Choose a Good Surgeon

Choosing the ophthalmologist who will perform your laser vision correction surgery is an important decision. Take the time to ask questions and consider your choices carefully.

Here are some topics to keep in mind when looking for a LASIK surgeon:

• You Only Have Two Eyes - Go To a Specialist
  
  Choose a surgeon who specializes in vision correction / refractive procedures. The most highly trained LASIK surgeons are corneal specialists and have an additional full year of LASIK training. You'd want a specialist for your heart surgery - don't settle for anything less than a specialist for your eyes.
  
  It should be more than just the surgeon who is the specialist. The quality of the staff directly affects your experience. You'll want to know that you have a highly trained team of experts assisting you at every step in the process.
   

• Personalized Care, Not Assembly Line Medicine
  
  There are a lot of refractive surgeons to choose from - look for someone you can trust to tell you "no" as well as "yes." LASIK is not for everyone, and a good LASIK surgeon will discuss other refractive options that may be better for you.
  
  Expect a customized treatment plan. Current technology allows the surgeon to image a virtual "fingerprint" of your eye and craft a treatment plan specifically for you. You'll live with the results of your laser eye surgery for the rest of your life - make sure you're getting a solution tailored to your individual lifestyle needs.
  
  Make sure the surgeon has plenty of time for questions. Doctors may no longer make house calls, but you still want someone with a good "bedside manner." Establishing a rapport with your surgeon can give you additional confidence and allow you the freedom to make the right eye care choice for you.
  
  High-volume facilities sometimes hire LASIK eye surgeons fresh out of training and pay them on a per-eye basis. This system rewards a high volume of patients and a high turnover among surgeons. Ask how long the surgeon has been at the facility; make a judgment as to how long they will continue to be there. The facility should offer at least one year of enhancements and stand behind their results.
   

• Better Vision through Advanced Technology
  
  Look for a LASIK eye surgeon who stays state-of-the-art with the latest technologies. Equipment and techniques are continually updated and you'll want to know that your surgeon is using Wavefront guided Custom LASIK, eye tracking lasers and Wavefront diagnostics.
  
  A surgeon can't get state-of-the-art results in a less than state-of-the-art facility. Make sure that the surgery center is dedicated to LASIK and reflects the latest FDA safety and quality guidelines regarding HEPA filtration, climate control, and an uninterruptible power supply.

I am personally very excited by the many different ways refractive surgery can improve every aspect of our vision. My colleagues and I constantly innovate and adapt new techniques. It is our job to know what works, how, why and for whom but whatever the technology, it must be safe and predictable before we offer it to patients. Techniques and methods change all the time and Dream Vision Laser Centre brings you what we feel is the best method to correct your vision.

I look forward to meeting you and answering your questions with the objectivity and personal attention of an experienced surgeon.

On behalf of the staff at Dream Vision Laser Centre, I would like to thank you for your interest.

I have been doing refractive surgery for last 20 years and have found that out of a spectrum of refractive surgery like Customized wave front guided Lasik, Lasek, PRK,. RK, A.K., Phakic IOL & Clear Lens Extraction with or without IOL, which procedure is safer and better of an individual patient depends lots on a decision of an experienced eye surgeon who without any bias and experience of all these procedures can give best results in terms of patient’s satisfaction and credit to the center.

For us the most important daily challenge is to find the right procedure for each patient. Our success is not measured in the minutes taken for each procedure, but in the nearly 20 years it has taken to build up trust and the continuity of results.

The human eye is an astonishing organ. We have great respect for it and so should you. Any surgery that improves your vision will inevitably have some small risks and discomforts and we want you to be absolutely clear: both in your vision and in your decision. Together with you we can select which procedure will suit your lifestyle, choices and most of all your body.