Everyone knows that keeping fit will help you to grow old gracefully and may slow the degenerative processes associated with ageing – but did you know that it can also keep your eyes healthy?…
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How Variable are the Risks of Laser Eye Surgery?
“Laser”, “eye” and “surgery” are three words that may, understandably, arouse anxiety. Unlike in the USA, where the procedure is often referred to simply as “LASIK”, one of the first obstacles for someone considering the treatment in this country may well be just getting over their pre-conceptions (which, we have found, are most often mis-conceptions) about what risks laser eye surgery involves….
Lost Glasses and Steamed Up Lenses: Time to Get Rid!
It happens to the best of us. You need your reading glasses but when you go to grab them from your bag, or you desk, or your head, they’re no longer there! You’ve left them somewhere… Again! (Queue frustration and mild self-loathing.)
Here’s our list of the top-ten most common places to misplace your specs:…
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….
What to Expect Before, During and After ReLEx SMILE
ReLEX, otherwise known as Keyhole Lasik, is a recent breakthrough in vision corrective surgery. In fact, it’s so new that it is currently only available here at London Vision Clinic….
Essential Advice to Maintain Your Eye Health
Essential Advice on Eye Health
Last year, National Eye Health Week reminded us all of the importance of regular eye tests. It’s recommended we have our eyes examined at least every two years, not only to ensure they’re healthy, but also to check for changes to our current prescriptions….
Top Tips: How to Eat Seasonally For Better Vision
Here at London Vision Clinic, as much as we love to see you, we encourage you to keep your eyes healthy by eating healthily for get a better vision. Your diet and choosing to eat the right foods can prevent long term eye problems later in life. In season vegetables can be incorporated into fun and inventive recipes that are both healthily delicious and good for your vision!…
What to Expect: Before, During and After LASIK Surgery
LASIK is one form of corrective laser eye surgery. The procedure involves cutting a small flap of the cornea and laying it to the side in order to remove a small amount of the cornea with a laser. The flap is then set back in place and begins to immediately repair itself. …
10 Amazing Eye Facts That Will Change How You See The World
Eyes are complex organs, so it’s really important to take care of them with the best specialists. Some scientists have even called them a wonder of nature. How they enable you to see is a fascinating biological process. We’d like to share with you 10 fascinating facts about your eyes that you might not know….
London Vision Clinic’s Top Tips to Avoid Eye Strain
In this crazy, modern, techy world that we live in, we don’t take it easy on our eyes. Today many jobs require that we spend hours and hours in front of computer screens. Many people even elect to read on computer screens rather than actual books. With that being said, books are sometimes not much of an optical improvement. Eye strain can cause dryness, migraines and, later down the road, permanent vision problems….
