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Refractive Lens Exchange: Why Wait For Cataracts To Ruin Your Vision?

“This is the best I have ever seen in my life and I’m very excited about the things I will be able to accomplish now.” Our patient which is featured in this video, was -10.00 before her surgery. If you are reading this and have looked at LASIK options before, you will know this number… Read More »

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• Posted on: Apr 10 2019
• By: laura landera

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Did You Know You Have a Blind Spot? Find Out Where!

Many of us have never noticed or tested out our blind spot. We encourage you to find your natural blind spot.  It’s a very compelling way to see why blind spots in our vision are NOT things people notice.  So it’s dangerous. In this short video blog or “vlog”, our very own surgeon Bennett Walton,… Read More »

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• Posted on: Apr 3 2019
• By: laura landera

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Why Aren’t My Arms Long Enough? The Frustration Of Presbyopia

About a year ago, a great article was published on wired.com about the deep frustrations that come after the age of 40 when people end up feeling forced to have to buy reading glasses. Seems like just another sign of “aging” or life passing right? Well it isn’t for many who get there. The medical… Read More »

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• Posted on: Mar 22 2019
• By: laura landera

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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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