Navigating Cataracts: Causes, Detection, and Treatment Options
Cataracts are a common age-related eye condition that can affect your vision and overall quality of life, leading to blurry or cloudy eyesight. This vision impairment occurs when the clear lens of your eye becomes cloudy or discolored, preventing light from passing through it properly. At Valley Laser Eye Centre, we understand the importance of […]
Is It Safe to Wear Contact Lenses before Lasik Surgery?
If you’re considering LASIK eye surgery, you might wonder if you can continue wearing your contact lenses before the procedure. It’s important to follow your eye care professional’s specific guidelines, as they will be tailored to your unique situation. In general, however, patients are advised to stop wearing contact lenses for a certain period before […]
LASIK vs. Refractive Lens Exchange: What Should You Get?
As one of the 5 fundamental senses, our eyes are vital to our quality of life because they allow us to perceive the world around us. They enable us to see the beauty of nature, recognize friends and family, and even help us navigate our way around. Unfortunately, our eyesight can deteriorate over time due […]
5 Essential Tips to Help You Recover after Lasik Surgery
Lasik surgery is a very popular and effective way to improve your vision. However, it is important to understand that Lasik surgery is a serious procedure that requires a significant amount of recovery time. To avoid possible problems, here are some essential tips to help you recover after Lasik surgery. 1. Give Your Eyes Time […]
6 Things to Do before Proceeding with Your LASIK Surgery
So you’ve finally found a clinic to go to for your LASIK surgery. That’s a huge step you’ve just overcome! For many people, their journey to LASIK ends right on that point, simply because they cannot find the ideal clinic that they feel comfortable with. However, it isn’t over for you just yet. Just because […]
The 9 Best LASIK Aftercare Tips for Faster Recovery
LASIK, or Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis, is a refractive surgery used to correct vision problems. LASIK surgery is performed by using a laser to reshape the cornea, the clear, round dome at the front of the eye. This helps to correct refractive errors such as nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. Most people with LASIK surgery experience […]
A New Lease on Life: What You Need to Know About LASIK
Our eyes are supposedly windows to our souls. This quote must be true because losing it can drastically affect our lives. In a 1992 film, the gradual loss of his eyesight made Al Pacino’s character cantankerous. This loss made him lose hope. Medical advancement made miracles happen. If you have lost sight, you do not have to undergo […]
LASIK: The Answer to Getting Rid of Glasses and Contact Lenses
If there’s anything more inconvenient, having to use glasses or contact lenses daily to ensure that you see things clearly. Unfortunately, while glasses and contact lenses are helpful, we can help but dream of the day when we can finally get rid of them. For this reason, many people get LASIK surgery because it is […]
Which Vision Problems Does LASIK Correct?
Millions of people worldwide have undergone laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) to correct their vision. LASIK is an excellent option for people with vision problems that can no longer be corrected by wearing glasses or contact lenses. Many people with vision problems opt for this method, but it is not for every individual. In other […]
Do Multiple Lasik Eye Surgeries Turn You Blind? Find Out Now
LASIK (laser in-situ keratomileusis) is a long-term laser eye surgery solution for people who need to correct their vision because of refractive errors, such as nearsightedness and farsightedness and astigmatism. LASIK effectively adjusts the shape of the cornea so that light is focused directly onto the retina. Unfortunately, LASIK can’t always be used as a […]
