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The idea of using glasses or contacts for vision
correction is a technique that was invented over 700
years ago. If that's not reason enough to update
correcting your vision, we have two more reasons:
Improving Your Quality of Vision
Enhancing Your Quality of Lifestyle
Although
glasses and contacts serve their purpose well, they
don't actually solve the problem at the source. Instead
they mask the problem with a temporary solution and
become just another thing to deal with on a daily basis.
Plus, the cost of maintenance and upkeep is a constant
expense.
Why Choose LASIK Over Glasses
Glasses are an irritation and inconvenience. They are
prone to scratches, getting lost, fogging, and breaking,
and they have to be replaced periodically. Even if they
are top name brand frames, they are still the same
technology Ben Franklin used.
Can you throw away
your glasses forever after LASIK? The good news is that
LASIK will have you seeing clearly for many years. The
younger you are when you get LASIK, the longer you can
be free from glasses. By the time you reach your 40s you
may need reading glasses due to the effects of aging
(Presbyopia) but you'll still be free from the effects
of astigmatism, farsightedness or nearsightedness.
Why Choose LASIK Over Contacts
Contacts, while a great alternative to glasses, have
their own issues. Losing, misplacing, forgetting,
scratching, slipping, tearing, sore eyes, red eyes,
itchy eyes, glued to your eyeballs, and the continuing
cost of lenses and cleaning solution - is this beginning
to sound like your life?
After LASIK you can take
all of these words, phrases and hassles out of your
dictionary - and your life.
We've put together
this list of our patients' most common gripes and
delights in the LASIK Versus Contacts stakes: |
The alarm clock factor - It's
amazing how the little things can end up being
so important. This is one of the most frequent
delights: "I can wake up and actually SEE the
alarm clock in the morning!" How much better
would that be as a way to start - and continue -
your day?
The risks of long-term contacts use
- Unfortunately, this is becoming a more
frequent gripe. In the past six years the FDA
has posted an increasing number of advisories
concerning risks associated with contact lenses,
and some researchers have reported the risk
factor with contacts as 5X greater than with
LASIK. This doesn't mean contacts are dangerous,
it just means taking a balanced view of both
sides - and choosing LASIK! (Source: Mathers,
W.D. Archives of Ophthalmology; vol 124: pp
1510-1511)
Freedom to play Water Sports -
Now this one is all delight. Glasses of course
are impossible to wear in most active sports,
but contacts can be hazardous or restrictive,
especially with water sports. Splash, swim,
frolic, canoe, dive and ski with complete
freedom - after LASIK.
Appearance - Some folks are too
shy to list this under their delights and
contacts do help a lot with appearance - if
you're willing to put up with the inconvenience
and risks. With LASIK you can feel as good as
you look.
General Safety - "Nobody move!"
are usually the words we cry just before we go
on a lost contact hunt. The real gripe here is
that for those minutes while we scramble around
we're virtually blind. That's not an issue so
much sitting in a coffee shop - but behind the
wheel of the car? Oops. That could end up in a
major gripe.
Footloose - Maybe this delight
only matters if you travel a lot. LASIK means
you only have to pack what you want to take
along, not what you have to take - like spare
lenses, cleaning solutions, irrigating
solutions, sterilizing solutions, etc. You can
add here the freedom at work or enjoy pau hana
until late, grab a quick nap, and be up and at ‘em
without worrying about the glued-to-the-eyeball
factor.
Seeing naturally - This delight
sometimes takes a while to be appreciated
although it's really the major benefit of LASIK.
One day you realize you don't have any glass or
plastic between you and the rest of the world
and that your eyesight is functioning exactly as
nature intended.
Better vision than with contacts - Many
of Dr. McMann's patients report improved vision
than when using contacts and glasses. Soft
contact lenses, due to their design and
composition cannot provide the quality of vision
achieved with Custom LASIK, and cannot fully
correct astigmatism. Custom LASIK solves the
unique corneal irregularities that cause myopia,
hyperopia, and astigmatism so it's no surprise
that LASIK outcomes often exceed the results of
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Watch the video below to see what REAL patients have to say about their experience with LASIK
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