Archive for the ‘Post-op care’ Category

• How Does Age Effect LASEK - How Young?

  Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

  Q: I’m hoping to get Lasik at some point in 2010. I’ve heard that your contact/glasses prescription must stay the same for 2 years before you get Lasik, to make sure your eyes aren’t changing. Is this the case? Can the procedure be performed again at a later date if your eyes […]

• 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 […]

• Stopped Doing LASIK a Decade Ago

  Saturday, December 12th, 2009

  Q: I would like know how much it will cost to get both eyes LASIKed? And would it be possible for me to have both the consultation and operation scheduled during that time period?
  A: Please understand that I no longer perform the older, cutting LASIK, which i had a decade ago myself, as […]

• Burn Survivor with Tearing Issues - We Can Still Get You 20/20 Vision

  Monday, November 9th, 2009

  Name Mr Burns
  Age: 30 Someting
  Country:USA
  Contact Sex: Male
  Contact Prescription Right: -4
  Contact Prescription Left: -4
  Contact Other Conditions: Burn survivor and I don’t produce tears
  This is an easy Rx for Dr. Chynn to fix, about 30 seconds per eye, that’s it, and if you choose our hi-def option, PALV can probably get you seeing BETTER than 20/20. […]

• All Vision Centers Aren’t Created Equal

  Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

  Greeting: John Doe
  E-mail Address: john@doe.com
  Home Phone: xxx-xxx-xxxx
  Comment: Dear Dr. Chynn
  Q: I am that skeptical guy that was at your office this Wednesday.
  I spoke again with DV […]

• Post Operative Process for Foreign patients.

  Monday, March 2nd, 2009

  In this entry Dr. Chynn responds to a fellow practitioners questions regarding the LASEK post-operative process for a mutual foreign patient:
  Thank you in advance for helping manage our mutual patient.  just to reassure you, we will be doing 100% of the preoperative testing ourselves, and of course, the surgery (probably a LASEK instead of […]

• Surgery for patients with athritis

  Thursday, November 13th, 2008

  Hi Dr. Chynn,
  Sorry for e-mailing you and taking time off your busy schedule, but I forgot to ask two important questions on my visit your office on Tuesday, since I was in a rush because I took time off during my lunch break to come in. My first question concerns that I told you […]

• A patient returns home to Kyrgyzstan

  Friday, October 24th, 2008

  My Dear Doctors!
  Now I’m in my home.
  As I have promised before I visited my ophthalmologist and retina specialist.
  Both were interested and made all the procedures in order to check the results and to see the conditions of my eyes.
  She informed that I have to visit once a month.
   That is what they ask me […]