Archive for the ‘LASIK’ Category

• Over 40, Glaucoma LASEK is the ONLY Solution

  Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

  Q: Here are my questions, I am nearsighted, I am in my 40’s (47 to be exact), and I have been diagnosed with glaucoma (I have been to a specialist Dr. Falck in Mystic Ct, and my condition is not serious enough for medication). Am I still a candidate for LASEK?
  A: First of all, […]

• LASEK to Correct LASIK Years Later!

  Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

  Q: I have previously had LASIK surgery around 6 years ago and have never been fully happy with the results. I think my eyes have slowly deteriorated since than and I’m interested in furtehr surgery to correct them. I do not currently wear glasses, but at my last eye examination I was on the border […]

• PRK No Way - LASEK Military Grade Eyesight

  Saturday, February 6th, 2010

  Q: I would like to recieve PRK surgery in order to enlist to the special warfare program in the US Navy. I would like to make an appointment with you to see if I am a good candidate for the surgery?
  A: Please call my office for an appoitment and we no longer perform PRK. […]

• 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an archaic procedure that is 20 years old, and I performed my last PRK over a decade ago, just to give you an idea how outdated that is.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 […]

• A Minor Correction About a Minor Correction (A Low Rx)

  Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

  Q: It turns out that my vision, at -1.0 is too light for LASEK, but I will definitely keep you in mind for myself or friends!
  A: Actually you are incorrect about being “too mild to fix”:
  Your Rx of -1.00 is too low to risk cutting your cornea in half with the older, less safe, more […]

• 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 […]

• 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 […]

• 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 responds to a patients querie

  Saturday, October 25th, 2008

  Carlin asks Dr. Chynn: My eyes were 9.0 in 1999 so I had lasik in Va. but now my eyes
  need contact lens. Is lasek possible after lasik? Does it last and for how long? Would this be safer than another lasik?Dr. Chynn: It is common to have a residual Rx after such a high Rx. […]

• Dr. Chynn helps a worried patient

  Monday, September 22nd, 2008

  Sakiko Wetterlind wrote to Dr. Chynn:
  I am shortly visiting NYC and would like to have a consultation and evaluation of my eyesight. I recently underwent LASIK surgery in Singapore (my eyesight was previously -11). The doctor assured me I would obtain eyesight to around -0.5 .However, now, 6 months after the surgery, my eyesight has […]