When can I go to gym after LASIK or Laser Eye surgery?

Gymnasiums are a source of infection and allergies especially because of harboring bacteria due to sweat.  Therefore it is important to wash your hands before touching your face when working out after LASIK. Try and also avoid touching the eyes with unclean hands which have touched gym equipment. If the eyes are itchy or sensitive, […]

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When can I swim after Laser Eye Surgery?

Swimming, in general, is safest after 3-4 weeks of LASIK or a laser eye surgery where a ‘flap’ has been made. It is also best to always use swimming goggles in chlorinated pools to protect the eyes from allergies post swimming. Many undergo LASIK or laser eye surgery during their vacation and time may be […]

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Indian Air Force Vision Medical Standards

One must have 6/6 in one eye and 6/9 in other, which can be correctable to 6/6 only for hypermetropia. Vision Defects Manifest hypermetropia must not exceed +2.0D Sphere. No Myopia. Astigmatism must be +0.75 D Cyl with +2.0 D maximum Near Vision must be N-5 each eye. Near vision is determined using “Times Roman” […]

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Do powers or numbers come back after LASIK surgery

Do powers or numbers come back after LASIK surgery? How can we prevent this and what can be done if they do come back? Let us say that you had LASIK surgery and achieved 6/6 or 20/20 vision, then many patients want to know how long does this result last? And are there any chances […]

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Technical differences between various excimer lasers

  Most excimer lasers- Wavefront LASIK Ex- 500 – Contoura™ LASIK with Occulyzer + Topolyser Vario (only at Shroff Eye, Mumbai)   1) Synchronized eye trackers @ 500 Hz = 6 millisecs response time @1050 Hz Laser falls on programmed target Therefore feedback time which is a response time of 2 millisecs 2)                        – 3  […]

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LASIK impact on the world

Nobody dreamed LASIK would have the impact on the world that it has. The excimer laser and microkeratome definitely advanced the position of LASIK surgery and allowed LASIK to bloom. But two other developments—the femtosecond laser and wavefront technology—have become the gold standard for a LASIK procedure. Femtosecond lasers allowed doctors to come up with […]

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