Vision Correction

MAKE SOMEONE SMILE BY GIVING THEM THE GIFT OF VISION It’s Holidays, the season of giving. While we’re all busy with shopping lists and choosing gifts for family and loved ones, there are others in our neighborhood, in our community, in our planet, who won’t be having a very merry December. Let’s all pledge to…

FACTS ABOUT CORNEAL CROSSLINKING If you have been diagnosed with keratoconus, you might be wondering what your treatment options are. One option to treat this corneal disease, which is characterized by an irregular corneal shape that can progress into a bulging cornea, is an innovative procedure called corneal crosslinking. Though the U.S. Food and Drug…

STATE-OF-THE-ART LASER TECHNOLOGY ONLY AT KING LASIK At King LASIK, we recognize that your eyesight is precious. That is why we help safeguard your vision by utilizing only the latest, most sophisticated laser technology in our vision correction procedures. Here, we share the best technology for laser eye surgery and explore the role that our state-of-the-art…

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN COMMON LASER EYE OPERATIONS Although all laser eye operations involve using a laser, LASIK specifically creates a small incision in the cornea so the surgeon can reshape the eye to correct focusing problems. So this form of all-laser LASIK is quite different from other laser eye surgeries, both in terms of what conditions…

CORRECTING NEARSIGHTEDNESS WITH VISION CORRECTION SURGERY In order to understand how to correct nearsightedness, it’s best to first learn more about the problem. Around the world, nearsightedness is a common health issue. Otherwise known as myopia, nearsightedness is a condition defined as having a cornea with too much curvature – as a result, improperly bending…

THE CONVENIENCE OF LASIK OVER CONTACT LENSES There are many, many debates on the Internet about nearly everything under the sun, but one of the most important involves a sense that’s very precious to us: eyesight. Corrective lenses have existed for many years, but as technology progresses new options have been developed. Contact lenses are…

CORRECTING ASTIGMATISM If you’ve ever wondered how the laser vision correction process works when treating specific conditions, you’re in luck! Today’s article will explain how to correct astigmatism in the most precise and effective way possible via modern technology. First, what is astigmatism and how can it impact your vision? Astigmatism involves an irregular curvature…

LASIK, PRK, AND LASEK Laser corrective eye surgery comes in a number of different varieties – LASIK, PRK, and LASEK for example but the overall process is relatively similar. This article will focus on the most common modern procedure – LASIK. The following 3 part progress includes an explanation of what happens before, during, and…

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LASIK AND PRK If you’re currently researching your vision correction options, you may have heard of procedures such as LASIK and PRK among others. Both of these surgeries are very reliable and effective, but they have a number of important differences as well. Understanding the LASIK versus PRK comparison begins with a…