Dishler Laser - Blog

There are several laser centers which are marketing the idea that they can guarantee you 20/20 vision, but in fact, they cannot. What they promise is 20/20 or your money back, but be sure to read the fine print. Most of the better laser centers have re-treatment rates down in the single digits, and some are only around 2% of patients needing an enhancement procedure to obtain the vision that they desire. Therefore, why pay a lot of extra money for a promise that cannot be made, and which is unlikely to be needed? Almost all patients can be corrected to 20/20 within the range of corrections that the "guarantee" has been offered. Even more certain is that with the opportunity to "fine tune" the results with a second procedure, it is unlikely that such a guarantee is necessary. Patients with higher or more difficult prescriptions or ones who cannot have a second procedure are excluded. It is more important to consider the quality of your vision correction team and their commitment to your vision than the exact number on an eye chart. We understand that patients want to reduce or eliminate their need for glasses and we strive to give every patient the very best vision possible.

It is an interesting statistic that there are more farsighted people than nearsighted, and many of these people do not even know that there eyes are not perfect until they are in their 30's or 40's. This is a group which rarely goes to the eye doctor until one day, everything up close begins to get blurry. As the years go by, the blur gets worse and even distant objects are not as clear but many still chalk it up to old eyes. In fact, after ruling out rare but serious eye problems, this is most likely what we call hyperopia, and the good news is that LASIK can help. Many people ask if LASIK can cure presbyopia, which is the need for reading glasses that accompanies older age, and the answer is not exactly, but in those cases with farsightedness or hyperopia, there is an opportunity to retain or even improve distance vision while at the same time dramatically improve near vision and without the need for reading glasses. This can benefit many people who did not know that LASIK might be able to help them. Here is the reason why.