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Glasses for Fashion? Do Glasses Make You Look Better?

Did you know that some patients like to wear glasses just for fashion reasons? Did we ever think we would see that day? If you have LASIK, PRK, SMILE, ICL, refractive lens exchange, or modern laser cataract surgery and you aren’t as dependent on glasses as you were before, you can still get plain glass… Read More »

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• Posted on: Mar 15 2019
• By: laura landera

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Happy Valentine’s Day: LOVE yourself and break up with your Glasses!

If you only got to keep one of your senses, which one would it be? Which one do you love more? Smells? Tastes? Sounds? Touch? We may be biased but what would you do if you couldn’t SEE?! This is what we do for a living, so we are all too familiar with how patients… Read More »

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• Posted on: Feb 14 2019
• By: laura landera

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Patient Letter to Dr. Walton After Surgery

Nothing makes us happier than happy patients, except when they send us a handwritten, heartfelt, personal letter. This patient just had cataract surgery with Dr. Walton and chose the Advanced Custom Vision Package. Thank you to all of our patients who write us, email us, call us and even go online to review us to… Read More »

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• Posted on: Nov 21 2018
• By: laura landera

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Slade & Baker Vision Supports The Eye Stroll for Vision

This past Saturday, our team at Slade & Baker Vision spent their day at the Eye Stroll for Vision! What is the Eye Stroll for Vision? This family-friendly, fun-filled event allows families, friends and coworkers to enjoy a leisurely stroll around the zoo on Saturday morning. This is not a timed event, allowing everyone to enjoy… Read More »

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• Posted on: Nov 20 2018
• By: laura landera

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Dr. Walton Lectures About LASIK and SMILE at AAO!

This past Saturday, October 27, 2018, our very own Dr. Bennett Walton was asked to lecture at the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) meeting in Chicago. Dr. Walton was featured on stage at the Zeiss booth at AAO with several other big names in ophthalmology and Dr. Walton shared his experience and knowledge with both… Read More »

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• Posted on: Oct 30 2018
• By: laura landera

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All SMILES after the first SMILE with Astigmatism procedure in TEXAS!

We were all SMILES at Slade & Baker Vision yesterday! Dr. Slade performed the FIRST SMILE with Astigmatism procedure in TEXAS yesterday post FDA approval, and our patient, Jenny N. was very happy! We were also the one of the top ten sites to have the astigmatism technology for SMILE in the entire country! You… Read More »

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• Posted on: Oct 26 2018
• By: laura landera

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Is Epithelial-On Crosslinking (CXL) the Way to Go?

If you or someone close to you has been diagnosed with Keratoconus, you have probably done what most patients have done in the last 10 years. Googled it! When most patients look up their options online, they stumble across a million articles about corneal collagen crosslinking otherwise known as CXL. Now, luckily, the FDA has… Read More »

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• Posted on: Oct 25 2018
• By: laura landera

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New Custom Dry Eye Treatment at Slade & Baker: Serum Tears Treatment

SERUM TEARS Treatment  This August, our doctors at Slade & Baker Vision began offering an exciting revolutionary new treatment for dry eye at our clinic. Everyone’s dry eyes are different, from the severity to the cause!  We can now create a customized treatment for you, from your own blood plasma. Christina, a phlebotomist, joined our… Read More »

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• Posted on: Sep 28 2018
• By: laura landera

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A New LASIK option – the Toric ICL – is FDA Approved!

Last week marked an exciting moment in ophthalmology, the FDA approved a new version of the previously approved Implantable Collamer Lens or “ICL”. The new version that just got approved is a TORIC ICL which is used to treat patients that have an astigmatism along with myopia. The Visian toric implantable Collamer lens, which is… Read More »

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• Posted on: Sep 17 2018
• By: laura landera

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Are Eyelash Extensions Safe?

We love to focus our blog articles on questions we get every day at our office.  And this is definitely one of them. Since they are the windows to our souls, ladies know the importance of making sure their eyes look beautiful.  What better way to do that than with long, thick, beautiful eyelashes? If… Read More »

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• Posted on: Sep 12 2018
• By: laura landera

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