Archive for the ‘Epi-LASEK’ Category

• Have Dry Eye - LASIK Isn’t an Option

  Friday, January 22nd, 2010

  With a history of dry eyes, you should not have a LASIK, as that would make them more dry! PRK is an archaic procedure that is 20 years old, and I performed my last PRK over a decade ago, just to give you an idea how outdated that is.
  This leaves you with the option […]

• Suspicion of Keratoconus - You Need BETTER Advise

  Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

  If someone told you that you can get LASIK if you have any suspicion of Keratoconus is clearly wrong. Cutting into your cornea will further destabilize it, making your “forme fruste KC” which it sounds like you may have worse, which would be ridiculous, and pretty much malpractice.
  We have done plenty of patients with irregular […]

• LASEK - LOTS of Questions

  Sunday, December 20th, 2009

  For your Lasek procedure, what exactly is the epi-lasek procedure? Does the epithelial layer is discarded or put back in after the surgery?
  epi-LASEK is using an advanced, blunt, plastic separator to separate the epithelium from the cornea, instead of cutting a flap as with a LASIK, so it’s 10x safer
  What is the worst refractive surgery […]

• Insurance for LASEK

  Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

  MEDICAL NOT VISION insurance is what you need for LASEK surgery. Vision insurance is for ODs, which are optometrists, like the kinds of “doctors” who never went to med school who do pre and postops at cheaper centers:) MEDICAL insurance is for MEDICAL doctors, or ophthalmologists, who are MDs, like myself and […]

• Dr. Chynn responds and explains why you would want the no-flap procedure follow-up conversation with Timothy D. (November 12, 2008)

  Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

  Dr. Chynn:
  I appreciate your response to my inquiries; but to be honest, I have likely chosen an eye doctor that will perform LASIK surgery on my eyes. I had a consultation with Dr. Raymond Fong — you may have heard his name. He is well known in the Asian community in Chinatown. Also I have […]

• Dr. Chynn corresponds with a world-renowed expert

  Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

  Dear Dr. Paysse:
  I enjoyed the article about your correcting Pediatric Anisometropic Amblyopes in this week’s Eyeworld (http://www.eyeworld.org/article.php?sid=4621).
  I have performed LASEK in about 2 dozen adult Amblyopes and they have all improved 1-4 lines over their preoperative best corrected visual acuity, which has not been well-reported in the literature.
  The problem I am having here in the […]

• Dr. Chynn informs about his procudures and his staff

  Friday, September 19th, 2008

  Dear Lori:
  You are asking about Conductive Keratoplasty, which I used to perform, but stopped doing, because of several reasons:
  1. The effect is not permanent (FDA actually denied the company’s application to say it as permanent).
  2. You can only reliably treat less then +3 of hyperopia, which is less than the patients often have.
  3. Conductive […]

• Epi-LASEK Questions For Park Avenue Laser

  Monday, February 11th, 2008

  A letter to a new patient from Dr. Emily Chynn of Park Avenue Laser, the finest LASEK surgeon in New York City.
  Hi again Emil,I met with Dr. Shavers and another of your associates last Thursday (I apologize, but I did not catch his name). I’m just about ready to schedule my […]