Category: Implantable Contact
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 »
What Causes Myopia?
Written by Dr. Dean Dornic on Sun 11/13/2011
The debate about what causes myopia (nearsightedness) rages on. The fact that myopic parents tend to produce myopic children seems to indicate that myopia has a genetic basis. There is abundant evidence, however, that environment plays a role. A 1968 investigation by Dr. Frances Young, who led a research team to Alaska to study Eskimo… Read More »
Changing Eye Color
Written by Dr. Dean Dornic on Sat 05/02/2009
An ophthalmologist in Panama is currently implanting a colored implant in patients to change eye color. The cost is approximately $8000 plus airfare and accommodations. These implants may be of value to patients with albinism (lack of color) but patients who are receiving these for purely cosmetic reasons are cautioned about potential long term side… Read More »
