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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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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Modern LASIK Reviews Published Prove Incredible Patient Satisfaction Rates, Safety and Performance!
The outcomes of what we know as “modern LASIK” have been studied, reviewed and now published. The data supports that LASIK is safe, efficacious and that the vast majority of patients are extremely satisfied with their outcomes. The global LASIK scientific literature reviews were first conducted in 2009 and included nearly 3,000 LASIK studies published…
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Part 3 of 5: LASIK vs. Contact Lenses – Which Is Safer?
LASIK vs. Contact Lenses. Which is safer? Here is a topic that we deal with on a daily basis, and perhaps you have even considered it once or twice. We wanted to have an open discussion with our readers about LASIK and how they feel about it in relation to wearing contacts, as that is…
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Slade & Baker Vision Center at TOP of the list to perform new SMILE procedure!
BREAKING NEWS: Zeiss has listed Slade & Baker Vision Center at the top of the list to perform the SMILE procedure, a LASIK alternative, after receiving its long-awaited FDA approval. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Slade, Dr. Walton and all the doctors and team members involved in this big first for our clinic. It…
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Part 2 of 5: LASIK is less expensive than contact lenses, a blog series
Continuing our blog series on LASIK vs. Contact Lenses… As we covered in Part 1, there is published data showing that LASIK patients are happier than Contact Lens Wearers. Maybe it’s because they have more money in their pocket! Did you know that daily contact lenses plus solution plus an annual glasses update totals at…
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Part 1 of 5: LASIK vs. Contact Lenses. New Study finds LASIK patients to be more satisfied than patients in Contact lenses or glasses
A recent study published in the journal Ophthalmology may change perceptions about the benefits of LASIK. Although there are hundreds of thousands of LASIK procedures performed per year in the US, it is still considered underutilized. The reasons why LASIK is not used range from just the cost of it to the equipment purchase issues to the…
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Another First for Slade & Baker Vision Center – Only FDA Approved laser for PRK in our clinic!
Another first for Slade & Baker Vision Center! Good news for our patients: The Alcon Wavelight laser is now FDA approved for PRK. We were lead investigators in this trial for FDA approval and have been using the Wavelight laser for many years. Our doctors and staff were recognized for our commitment and perseverance as…
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Give yourself the gift of VISION this Holiday Season with your FLEX Spending Dollars! Schedule your free LASIK evaluation today!
LASIK: A Holiday gift to yourself! It’s that time of year again. We just passed Halloween…and Thanksgiving…Christmas decorations are already up….and Christmas songs are flooding our ears! Maybe you should be more pro-active like those little elves that hang the Christmas lights so early. Give yourself the gift you know you need more than anything…
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An incredible patient letter to Dr. Slade
Dear Dr. Slade, Back in 1989 or 1990, when I was 19 or 20 yrs old, I was considered legally blind ( -10 & -11 eyesight). My glasses were like coke bottles and my contacts had to be specially ordered. I had gone to several eye doctors and all of them said they could do…
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