Archive for the ‘General’ Category

• Easy Prescription to Fix - Rx -4.50 with Mild Astigmatism

  Sunday, December 20th, 2009

  Q: I don’t want to have to wear contacts and glasses. I’d really like to know the price though.
  A:The price is this: we will charge you the EXACT SAME you are not WASTING on contacts, glasses, and solutions per month, you will see as well or BETTER than you do now in them without […]

• Channel 5 Fox - Corneal Tattoo

  Saturday, December 12th, 2009

  Dear Andrea:
  It was my great pleasure meeting you today for the interview for your tv show on fox 5 about the man i performed a corneal tattoo on
  Adam and Chris know that i get interviewed frequently (including by 4 newspapers in just the past week) and your interview was, by far, the most professional, informative, […]

• When Cheap is Crazy - Especially When it Comes to Your Eyes

  Thursday, November 5th, 2009

  Dear Dr. Chynn
  I am that skeptical guy that was at your office this Wednesday.
  I spoke again with Diamond Vision and found out that they also use Visx Wavescan Customview laser.
  Yes, but the same equipment by inferior operators yields an inferior result:)
  I realize you do a LASEK procedure which replaces the epithelial tissue back on […]

• Complications from LASIK

  Saturday, October 10th, 2009

  Concisely and synoptically I would like to report the situation I am facing, hoping in your specialized medical opinion. My name is VK, I am 27 years old, and in 1-10-2008 I was the subject of a myopia correction operation in both eyes, which was done with the LASIK method causing to me a severe […]

• Gotham Magazine - Racism in Top 100 Bachelors List

  Saturday, October 10th, 2009

  I know this is a business blog but sometimes you just have to mix things up a bit. This is a letter I wrote to the editors or Gotham Magazine. I am not going to even link to the list I am talking about because it would be like contribution to the delinquency […]

• 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 […]

• Obama Announces Vision Week

  Sunday, March 1st, 2009

  A PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  Blindness and visual impairment affect millions of Americans. Early diagnosis and timely treatment are critical to minimize vision loss from eye diseases as well as vision loss that is correctable with eye glasses or contact lenses. During Save Your Vision Week, I encourage all Americans […]

• LASIK and LASEK Monovision Surgery

  Monday, December 22nd, 2008

  Renowned laser vision correction Surgeon Emil Chynn, MD, FACS, MBA, answers consumer questions regarding LASIK and LASEK laser eye surgery.  This month’s question comes from James  in
  Burbank, CA,  who writes, “Can you explain Monovision surgery to me?  What choices do I have for getting the right prescription for my circumstances? Is Monovison performed on […]