Carter Eye Lasik Vision Correction Blog

Wavefront-guided LASIK technology is a rapidly growing segment of the vision correction field and can deliver results around 25 times more precise than those delivered through standard LASIK surgeries.

This is one of the many technologies that Dr. Harvey Carter and his team at the Carter Eye Center utilize to improve your vision.

Wavefront uses the patented WaveScan technology to create an ultra-accurate picture of your eye and its imperfections. Once this is created, this picture is then downloaded into the excimer laser which uses it as a guide.

The rising popularity of Wavefront technology is due to its high success rates. These rates are largely due to the fact that Wavefront can help create a 3-dimensional, 360-degree view of your eye down to the very last minute detail.

This is important for vision correction because even though you may have the same glasses prescription as millions of other people, no two people have the same wavefront pattern.

Another name for Wavefront technology is CustomVue. This procedure is one of many that we perform on a regular basis at the Carter Eye Center. Because everyone’s eyes and vision problems are unique, it's best to get a consultation and have an experienced eye surgeon like Dr. Carter walk you through the range of corrective possibilities. Please contact the Carter Eye Center in Dallas, Texas, an established team of vision correction medical professionals, to set up an appointment today.

What is LASIK?

The term LASIK is an acronym for Laser Assisted In-Situ Keratomileusis. This procedure uses a laser with its cool beam of light to shape the cornea—which is the outer surface of the eye—to correct vision and better focus light passing into the center of the eye, or the retina. Some of the conditions this fixes are nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism.

How safe is LASIK?

LASIK is deemed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be a successfully tested procedure and meets the normal levels of safety of most types of surgeries. LASIK is computer controlled and the surgeon can turn the equipment on and off at their discretion.

Is LASIK painful?

Before the surgery begins, patients are given anesthetic eye drops to counteract any potential pain. The majority of LASIK patients say that they undergo some very minor pain for a day or two afterward. However, most say that pain is more like pangs of temporary itchiness in their eyes.

These are just a few of the many questions people have about LASIK. The Carter Eye Center is a great resource for learning more about the many different possibilities for vision correction. And if you would like to schedule a consultation with Dr. Harvey Carter to talk more about your specific condition, please contact the experienced professionals at Carter Eye Center today. We serve patients in and around the DFW Metroplex.

CustomVue LASIK is an incredibly accurate and customizable type of LASIK vision correction that uses advanced technology and software to gain a crystal-clear picture of the patient's cornea and eye.

Everybody's visual map is unique, no two are alike. Thanks to this map, an expert surgeon like Dr. Harvey Carter has a valuable tool to help guide him in performing super-precise vision correction. The outcome for most people is 20/20 vision or better. One group who can especially benefit from CustomVue LASIK are people who have undergone another type of vision correction procedure that wasn’t as effective as it should have been.

Before the CustomVue LASIK procedure, the team at Carter Eye Center employs computers to create a hyper-accurate picture of your eye. During the surgery the excimer laser used by Dr. Carter is guided by software utilizing this data.

CustomVue LASIK may indeed be the ideal surgery for you. But i'’s best to consult with a multi-disciplined vision correction surgeon because your needs are unique. Whether it is LASIK, LASEK, Visian ICL™, CustomVue or over ten other types of treatments, Carter Eye Center in Dallas, Texas is experienced and can help you find the perfect vision correction. The Carter Eye Center will seek the ideal solution for your vision needs.

Clear Lens Exchange (CLE) is a type of cataract surgery and a great option for those who wouldn't be the best candidates for LASIK. Other names for CLE are Refractive Lens Exchange (RLE) and Refractive Lens Replacement (RLR). Monovision and presbyopia are two of the many problems CLE can fix.

About the CLE Procedure
The patient's lens is replaced with a plastic or silicone intraocular lens (IOL) that is formed to correct far-sightedness and near-sightedness. CLE, however, is not considered an option for correcting astigmatism. This may require either LASIK, PRK or All-Laser procedures.

Keep in mind that traditional IOLs cannot accommodate the difference between viewing long and close-up distances, but newer innovations like Crystalens and ReZoom can. CLE is often the solution of choice for early-stage cataract treatment—especially when the person has presbyopia.

Two advantages of CLE are that it is a proven procedure, successfully performed for many years, and it minimizes any potential for damage to the cornea. On the downside, myopia sufferers increase their risk of vitreous or retina problems and this type of surgery can't accommodate very well.

CLE is the type of surgery best performed by a well-rounded vision correction surgeon with an extensive cataract treatment background. Dr. Harvey Carter, in Dallas, Texas has performed virtually every type of cornea-based corrective surgery.

The Carter Eye Center offers a consultation to see if CLE or another type of surgery would be the best option for you. Please contact Dr. Carter and his team of vision correction professionals today. We serve patients in and around the DFW Metroplex.

PRK, which stands for photorefractive keratectomy, is one of the older vision correction procedures still widely performed today. Historically, this was the most common type of refractive surgery worldwide, and the Food and Drug Administration approved the special excimer laser and its cool, ultraviolet beam of light in 1995.

How PRK Works

PRK is painless and in clinics like The Carter Eye Center, it is performed on an outpatient basis. And besides the mild sedative at the outset of the surgery, no other sedation is needed and the surgery takes only a minute. The laser beam is hyper-accurate and removes microscopic pieces of corneal tissue to slightly bend the shape of the cornea. This is called ablating, and the end result is a rounder cornea that focuses light better than before.

Both nearsighted and farsighted individuals can benefit from PRK, and astigmatism sufferers can have this fixed as well because of the fact that it reshapes the eye.

At The Carter Eye Center, we help determine if PRK would be the ideal treatment—or if another is a better option—for you through a number of ways. Through corneal topography, we first "map" the shape of your cornea to give an accurate picture.

Corneal topography, along with an idea of your medical history, then helps us determine the next steps. If you would like to know more, as well as receive a free consultation, please contact Dr. Harvey Carter and his team of experienced professionals today. We serve clients in and around the DFW Metroplex.

While The Carter Eye Center has helped improve the lives of thousands with LASIK surgery, this procedure isn’t the best solution for everyone. Any reputable, experienced eye surgeon should be expert in the array of vision-improving procedures out there. LASEK, for instance, would be a viable alternative to LASIK for people whose corneas are too long or too thin for traditional LASIK.

In LASIK, the surgeon cuts into the cornea lens to create a microscopic flap to help reshape the eye. Laser energy is used inside this flap.

In LASEK, which stands for laser epithelial keratomileusis, the only incision is to the very outer layer of the cornea, the epithelium. This is less invasive than LASIK. The surgeon then uses an excimer laser directly to the outer cornea lens itself. This focused energy reshapes the outer lens to improve a patient’s vision—the ultimate goal is perfect 20/20 eyesight.

Though a newer technique than LASIK, LASEK is already reducing the incidents of post-operative complications due to the fact that there isn’t an internal flap created.

Though this is a fairly recent innovation in the world of vision correction, the Carter Eye Center is rapidly making advances in this arena, and any residents in the Dallas, Texas area looking to improve their vision should contact Dr. Harvey Carter and his team at Carter Eye Center for a consultation today.

Approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2005, Visian ICL™ is another corrective procedure that may be perfect for someone who is searching for a better option to cumbersome eyeglasses and time-consuming, uncomfortable contact lenses. The Carter Eye Center in Dallas, Texas is a great resource for getting more information about this cutting-edge, life-changing procedure.

What is the Visian ICL™?
The company Visian is a maker of the ICL, the Implantable Collamer Lens. The ICL is a lens that, after it is implanted through surgery, can permanently correct nearsightedness (myopia) and many other visual problems that millions live with. It looks just like a contact lens and works on the same principles, only the Visian ICL is surgically inserted between the iris and the cornea.

From beginning to end, the ICL procedure takes less than ten minutes. At Carter Eye Center, our team works both effectively and efficiently when it comes to ICL. Once healed, the ICL lens will stay in place permanently. Also, this procedure doesn’t cause any pain, because the eye can’t feel the intrusiveness of the procedure or the lens once it is in place.

Many former contact lens wearers who have undergone ICL enjoy many benefits, but one of the biggest is that they feel they enjoy all of the benefits of contact lenses yet don’t deal with any of the annoyances of contact lenses.

Like contacts, the Visian ICL™ slightly alters the direction that light enters the eye, improving the focus and eliminating the blurriness you used to experience every day. If you live in the Dallas, Texas area, it would be a good idea to contact Dr. Harvey Carter, a leader in this procedure.