LASIK Eye Surgery

In theory, LASIK eye surgery sounds great, who wouldn’t want to be rid of eye glasses and contacts forever? But, with the surgery comes a number of risks that could mess up your eyesight even worse than it was. These articles discuss the benefits, risks and not so talked about facts behind LASIK.

LASIK Eye Surgery Risks & Complications

LASIK Eye Surgery Risks & Complications

If you’ve been a longtime wearer of corrective lenses, you’ve probably at least thought about getting LASIK surgery. After all, who doesn’t want their eyesight restored to near-perfect, especially when the procedure seems so quick and easy? Unfortunately, like many quick fixes, LASIK just might be too good to be true. Understanding the LASIK risks […]

Lasik Eye Surgery Gone Wrong

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What if we told you that one of the most common surgeries people undergo every day is actually really dangerous? Yes, a medical procedure touted to bring you perfect vision is actually often more of a nightmare. It’s estimated that over 700,000 people underwent LASIK eye surgery last year, but is the surgery really as […]

LASIK Eye Surgery: Risks and Benefits

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Do you suffer from poor vision? Tired of always having to wear your glasses? What about those times you sit down at a restaurant only to realize you forgot your glasses at home? It’s situations like these that make many people consider LASIK eye surgery. However, most of us don’t know about all the risks […]

Laser Eye Surgery Can Harm Your Night Vision

Laser Eye Surgery Can Harm Your Night Vision

Millions of people have laser eye surgery, like LASIK, performed to improve their vision every year. For some, the surgery is successful. Their vision improves to the point where they don’t have to wear corrective lenses any longer. For others, the surgery isn’t so successful. While maybe their vision improves slightly, it doesn’t improve enough […]

Can LASIK Eye Surgery Cure Myopia?

Can LASIK Eye Surgery Cure Myopia?

Myopia is more commonly referred to as nearsightedness. It’s a condition that makes close objects appear clear, but objects that are farther away appear blurry. This condition occurs when a person’s eyeball is too long. Or, if the cornea, which is the front covering of your eye, has an excessive curvature. So can LASIK cure […]

Celebrities Who Have Experienced LASIK Complications

Celebrities Who Have Experienced LASIK Complications

Many people think of celebrities as people who get the best of everything in life. But their lives are not always as wonderful as people might think. Celebrities can suffer from the same ailments and trouble as the rest of us, including common eye problems. In recent years, many celebrities have undergone LASIK eye surgery […]

Can LASIK Eye Surgery Cure Astigmatism?

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What does it mean to have “normal” eyes? Typically, having normally shaped eyes mean that the cornea, which is the clear, outer window of your eye, curves equally in vertical and horizontal directions. These directions resemble the patterns of the stitches on a baseball. However, if you have astigmatism, your eyes won’t have that shape. […]

Is LASIK’s Popularity Finally Fading?

Is LASIK’s Popularity Finally Fading?

We’ve never kept quiet when it comes to speaking out against invasive surgeries like LASIK on our blog. Over the years, this surgery has become a popular solution to various vision conditions, but LASIK’s popularity is finally fading, and for good reason. Needlessly invasive and not always effective, LASIK is far from being the best […]

5 LASIK Alternatives and Their Risks

5 LASIK Alternatives and Their Risks

LASIK surgery comes with a bed of risks ranging from overcorrection to vision loss to glares and double vision. A surgery shouldn’t cause the problems you set out to fix. So, are there any LASIK alternatives? Along with LASIK eye surgery, five new alternatives have broken out onto the eye surgery scene. Those who don’t […]

How Much Does LASIK Eye Surgery Cost?

How Much Does LASIK Eye Surgery Cost?

A lot of folks talk about LASIK surgery as the easiest and fasted way to say goodbye to glasses forever. You may even have a few friends who swear by LASIK. Perhaps they’re pushing you to hop aboard the LASIK train too. Maybe you’ve even called up a doctor or two to get information and […]

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Tyler Sorensen is the President and CEO of Rebuild Your Vision. Formerly, Tyler studied Aeronautics (just like his brother) with the dream of becoming an airline pilot, however, after 9/11 his career path changed. After graduating top of his class with a Bachelor of Science in Informational Technologies and Administrative Management, he joined Rebuild Your Vision in 2002. With the guidance of many eye care professionals, including Behavioral Optometrists, Optometrists (O.D.), and Ophthalmologists (Eye M.D.), Tyler has spent nearly two decades studying the inner workings of the eye and conducting research.

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