I have a small scar on my sclera caused by a childhood injury as i was hit by a ball near the eye, its brownish like a birth mark and want to know if there are ways to lighten or get rid of it and what it will involve and its cost?
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The old way of enhancing a LASIK was to relift the old flap and relaser, or cut a new flap
both methods are fraught with problems, like epithelial ingrowth, or cutting into the old flap
i was the 1st surgeon in NYC to routinely enhance LASIKs by performing a LASEK on top of the old...
LASIK or PRK are both good options for treating presbyopia, under the right circumstances, and as long as the patient realizes that it is not a long-term cure. When using "monovision", the dominant eye is set for distance and the nondominant eye is set for near. It is not...
I believe the key to a great result when treating astigmatism is not whether PRK or Lasik is done, but the type of corrective laser that is used. Essentially, the terms PRK and Lasik refer to how the eye is prepared for the corrective laser and really have more to do with the speed of healing...
