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Can I Have Laser Eye Surgery If I am HIV Positive?

04/12/2023

Here at the London Vision Clinic, we treat all our patients the same. This includes patients who have HIV too. Patients with HIV are not required to take extra precautions prior to their laser eye surgery, but do have to inform the clinic about their condition.

Getting To Know The Carl Zeiss VisuMax Laser For Refractive Surgery

24/10/2023

In this video, Professor Dan Reinstein of the London Vision Clinic, explains takes you under the hood of the Carl Zeiss VisuMax Femtosecond laser technology. It is used to perform refractive and LASIK laser eye surgery.

Laser Eye Surgery Treatments: What Is LASEK? [VIDEO]

22/10/2023

LASEK is a procedure very similar to PRK, it is a relatively new procedure and similar to LASIK, except with LASEK a corneal flap cut is from the protective tissue layer over the eye.

Can I Have Laser Eye Surgery If I Have Night Vision Disturbances? [VIDEO]

20/10/2023

Traditionally, Laser Eye Surgery has had some limitations which meant that certain patients were unsuitable for treatment. This may have been due to the extent of their prescription, the thickness

Can I Have Laser Eye Surgery If I Am Prone To Keloid Scarring?

17/10/2023

Keloid scarring is found to have no influence on laser eye surgery results. The over production of collagen tissue found in scars on the skin keloid formation has not been shown to be affected in the healing process within the cornea.

Will I Receive Anaesthesia During Laser Eye Surgery Treatment? [VIDEO]

13/10/2023

Laser eye surgery is performed using topical anaesthetic. There is no need for a general anaesthetic as the topical drops themselves are sufficient to basically completely anaesthetize the cornea and that is the area where all the treatment is being done. On top of that the patient actually needs to be awake, they need to be alert so that they can respond to the surgeon’s commands and in a sense look in the right direction toward certain target points which will facilitate their treatment and make it more reliable.

The Cost of Contact Lenses – Are There Any Risks?

11/10/2023

The mass commercial success of the humble contact lens took off in the 1960s and 70s following around a century of increasingly viable iterations. They were celebrated for their effectiveness,

Laser Eye Surgery: How the Process Works at London Vision Clinic

05/10/2023

In this video laser eye surgeon Mr Glenn Carp, explains the laser eye surgery process at the London Vision Clinic.

Laser Eye Surgery Treatments: What is PRK? [VIDEO]

04/10/2023

PRK or photo-refractive keratectomy was the first vision correction procedure to use excimer lasers and grew out of the pioneering scalpel-based refractive surgery. The procedure is most suited to patients with unusually thin or flat corneas.