A: First of all, as long as your glaucoma is under control, meaning you have a stable IOP within normal limits (10-20), and you have no sign of functional decay (like progressive visual field loss, loss of nerve fiber on HRT, etc.), you can have LASEK. LASEK is safer than LASIK in patients with glaucoma, as we don’t have to increase the IOP to make the eyeball as hard as a rock, which is necessary to cut the LASIK flap, which would then kill off some of your retinal ganglion cells. What we would do is speak to your doctor in CT, and make sure that together we adequately control your IOP. We would also probably put you on a milder steroid such as Lotemax, as that has a much lower chance of raising your IOP than PredForte.

Since you are about my age, I would recommend you have our ReadingVizion option as well, after which you won’t need either distance or reading glasses! This is what I did, and it really works great! Just call my office to make an appointment for your free consultation, and mention you have glaucoma, but will come in with your records for us to review. Even better, fax them to us in advance, and call 5 min. after faxing to confirm receipt and to remind my secretary to make a chart for you and give it to one of my MDs to review in advance of your visit. Also tell them to book you for sometime in March, not this week, as I would like to see you personally, as I do with all the special patients (we are probably full this week anyway).

Please call my office to set up coming in for this. All my employees have had the procedure themselves btw which sets us apart from the others and allows them to answer every question better! see you soon!

I was wondering if the LASEK eye surgery would be able to correct my vision on my left eye. I have been to the eye doctor a couple of times and what they told me was that my eye formed differently from my right eye so my left eye has a egg like shape. I’m making a appointment for another check up and just wanted a second opinion if LASEK eye surgery could possibly correct my left eye vision.

A: It sounds like you have astigmatism and amblyopia. We can probably fix both and have done so many times so call the office for an exam billed to your medical insurance

A:The very best, safest way to enhance a LASIK is to do a non-cutting LASEK on top of it. this way, you do not have to dig at and lift up the old flap, which could cause multiple problems, like an incomplete flap, ragged flap edges causing poor wound healing, epithelial ingrowth and flap melts, etc.

Please you tell the office when you call you’re are interested in having a LASEK enhancement of your prior LASIK (which we do at least once a week, btw), and fax us your medical (not vision) insurance card so the visit is covered–looking forward to seeing you and helping you soon!

A: No, you are not correct

Whether you get the surgery or not, you are going to need help reading, like you’re going to need bifocals.

In contrast, if you do LASEK, you should get MonoVision - ReadingVizion(TM), then you won’t need readers even when you’re 50.

A: Please call my office for an appoitment and we no longer perform PRK. I did my last PRK 15 years ago and that’s an outdated procedure. we will do an ADVANCED surface ablation on you, a LASEK, which is way better than PRK as it is quicker healing and no pain and better final vision with no scarring risk.

Dont worry, I’ve lasered people for EVERY branch of the military and as far as they are concerned a LASEK is as safe as a PRK as there is no cutting, unlike the LASIK.

Freedom from glasses/contacts, uneccessary maintanence and expense on contact supplies/solution.

A: Dry eyes and red vains continously appearing at the time.
that’s bc you were wearing your lenses too many hours per day and starving your cornea of oxygen, causing new abnormal vessels to grow to supply the missing oxygen, which is called corneal neovascularization, and is what was making your eyes look red and “veiny” all the time

Contact Major Concerns:

None, my LASEK procedure on 5/20/2009 at Park Avenue Laser was a life changing success! thanks for the recommendation!

Contact Other Conditions:

I since both my eyes were at a 590 micron count more or less respectively. I realized that me being rejected at XX Vision was a blessing in disguise as I saw several lawsuits under the DelloRusso practice regarding certain irregular flap cutting cases and other medical terms I do not understand much leading patients to sue the practice. I wanted to reply to your article to relay my story leading up to my successful LASEK procedure and phenomenal 20/15 result! However, your site is requiring me to login. I have tried registering for a username or password but there is no link for that. Is there a possibility for me relaying my story or for you to relay it as a reply? I would really appreciate it. Lastly, I would like to know where my micron count for both eyes are at right now. I “guesstimate” it to be slightly below 500 microns based on your 1 diopter x12 formula but correct me if I am wrong though. I started with a -7.25 count on both!

Thank you for reading this request on relaying my story. I also Thank you for providing my personal best 20/15 vision safely!

A: You are right about your current thickness, it is actually still within normal, and yes you are lucky you avoided dr d, who has 100 lawsuits and should have lost his license a long time ago, in my opinion

A: You seem to have done some research, as you are requesting CustomVue, which is really the way to go in terms of making your vision as clear as possible

You also are requesting Intralase, which makes me think you are interested in safety, and have heard that intralase is safer. this is true but only partially–Intralase still cuts your cornea in half with a flap, but does so with a laser instead of a metal blade, so is about 30% safer–in other words, 30% of the problems you encounter with a metal blade are eliminated with Intralase.

In contrast, we stopped doing LASIK 5 years ago, and intralase 4 years ago, because i decided to eliminate 100% of all flap-related complications the only way possible–by not cutting a flap in the first place! in our more advanced, noncutting LASEK procedure, you can’t ever have a flap-related complication, as we are not cutting into your cornea at all in the first place!

A: I actually spent some time doing surgery at Aravind Eye Hospital in Madurai when I was at Harvard, and Dr. Puri, one of my fellows, is from so I’m very familiar with the standards of care and technology in India.

Basically, they are as advanced in cataract surgery as here in the US, as they have so much volume. On the other hand, they are way behind in refractive surgery, pretty much for the same reason.

I’m pretty sure we can fix your problem, as we are treating at least 1 LASIK complication with an Advanced Surface Ablation with CustomVue WaveFront Hi-Def LASEK every week. Somehow, these people find me on the internet, and figure out that I’m the surgeon with the most experience in NYC in fixing complications from the older, cutting LASIK procedure.

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