“I didn’t want to be that old man with the string around my neck” – Hate your reading glasses?
Just 4 short weeks ago, Chris was relying on his cellphone at work. He told us he would take screenshots of pages at work and zoom in on them with his phone—just to be able to read them. After the Raindrop procedure at Slade & Baker, Chris no longer has that problem. Before his surgery,…
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Eye Tattoos: What’s up with that?
Photo Credit: Catt Gallinger Facebook Eye Tattoos: What’s up with that? Many of you may have heard of scleral tattoos AKA eye tattoos. This new fad involves “tattooing” the white part of the eye by injecting ink under the outer layer of the eye called the conjunctiva. Sound scary? Well, it is! Surfacing along with…
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Interested in LASIK options? -Reporting Over 1 Million SMILE procedures worldwide! We were among the FIRST!
It was announced yesterdey (September 28, 2017) that doctors have performed over 1 million procedures of laser vision correction surgery using Zeiss’s SMILE refractive technology worldwide! ReLEx SMILE is now being performed across the globe by over 1,300 surgeons (in more than 65 countries) with patients reporting high satisfaction with the results of this very…
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Total Solar Eclipse in 1 Week! Are YOU prepared?
Next week on Monday, August 21, 2017, we will experience a Total Solar Eclipse. Read our press release below to become better prepared before that day arrives and check out our infographic for what to wear at the bottom! Dr. Walton’s helpful YouTube video is also included below and if you click here. News ReleaseBennett…
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Dr. Shama Essa to lecture at the Combined Ophthalmic Symposium this weekend in Austin!
Our very own, Dr. Shama Essa, OD, will be gracing the stage of the Combined Ophthalmic Symposium which is presented and sponsored by the Advanced Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) this upcoming weekend in Austin and we are so excited for her to share her knowledge with the audience of eye care physicians…
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Why is Rubbing Your Eyes so BAD for You? 5 Reasons that will get You to Stop ASAP!
Did you know that people with allergies are more likely to end up needing a corneal transplant? You won’t believe why. Because of EYE RUBBING! WHY do we do it? Since many of us do it all the time, rubbing your eyes may seem like a pretty innocent thing to do. Babies do it naturally…
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The Science of Happiness
Forbes recently did an article cited here discussing why people should spend their money on experiences and not possessions. They found that the experiences of life brought more joy and memories than buying material “stuff”. Our brains quickly adjust to those new items, which become simply another outdated item in our home or driveway. The…
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Study Shows Contact Lens Wearers Happier After LASIK!
In the study cited here, 1800 people were surveyed over a 3-year period. While some of them continued to wear contact lenses, the remainder of the people involved in the study had LASIK. Of those people who had LASIK, the majority of them had successfully worn contact lenses for at least 5 years prior to…
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Cataract Awareness Month – All you need to know about Cataracts from the Laser Cataract Experts!
Cataract Awareness Month is almost over and as the FIRST center in the entire US to perform laser cataract surgery, we believe WE should share some great insight on cataracts! We find that we get a lot of questions from our patients about cataracts, what cataracts are, and their treatment options. The great news is…
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New LASIK statistics show patients are better WITHOUT glasses than with! We agree!
A new article published this month looked at the FDA’s official approval data for the 3 common modern LASIK platforms in the US. There were 718 total eyes that were examined, and many of them were the eyes of our very own Slade & Baker Vision patients! What was found? If you ask us, this…
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