Carter Eye Lasik Vision Correction Blog

Many patients contact Carter Eye Center to ask about the cost of LASIK, but what they really want to know is not the amount of dollars and cents they will be paying, but whether the value of laser eye surgery is greater than the financial investment. The answer is a very simple yes.

Most eye surgeons will refer you to the cost of contacts and glasses spread out over your lifetime. That cost of a one-time LASIK procedure is lower than the cost of eye exams, contacts and glasses over the span of your life is easy to see. But many patients contact us with concerns about the safety of LASIK and the need for repeat procedures.

At Carter Eye Center, our exclusive 20/20 or it's Free™ guarantee makes not having LASIK too expensive to be affordable.

As though the financial benefits of LASIK surgery were not enough, consider the amount of time you save by not having to mess with contacts in the morning, or search for reading glasses in the evening. Your annual eye exams and waiting on prescriptions to be filled become things of the past when you have 20/20 eyesight.

If you would like more information on the savings in time and money associated with LASIK, please contact Dr. Harvey Carter at Carter Eye Center today, serving Dallas, Texas, and the surrounding areas.

Medical tourism is a term that has become better known over the last decade. You may have heard about it in terms of women going to Mexico for breast implants or to other locations for cancer treatment.

Where many Americans may be visiting other countries for some medical procedures, many foreign nationals are coming to the US for LASIK procedures. The US offers the greatest concentration of experienced eye surgeons in one country, and many individuals choose to combine a one-day procedure with tourism in celebration of their 20/20 eyesight.

Dr. Harvey Carter sees patients from all over the world for LASIK and alternative laser eye surgery procedures. With the nature of laser eye surgery creating immediate results, patients usually need only one day for recovery, and are able to use the remainder of their time in the US performing whatever relaxing activities they choose.

If you are interested in LASIK tourism, Carter Eye Center can provide you with recommendations on:

• Accommodation
• Sight seeing
• Transportation
• Activities
• Recovery

To learn about LASIK tourism to the US and Dallas, Texas, please contact Dr. Harvey Carter at Carter Eye Center today, and change the way you see the world.

Surgical vision correction was visualized as early as the 1930's but did not get a kick start until the 1940's when it was studied by Japanese ophthalmologists. The first successful vision correction surgeries were performed in the former USSR by Dr. Slava Fyodorov. But early vision surgery was performed with traditional surgical tools and produced vision which, though improved, tended to fluctuate from day to day.

Corrective vision surgery came to the US in 1978, and was performed in Fyodorov's style. But in 1980, application of the excimer laser, originally created to assist in making computer chips, was expanded for surgical use. Excimer lasers, like those used for modern LASIK, are considered a "cool" laser which produces no heat. The laser beams created by excimer lasers are invisible to the human eye but are able to incises tissue at a microscopic level.

Excimer lasers eventually led to the invention of Wavefront technology, the most precise form of laser eye surgery available today. Wavefront and CustomVue lasers are so precise that they allow eye surgeons to produce predictable, stable results, unlike the original eye surgeries of the 1960’s. Though LASIK history has taken several turns, the modern result is a procedure that can correct most types of vision problems in a painless procedure which yields virtually instantaneous results.

Please contact Carter Eye Center today to learn more about the history of LASIK and how we are helping Dallas, Texas, see clearly without the aid of contacts or eyeglasses.

The AcrySof® ReStor® intraocular lens (IOL) is a cutting-edge vision correction technology that is implanted into patients' eyes to correct both near and far-sighted problems. Most of these problems are created by either cataracts or presbyopia, an ailment related to aging.

When patients undergo ReSTOR® and are fully healed, many say their eyesight is better than they ever thought possible. Basically, ReStor® lenses are the ideal combination of the benefits of time-tested cataract surgery and the advantages of leading-edge vision correction technology.

Many people who previously had poor vision don’t even need bifocals after surgery.

According to the Food and Drug Administration, four out of five ReSTOR® patients go completely free of the need to wear any type of correction. Other benefits people enjoy are the ability to read fine print effortlessly as well as seeing better in poor lighting conditions.

The AcrySof® ReSTOR® IOL is one of the many alternatives available to create the best vision correction for you. At the Carter Eye Center in Dallas, Texas , Dr. Harvey Carter and his team are well-trained in all of the latest procedures including this one. Besides ReSTOR®, many different options exist and one will be the perfect one for you. Please contact us today.

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.