For Julie, my best friend, world meant black without her spectacles. The poor myopic girl became the butt of social ridicules because of these thick glasses of hers. At twenty five she used to look like forty years old because of her glasses. Yes, she tried contact lenses once, but she wasn’t comfortable with them [...]
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Throw Away Those Glasses: Go For Laser Eye Surgery
January 16th, 2010 
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January 2nd, 2010 admin Refractive Eye Surgery & LASIK Surgery – Definition & OverviewRefractive eye surgery is any eye surgery used to improve the refractive state of the eye and decrease or eliminate dependency on glasses or contact lenses. This can include various methods of surgical remodeling of the cornea or cataract surgery. The most common methods today use [...]
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December 27th, 2009 admin Any surgery that is used to improve the refractive state of the eye and decrease the need for glasses and contact lenses is referred to as refractive eye surgery. Refractive eye surgery is most often used to treat the common vision disorders myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness) and astigmatism. There are many determining factors in choosing [...]
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