they can in fact be just as irksome….
What Does Freedom From Glasses Really Mean?
What Does Freedom From Glasses Really Mean? For those who have worn glasses for most of their lives, it can be difficult to imagine just what freedom from the frames is really like. You’ve become used to scrambling around the bedside table every morning looking for your specs. Or showering in blurriness as you prepare to start your day. Maybe living a glasses-free life isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Then again, it would be nice to prepare a…
Will My Vision Fluctuate After Laser Eye Surgery?
Will My Vision Fluctuate After Laser Eye Surgery? Laser Eye Surgery is one of the world’s safest and most commonly performed procedures. Tens of millions of people are now enjoying the results of their laser-corrected vision. In fact, in the UK alone, an estimated 15,000 people have Laser Eye Surgery every year! Compared with other surgical procedures, Laser Eye Surgery is minimally invasive, has fast recovery times, and requires little time in the clinic. But that isn’t to say there…
What Post-Operative Care Should I Expect After Laser Eye Surgery?
What Post-Operative Care Should I Expect After Laser Eye Surgery? There are a lot of factors to consider when 1) deciding to go ahead with Laser Eye Surgery, and 2) finding the right clinic. You will likely have considered the cost of treatment, the location of the clinic, and even the experience of the surgeon, but what about the level of post-operative aftercare? In past surveys of prospective London Vision Clinic clients, we have found that post-operative care is, in…
What to Expect Before, During, and After PRK
PRK is an alternative to the more common form of corrective eye surgery, LASIK. The recovery rate of PRK is 80% and the procedure is more invasive, so this form of surgery will not be elected by a surgeon without some medical reason….
Laser Eye Surgery: Results in the Long-Term
The modern laser technique has been used for the last 20 years, first developed by Barraquer in 1950’s, and today more than 17 million people have undergone the laser eye surgery procedure worldwide. Scientific researchers, who track LASIK complications, believe there are probably no significant negative long-term effects from laser surgery….
