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Considering Laser Eye Surgery in the UK?, then you have reached the right place. This is because the content of this website is almost all provided by feedback from those who have already experienced Laser eye surgery in the guise of either Wavefront, Zyoptix, Lasik, Lasek or PRK eye surgery.
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    • 02/01/2011Dry Eye Disease - Treating causes and not just symptoms
    • There are two main forms of Dry Eye disease - are you treating the right one? Meibomian Gland Dysfunction and Evaporative Dry Eye disease are real and common conditions that affect vision and quality of life. Unfortunately, since we haven’t been able to easily observe the underlying physiology of dry eye disease, it’s been difficult to identify and treat effectively – leaving sufferers frustra ...  More
    • 02/01/2011Thermal cure for itchy eyes
    • Barbara Lantin talks to one of the first patients in the UK to try out a long-lasting solution for blepharitis A new procedure that cures dry eye syndrome is being trialled on patients at a UK hospital in what is the first long-term treatment for the condition. The technique is suitable for anybody who has a problem with the meibomian glands, tiny organs in the eyelid that produce oil to lub ...  More
    • 02/01/2011Is this the best Christmas present ever?
    • What are you looking forward to getting for Christmas? I bet it's not a patch on the present Norman Simpson was given on 27 November. Norman has had trouble with his eyesight from birth. He says he was always a disappointment to his sporting father because he could never quite keep his eye on the ball. After a vicious assault in his 20s, he was left completely blinded in his right eye. Over ...  More
    • 31/10/2010Me and my operation: A contact lens INSIDE my eye has given me perfect vision
    • About one in three Britons suffers from both long-sightedness and astigmatism. Thick glasses used to be the only treatment, but Dr Ibrahim Khan, 28, from North-West London, an adviser on public health, was the first patient in Britain to be given a new kind of lens to treat both conditions, as he tells CAROL DAVIS. Crystal clear: Dr Ibrahim Khan has ditched his thick glasses THE PATIENT Since ...  More
    • 23/07/2010OPTEGRA ACQUIRES ASTON UNIVERSITY DAY HOSPITAL
    • Optegra has acquired Aston University Day Hospital from Birmingham’s Aston University, representing the company’s third major investment this year. Surrey based Optegra, which operates leading eye hospitals in Guildford, Solent and Yorkshire, offers a highly innovative, premium service supported by the most advanced refractive technology and pioneering consultants all of whom are leaders in t ...  More
    • 12/07/2010OPTEGRA OPENS NEW FLAGSHIP EYE HOSPITAL IN WHITELEY, HAMPSHIRE
    • Optegra - a specialist provider of ophthalmic services in the UK and selected international markets - officially opens its fourth specialist private eye hospital in Whiteley, Hampshire this week. Optegra has invested over £2.2m in the very latest state-of-the art surgical and diagnostic equipment to provide the very best clinical outcomes for patients and the very latest laser surgery techniq ...  More
    • 26/05/2010Optical Express TV advert "Clarified"
    • In response to the the news last week PÁDRAIG Harrington has addressed the controversy over his TV campaign for laser eye surgery clinic Optical Express. It was reported this week the ad had been withdrawn from the UK airwaves because of a complaint to the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority that he had his surgery done by a different clinic. But Harrington confirmed that the wording of the a ...  More
    • 19/05/2010Optical Express TV advert pulled.
    • A TV ad featuring Padraig Harrington endorsing Optical Express laser eye surgery has been withdrawn from the UK airwaves after it emerged the golfing ace had his surgery done by a different clinic. For more more info on this story follow the link below:  More
    • 10/02/2010OPTEGRA FOCUSES ON YORKSHIRE EYE HOSPITAL FOR VISIONARY ACQUISITION
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    • 18/11/2009Another Highly Respected Eye Surgeon treated by Centre for Sight
    • A highly respected Norwegian laser eye surgeon flew in to England and underwent Lasik with Intralase and Zyoptix Wavefront Aspheric correction at the Centre for Sight last week. Dr. Trond Thilesen is Co-owner and Managing Director of All Bright & Clear Synskirurgi, Norwa. The next day he was back in Norway enjoying his new vision, seeing his own patients and performing laser eye surgery him ...  More
    • 10/11/2009Crystal Lenses Restored My Eyesight
    • A mother from Surrey has regained perfect eyesight after undergoing the most advanced type of surgery available for optical lens replacement. By the age of 38 Cherry Higgins of Farnham was using a magnifying glass for reading and then spent the following eight years suffering with decreasing eyesight, expensive, ineffective glasses, intolerance to contact lenses, infections, headaches and cor ...  More
    • 01/09/2009Optegra eye hospital gives sight to “blind” man
    • A former police detective, who had to give up work after his eyesight deteriorated so severely, has just reclaimed his driving license from the DVLA.   Nigel Cook, 49, of Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire underwent pioneering eye surgery at the Optegra eye hospital on Alan Turing Road by Consultant Surgeon, Mr. Andrew Luff. Mr. Cook has Macular Degeneration, usually a condition associat ...  More
    • 14/08/2009Laser-Assisted Cornea Transplant
    • 30-year-old Lakitra Lacey can read a magazine for the first time in years. She has keratoconus, an eye disease that causes scarring on the cornea.It got so bad, she had to quit her job. The only solution was a cornea transplant. Lakitra is one of the first in the Philadelphia area to get a laser-assisted transplant...For more info on this story please click on the link below>>>  More
    • 19/06/2009Centre for Sight Hospital - in progress...
    • Centre for Sight is getting ready for the opening of their new hospital in July...As the new build draws to a close all attention is focused on the buildings finer interior details. With paint on the walls and beautiful oak features throughout, the style and feel of the building has really sprung to life. I couldn't be happier to say we are now moving in early July.For more information on this ...  More
    • 25/03/2009NEW TECHNOLOGY at Centre for Sight
    • Yet another UK first = Centre for Sight in keeping with its leadership role has made considerable investment in the new iFS Intralase femtosecond laser. The installation is amongst the first two in Europe (the other in Germany).The iFS has several advantages over the current 4th generation laser:FASTER - almost 3 times, flap creation is reduced from 30 secondsto less than 10 seconds, ...  More
    • 24/09/2008How Does IntraLase Work?
    • IntraLase (also called IntraLASIK or all-laser LASIK) is a way of performing LASIK. LASIK corrects your vision by reshaping the cornea – the front transparent part of the eye. But if that were to be done right on the top surface of the cornea, it wouldn’t be a permanent correction. Therefore, a corneal flap must be created to expose tissue lower down>>>Read More by clicking on the ex ...  More
    • 11/09/2008NEW LOOK for Centre for Sight
    • Centre for Sight proudly announce the launch of an exciting new corporate image.Centre for Sight – one of the longest providers of laser vision correction and specifically the LASIK and IntraLASIK procedures, has experienced considerable growth in recent years and are in the process of building a bespoke state of the art eye hospital for completion early 2009.  To coincide with this significa ...  More
    • 28/07/2008I swear by (and swear at) the man who gave me 20-20 vision
    • For the past 20 years I've worn contact lenses virtually every day. Recently, my eyes began objecting, painfully, so I needed another solution to my poor vision - hopefully avoiding glasses. Last month I decided to take the plunge and have laser surgery to repair my myopia (short-sightedness). The condition is caused by the cornea, the protein-based tissue on the front of the eye, being too st ...  More
    • 24/04/2008Ultralase and Allclear see eye-to-eye, bringing FREE laser eye surgery consultations to Belfast...
    • Ultralase laser eye surgery, the UK's first and longest-established vision correction specialist, has teamed up with the AllClear eye clinic in Belfast to expand its already growing network of eye clinics into Northern Ireland. The deal will see the enhancement of the best practices of both companies to secure an unrivalled service for contact lens and spectacle wearers in Northern Ireland, with t ...  More
    • 30/03/2008US health agency probes Lasik's long-term effects
    • US health regulators are to review the long-term effects of Lasik surgery on patients. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the USA has launched an inquiryinto the long term effects of Lasik surgery.Dr Daniel Schultz, director the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health, told the news agencies that an agency advisory panel would hold a public meeting to discuss the issue at an und ...  More
    • 24/03/2008Another Eye Surgeon has IntraLASIK at Centre for Sight
    • Centre for Sight renowned for being “the doctor’s doctor”, but now they have taken it one step further and become “their doctor’s doctor”. The latest eye consultant to join the team has this month had the tables turned and found out exactly how seriously Centre for Sight take understanding their patients. Corneal specialist Saj Khan became familiar with the Ce ...  More
    • 23/02/2008Fall in cost of eye surgery revealed....
    • Laser eye surgery is becoming cheaper in the UK as the procedure becomes more popular, it has emerged. Figures show that there has been an 80 per cent fall in the cost of laser eye surgery for people with short sight, although an expert has revealed that there is now a huge degree of variation in treatment costs for Lasik eye surgery. For more information click on the Link below >>  More
    • 15/02/2008Yorkshire-based Ultralase sold for £175m
    • PRIVATE equity firm 3i today snapped up Leeds-based eye treatment business Ultralase in a £174.5m deal. Ultralase is a leading High Street players in the UK ophthalmic treatment (laser vision correction) market. 3i have bought Ultralase from Corporación Dermoestética, the leading listed medical aesthetic business in Europe. Ultralase currently operates 17 eye laser clinics across the UK, wi ...  More
    • 31/01/2008NASA has recently approved LASIK surgery for their astronauts ...
    • For the first time in 30 years, NASA has posted a hiring notice for new astronauts seeking men and women to fly aboard spacecraft other than the shuttle. The pilots, scientists, engineers and educators that NASA recruits will train, primarily, for three to six month missions aboard the international space station. Vision correctable to 20/20 is on the list and for the first time the space agency ...  More
    • 30/01/2008Centre for Sight Looks Ahead to New Identity with Caulder Moore
    • Centre for Sight, a pioneer and leader in laser eye surgery and surgical sight correction, has hired leading brand design agency Caulder Moore to develop its new identity as it prepares for further growth. The new designs will complete with the opening of a new state-of-the art treatment centre in East Grinstead, West Sussex, later this year and there are also plans for a new Centre for Sight r ...  More
    • 15/01/2008FOCUS Laser Vision now offer Wavefront LASIK from only £295 for short sighted patients!
    • Focus Laser Vision has today announced what they believe to the UK’s very best price for advanced Wavefront LASIK Laser Eye treatment, saving patients approximately £1,000 to £2,000 compared to most other clinics for an average prescription. David Allamby, who is the principle surgeon at FOCUS and an expert NHS consultant surgeon said “ I want everyone to be able to afford the very best treatment ...  More
    • 01/12/2007Laser Eye Surgery - Life Changing for Nicole Kidman
    • Nicole Kidman is said to be thrilled after having recently undergoing Lasik surgery to correct her poor eyesight. Nicole had severely blurry vision before the surgery, and says the procedure has changed her life. She says: "I was walking around legally blind. Now I have 20-20 vision. I can't believe I have spent so many years blurry... Now I notice if people are watching me, but I also smile ...  More
    • 20/11/2007Laser Eye Market
    • 'The latest edition of 'The Health Which Magazine' featured an article on the current Laser Eye Market. They have kindly allowed us to reproduce it in PDF format on this web site. The report is copyrighted but it's fine for individual patients/prospective patients / doctors / researchers and so on to print off single copies.  More
    • 12/11/2007Malaysian Doctor journeys to Centre for Sight for LASIK treatment
    • Ophthalmic surgeon Dr YY Choong flew to the UK from Malaysia, for just one day, to undergo LASIK treatment at East Grinstead-based Centre for Sight. Having been trained many years ago by medical director of the Centre, Sheraz Daya, Dr Choong would only have vision treatment if undertaken by Sheraz and his team. Dr Choong arrived late on Sunday evening (23rd May), had surgery on both eyes on Mond ...  More
    • 12/11/2007Optical Express - Europe Expansion (Thanks to David Challinor - Reed Business Information Ltd)
    • Optical Express has entered continental Europe with the purchase of an optical company in the Netherlands, writes David Challinor. The acquisitive group, which bought Pagan Eyecare earlier this month, has now obtained Free Vision Euro Eyes laser vision correction clinics in Amsterdam and the Hague. The sizable outlets - they are 5,500sq ft and 3,200sq ft respectively - will now house Optical Expre ...  More
    • 12/11/2007ULTRALASE IN MASSIVE £30 MILLION DEVELOPMENT
    • Ultralase, the UK’s leading provider of laser eye treatment, is to offer cosmetic surgery and aesthetic medicine to its extensive customer base in a mould breaking collaboration which is set to revolutionise elective surgery and treatments in the UK.Ultralase, with headquarters in Leeds, Yorkshire, has joined forces with Europe’s biggest cosmetic surgery company, Spanish-owned Corporacion Dermoest ...  More
    • 12/11/2007Laser eye surgery without the risks !!
    • The Daily Mail picks up on the latest technique that replaces a scalpel with a laser which could mean that laser eye surgery is now safer than ever before...... Click on external link at the bottom left of this panel to see the full article. _________________________________ Visit our sister site at http://www.plastic-surgery-clinics.com  More
    • 12/11/2007IntraLase Update....
    • Extract of bulletin by “Eyeworld” - Sheraz Daya, MD, Director, Centre for Sight – London reported that he and his Centre colleagues switched from mechanical microkeratomes to the IntraLase FS Laser (IntraLase Corp., Irvlne, Calif.), and that has greatly improved patient safety and outcomes. His facility reported three flap complications and 30 cases of DLK with flap meltdown before switching to an ...  More
    • 12/11/2007Did you know ?
    • Police forces in the UK generally will consider candidates who have had Photo-Refractive Keratectomy laser eye surgery, providing that a 6 week period from the date of surgery has elapsed. _________________________________ Visit our sister site at http://www.plastic-surgery-clinics.com  More
    • 12/11/2007Eye surgery deemed too risky for NHS
    • MOVES to make laser eye surgery available on the NHS are likely to be blocked by the Government’s clinical watchdog amid growing concerns over its long-term safety for patients. A year-long review by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) into the procedure known as Lasik, which is currently available only at private clinics, has concluded that current evidence on the treatment’s sa ...  More
    • 12/11/2007Optical Express Reaches Agreement With Boots
    • Optical Express Group has reached agreement to acquire Boots Group PLC Laser Eye Correction and Dentistry businesses. Optical Express is Europe’s largest provider of the combination of optical services of Laser Eye Correction, Contact Lenses and Spectacles and this acquisition will make it the UK’s third largest Dental services business. Boots announced in September that it was to exit these area ...  More
    • 12/11/2007Laser Eye Surgery: 10 Years Later
    • A team of researchers from Spain tracked LASIK surgery (laser in-situ keratomileusis) and its forerunner, PRK (photorefractive keratectomy). In both procedures, the cornea is reshaped so that light entering the eye focuses on the retina in the back of the eye, as it does in those with normal vision. The study evaluated 200 eyes with nearsightedness (myopia) or with myopia and astigmatism, an ir ...  More
    • 12/11/2007More bad news from the Daily Mail..
    • The Daily Mail newspaper today carried a ‘Centre-Fold’ feature on laser eye surgery. Although the Daily Mail, has in the past, written some excellent articles on the latest technology employed in this field, it is a shame that they too have decided to take the opportunity to take a sideswipe at this pioneering branch of eye surgery. Sadly a case of bad news always sells more papers than good news… ...  More
    • 12/11/2007Boots to set to close health services...
    • Boots, the High Street retailer is reported to be pulling out of laser eye surgery. The company is hoping to re-deploy many of its staff; although uncertainty remained regarding the future of up to 12 surgeons and their support staff at 9 of their Laser Eye treatment centres around the UK. The closure list also includes their Dentistry services, 52 chiropody locations and 14 laser hair removal si ...  More
    • 12/11/2007Best time to have a Laser Eye Surgery
    • The fact is that there's never been a better time to have LASIK. Introduced more than a decade ago, over 10 million LASIK procedures have been performed with advances such as blade-free and Custom LASIK making the procedure safe and taking more patients to 20/20 and beyond. Yet, many patients continue to postpone treatment due to a lack of current information or misinformation.... The adva ...  More
    • 12/11/2007Lawsuits spark fear over eye lasers
    • Patients who had laser eye surgery at a clinic run by a Boots are being contacted by the company amid fears that the equipment used could lead to damaged eyesight. Boots is investigating claims that one of their machines was part of a problem batch of lasers that could malfunction. Two lawsuits filed in America allege that some of the Autonomous Ladarvision Systems, which are used in Boots's n ...  More
    • 12/11/2007INTRALASIK
    • For the first time in the UK, INTRALASIK is available to those wishing to consider LASIK surgery and brought to you by Centre for Sight.Centre for Sight in keeping with its values of safety, first class technology, evidence based medicine, and expertise have made a major investment and acquired the Intralase laser for a variety of corneal procedures including flap creation in Lasik surgery.The ins ...  More
    • 12/11/2007All is Crystal Clear at Ultralase
    • Laser eye treatment specialist, Ultralase, has become the first laser eye treatment provider to gain the Plain English Campaign’s coveted Crystal Mark for its Treating You Differently brochure. The Crystal Mark has now become firmly established in the UK as the standard that all organisations aim for when they produce public information.Robin Jones, Ultralase’s PR & Communications Manager, explai ...  More
    • 12/11/2007LASEK / PRK Rework Video
    • After a poor experience with Laser Eye Surgery (Lasik) performed by a High Street Clinic a patient undergoes a final (3rd) operation carried out by Centre for Sight ( http://www.centreforsight.com )using LASEK / PRK technique to try and get his sight back to some kind of normality... Finally after two years this operation achieves a better than 20:20 result!!....  More
    • 12/11/2007New IntraLasek Video Footage Added
    • Intralase / IntraLASIK - essentially an ALL LASER Lasik procedure that dispenses altogether with a blade (used in traditional Lasik). Centre for Sight introduced this technology to the UK in 2004 and has had a long head start. The video shows what takes place during the procedure including the surgeon's view. Advantages: precision, uniform flap thickness/thinness - Centre for Sight apparently ...  More
    • 12/11/2007FDA Approves Monovision LASIK
    • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (The licencing body in the US)has announced approval of a common corrective eye surgery technique, known as monovision LASIK, in which one eye is corrected for near vision and the other eye is corrected for distance. The LASIK procedure often is used off label for correcting presbyopia, the age-related inability to focus at all distances. But the recent FDA ...  More
    • 12/11/2007New laser may widen scope for eye surgery!!
    • New techniques in laser eye surgery could eliminate night vision problems and other undesirable side-effects of the treatment, enabling thousands more people to put aside their glasses and contact lenses. The latest high-speed, high-precision lasers and iris recognition technology can provide customised procedures to replace the previous “one treatment fits all” approach, resulting in an operat ...  More
    • 12/11/2007SBK - A better refractive surgery than LASIK?
    • Approximately 90% of vision correction surgeries performed in the United States are LASIK procedures. But you may soon start hearing about a new refractive surgery procedure called SBK (or "sub-Bowman's keratomileusis"). SBK is similar to LASIK, and may be less likely to cause dry eyes and other complications..... CLICK ON EXTERNAL LINK FOR MORE INFO >>>>>  More
    • 12/11/2007Laser Surgery Can Cut Flesh With Micro-explosions Or With Burning
    • Despite this increasing popularity, there is still a lot that scientists do not know about the ways in which laser light interacts with living tissue. Now, some of these basic questions have been answered in the first investigation of how ultraviolet lasers -- similar to those used in LASIK eye surgery -- cut living tissues..... CLICK ON EXTERNAL LINK FOR MORE ON THIS TOPIC >>>>  More
    • 12/11/2007Advanced Control Eyetracker from Bausch & Lomb
    • Bausch and Lomb Zyoptix Platform now introduces the Advanced Control Eye Tracker also known as ACE ! This eye tracker is the FIRST of its kind that follows the eye using iris recognition dynamically (actively) in ALL directions including ROTATION. The existing rotational eye tracker equiped on all modern Zyoptix lasers has the capability of following eye movements actively in all directions exce ...  More
    • 09/04/2006A sharper focus on eyes gives clearer vision
    • This article was recently printed in the Times - Body & Soul section... The Government’s advisory body on best treatments had a change of heart on eye surgery this week. New guidance from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) says that it should be considered a safe option, which “works well enough for use in the NHS”. This is important. It’s the first time that laser ...  More
    • 06/04/2004MULTIPLE PLANS MOVE INTO CATARACT SURGERY
    • Optical Express is to be the first multiple to offer cataract surgery. The project, announced by the group's chief executive David Moulsdale at the company's Spanish conference this week, will enlarge its surgical presence after it entered the laser eye sector 18 months ago. Optical Express cataract operations will be carried out at its flagship store in Glasgow's Renfield Street, ...  More
    • 23/03/2004Early Treatment Keeps Eyes Safe
    • CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- About 15,000 premature babies in the United States have an eye disease that can cause blindness if left untreated. In fact, it’s the leading cause of blindness in premature babies. But a new technique may help preserve their sight. Twins Grace and Ryan see clearly now, but when they were born 11 weeks early, the blood vessels on their retinas stopped devel ...  More
    • 12/03/2004LASIK performs well during military freefall training
    • Although non-incisional refractive surgery is strongly preferred for special operations soldiers, even those with LASIK may be able to pass military freefall training safely, said Lt. Col. Scott D. Barnes, M.D., fellow, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Boston, and recent deputy surgeon for the U.S. Army Special Operations Command. The Army wants its special operations members to have surface abl ...  More
    • 12/03/2004Wavefront-guided LASIK corrects higher-order optical distortions, study suggests
    • Wavefront-guided LASIK corrects higher-order optical distortions and provides significantly improved contrast sensitivity compared with standard LASIK, according to a study in the March issue of Ophthalmology. In this comparative study conducted in Israel, 24 eyes of 13 patients were treated with wavefront-guided LASIK and 22 eyes of 12 patients were treated with standard LASIK. At one month after ...  More
    • 18/02/2004Ultralase's strategic co-management partnership with Conlons.
    • Ultralase, the UK’s longest established and largest laser eye treatment specialist, this week announced a strategic co-management partnership with North-West optical chain, Conlons. From March 2004, all Conlons Opticians practices will offer advice and information about laser eye treatment, along with providing aftercare for patients who undergo the procedure at local Ultralase treatment centre ...  More
    • 05/02/2004Safety standards in LASIK eye surgery -- Forum Debate
    • A number of key players in the Refractive Surgery Market in the Uk have been invited to speak at a special House of Commons forum called to consider safety standards in LASIK eye surgery. The forum will be held on the 10th February 2004 to help determine measures that might be adopted by the Government and professionals to standardise laser eye treatment and improve patient care. Speakers include ...  More
    • 05/02/2004Optical Express owner turns blind eye to slump in profits
    • DAVID Moulsdale, owner of the Optical Express chain, has vowed to pursue further acquisitions despite seeing the profits of his eyecare empire virtually wiped out last year.The 35-year-old Glaswegian blamed the slump in trading performance on the costs of integrating Health Clinic, a 20-store Newcastle chain which was losing £1.5m a month when he bought it out of administ-ration in late 2002. "We ...  More
    • 02/02/2004Complaints against Accuvision
    • The Advertising Standards Agency has recently upheld 2 complaints against Accuvision:1. Whether they could demonstrate that their treatment was superior, as their advertisements seem to imply.2. Accuvision's claim that "Such is our expertise we routinely treat people rejected by other clinics" which implied that they treated patients that other clinics rejected because their treatment was superior ...  More
    • 02/11/2003Malpractice Claims and Lawsuits
    • A recent study conducted by Richard L. Abbott, MD, has found that for refractive surgeons, high patient volume is the greatest risk factor relating to malpractice claims and lawsuits. The study, which will be published in the forthcoming November issue of Ophthalmology, retrospectively analyzed the physician demographics and practice pattern data of 100 consecutive LASIK- and PRK-related malpracti ...  More
    • 25/10/2003LeAk Was Here
    • The normal 'Add a Comment' facility has been temporarily withdrawn due to the mindless actions of a few who have been attempting undermine the honourable principles of this site. For the time being all comments to be added to the site will be vetted by a small panel of Moderators before appearing (normally within 12 - 48 hours). Only original postings will be allowed to be published wh ...  More
    • 13/09/2003Alcon Recalls in LadarWave CustomCornea Units
    • Alcon has recalled the software in about 160 LadarWave CustomCornea units (beleived to be the same as used in Boots!!) due to an aberrometer software error, according to the American Food and Drug Administration. The company initiated the recall, which affects the aberrometer software version 7.91 in the LadarVision system. The error “could, under specific circumstances, allow the patient’s centra ...  More
    • 09/06/2003LASIK expansion despite the economic downturn
    • Amid a general economic downturn in the market one LASIK provider is expanding. The Centre for Sight has opened new larger premises at Queen Anne Street, London, near Harley Street, as its base at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead continues to grow.  More
    • 05/06/2003Eye Laser Providers Hit Back At Scaremongering Reports
    • The Eye Laser Association ("ELA"), the industry watchdog whose members include market leaders Boots Opticians and Ultralase, has slammed scaremongering reports that are frightening people away from having laser eye treatment and could damage the industry, reducing the choice for patients in the long term. "These stories are based on out of date reports and misleading statistics," said Christoph ...  More
    • 17/05/2003Affiliates sponsorship deal with UpForLife.
    • With a view to help with the rising costs of developing this site lasik-eyes has signed an affiliates sponsorship deal with UpForLife who provide a range of herbal preparations to enhance your body & mind. UpForLife is the UK and European distributor of MD Healthline products. The unique M.D. Healthline formulations have been derived from a multitude of laboratory tests and clinical studies along ...  More
    • 29/04/2003Maxivision Sold to Optical Express
    • Un-confirmed reports would seem to indicate that Maxivision have been sold to Optical Express (described as a Scottish optician with an eye for acquisitions). Both companies declined to comment on the news. However one said that a press release was expected on Friday 2nd May... At this stage there is no reason to believe that existing patients have any reason to worry. However industry sources hav ...  More
    • 10/03/2003Better Eyesight Than You Could Ever Have
    • The Sunday Times yesterday reported that: Top sportsmen, pilots and military personnel are taking advantage of new laser techniques that can make their vision even better than nature can achieve. They have been attending private clinics pioneering the laser treatment, which can give them eyesight almost two times more powerful than 20/20 vision, the benchmark for perfect sight.  More
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