Archives for: August 19th, 2012
Visian: A LASIK Alternative –
Written by Dr. Dean Dornic on Sun 08/19/2012
What if you could have a contact lens to correct your vision that you couldn’t feel, didn’t have to remove or clean and never had to replace. That’s the idea of a Visian implantable lens. This lens, unlike a standard contact lens, doesn’t sit on the eye, it resides inside the eye. So how does… Read More »
LASIK Alternative: The Implantable Lens
Written by Dr. Dean Dornic on Wed 02/22/2012
For some patients, an implantable lens may have advantages over LASIK. Intraocular lenses have a long history of use in ophthalmology. Virtually all cases of cataract surgery utilize an intraocular lens. Intraocular lenses have a power, just as do contact lenses. They are placed inside the eye, so they cannot be felt by the patient. … Read More »
LASIK Can’t “Do It All”
Written by Dr. Dean Dornic on Sat 07/02/2011
This Independence Day got me to thinking about patients and their desire to be independent of their eyeglasses. For patients seeking LASIK, often there is a ‘tipping point’ such as a contact lens related problem or it’s time to go in for their exam with the prospect of exam fees, contact lens fitting fees and… Read More »
LASIK alternatives
Written by Dr. Dean Dornic on Thu 01/08/2009
For patients who are not good LASIK candidates there are several good alternatives including PRK and implantable contact lenses. For more on these options visit the Visian website or view my video on Monkeysee.com http://www.monkeysee.com/play/11385-lasik-surgery-alternatives. More information can be found at: www.drdeandornic.com/implantable_lenses.
