Benefits of laser eye surgery
With the popularity of lasereye surgery on the rise here are some of the benefits of having corrective laser eye surgery.
- Getting rid of contact lenses, free yourself from the burden of fussing over your contact lenses. A large proportion of contact wearers complain about dry eyes and discomfort when wearing contacts.
- Saving money, laser eye surgery may appear expensive but compare this to a lifetime of buying glasses and contact lenses and you may find the procedure actually saves you money after a certain point.
- Enjoying sports and activities, if you lead an active lifestyle then you will enjoy your freedom from glasses and contacts when playing sports or swimming.
- Self image, many people feel their appearance is improved by not having to wear glasses and hence can give you a boost in self confidence.
- Get rid of your glasses, glasses fogging up, glasses in the rain, cleaning your specs, glasses slipping down your nose, let's face it theses are the things that can drive you mad wearing glasses.
- A feeling of security, do you worry about losing or breaking your glasses on holiday, not being able to find your way back to your towel on the beach or scrabbling around in the dark for your specs when your children cry in the middle of the night? With laser eye surgery these worries would be a thing of the past.
- Career oppurtunities, many careers such as Royal Navy or Airforce pilots are required to have perfect vision without the use of glasses or contact lenses.
- Take the hassle out of driving
Eye Treatments
- LASIK eye surgery
- LASEK eye surgery
- PRK eye surgery
- Implantable Contact Lenses( ICL's)
- LASIK Wavefront
- Cataract surgery
Eye conditions
- Amblyopia (Lazy Eye)
- Astigmatism
- Blepharitis
- Cataracts
- Colour Blindness
- Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye)
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Dry Eye Syndrome
- Glaucoma
- Hyperopia (Long sight)
- Keratoconus
- Macular Degeneration (AMD)
- Myopia (Short Sight)
- Ocular Hypertension
- Photophobia (Light Sensitivity)
- Presbyopia
- Ptosis (Drooping Eyelid)
- Retinal Detachment
- Retinitis Pigmentosa
- Strabismus
Laser eye surgery news
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