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Thin Is "IN" Except When It Comes To Your Cornea

September 29, 2010 @ 07:16 PM — by Jon Dishler
Tagged with: Tlc Pachymetry Cornea Corneal Thickness Minimum Corneal Thickness

There has been a lot of talk lately about how thin a cornea can be and still qualify for LASIK vision correction surgery.  Numbers are bantered around that if someone has a cornea that is thinner than a certain amount, they should not have LASIK and PRK is therefore a better option for them.  While it is clear that beyond some yet to be determined limit, it is not a good idea to have LASIK (which weakens the structure of the eye), it is still unknown if PRK has substantially less risk since it also weakens the structure of the eye and requires the use of "off label" medications in most cases.  It is a good idea to make this a scientific analysis, and not a knee jerk reaction. Because the science is still somewhat unclear, absolute statements about what is safest procedure needs to be considered carefully and on an individual basis.

Alexa and Page Decide to Have LASIK

March 06, 2010 @ 09:59 PM — by Jon Dishler
Tagged with: 2020 Institute Spivack Icon Lasik Plus Tlc
If you are reading these words, then you must have found them on the internet. Many people are here because of friends or family who decided to see Dr. Dishler for their vision correction by old fashioned "word of mouth". They type in our name or web address directly. Others find themselves here because they saw Dr. Dishler on TV or read about him in Forbes magazine. But many others are reading these words because search engines brought them here. They were referred by two very popular 'women'. One is named Page, the other is Alexa. Actually these of course are not particular women at all, but as you shall see the analogy holds true nonetheless. Welcome to the world of LASIK popularity.