Choosing Blade Free Lasik

 Dr. Andrew Taylor knows how challenging it can be for consumers deciding on laser vision correction procedures. Understandably anyone would be confused by the wide range of fees associated with laser eye surgery. Some centers are offering quotes as low as $299 per eye with very vague guarantees. Consumers have caught on to the fact that these fees are never really as low as they seem. If you can’t trust the advertised price, then how can you trust that provider to perform your surgery? 


These are your eyes, and the best guarantee in laser eye surgery comes directly from your surgeon, equipment and the professional staff that support both. At Lasik Provision, laser vision correction is viewed as an art form. Dr. Andrew Taylor has hand selected an experienced team of individuals who are constantly striving to provide the finest in all aspects of your lasik experience. Dr. Andrew Taylor will personally perform your laser eye surgery. He has been serving the residents of South Western Ontario and the Northern United States for over 20 years. He can draw upon a personal experience of having performed over 100,000 successful lasik procedures to achieve the results you desire.

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 Lasik Provision has superior technology and Dr. Andrew Taylor has personally used every major laser platform that is used in North America today. He lectures internationally in the field of laser eye surgery and on laser platforms. He is involved in the regulatory studies for the approval of new devices and procedures. Dr. Andrew Taylor has chosen the Zeiss MEL 80TM Excimer laser and the Visumax Femtosecond Laser as his preferred platform. Carl Zeiss is internationally renowned for their expertise in optics, their lenses are likely to be the ones you use at home in your cameras. Carl Zeiss Meditec utilizes advanced engineering profiles which produce superlative, predictable refractive outcomes which is what you want as a refractive eye patient. 

The Zeiss MEL 80TM Excimer laser custom treats every eye with Wavefront technology. This laser is one of the fastest in the world; it uses dual eye tracking for accuracy and centration. It also uses aberration-optimized algorithms to reduce the incidence of night glare. Visual quality and stability is unsurpassed with the Carl Zeiss laser platform. 

The MEL 80TM laser has the newest technology providing correction for the presbyopic population. It is known as Zeiss BLENDED VISION, and is based on the principal of micro-monovision. It allows the eyes to maintain different focusing depths. Both eyes are corrected for intermediate distance at all times with one eye having a range of vision extending to distance and the other eye having a range of vision extending to near. This creates a functional range of clear vision across all visual fields; near, intermediate and far. The laser reshapes the cornea using different power zones to create useful spherical aberration; making the image disparity between the two eyes so small that the brain doesn’t notice which eye it is using for far and near. This is the most exciting device in laser eye surgery today. 

Lasik Provision is using the Carl Zeiss Meditec VisuMax Femtosecond laser for all flap creation in laser eye surgery. Dr. Andrew Taylor is performing bladeless lasik procedures. It provides maximum safety and comfort for the patients. It creates a thinner flap, allowing patients with thinner corneas an opportunity to have the potential for lasik. It uses minimal energy, allowing more precision and less tissue disruption and therefore faster healing. Your eyes are precious and Dr. Andrew Taylor looks forward to providing you with a level of care that exceeds your expectations. Life was not meant to be viewed through glasses or contact lenses; life is about freedom. With these new technological breakthroughs, there has never been a better and safer time to experience the freedom so many millions of people have enjoyed with laser eye surgery.

Laser Blended Correction With Dr Andrew Taylor

FOR THOSE USING BIFOCALS OR PROGRESSIVE OR THOSE USING ONLY READERS

Laser Blended Vision is a procedure where Lasik Provision uses the Carl Zeiss MEL 80 Excimer laser to make your one eye (non-dominant eye) a little nearsighted. Your dominant eye then sees clearly in the distance and your non-dominant eye sees near. The brain blends the two together and you will not be aware of which eye you are looking through for distance or near. It is not like conventional ‘Monovision’ which is tolerated by 60% of the patients. Laser blended vision works well from the ages of 45 to 55 and beyond.

Lasik Provision Niagara / Toronto Clinics

At LASIK PROVISION we offer a variety of Lasik

Procedures to correct eye and vision problems. We have

skilled doctors and a professional medical team to ensure the

safety and success of your Lasik procedures. LASIK is a

laser vision correction procedure that is used to correct

eye and vision errors. Myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia

(farsightedness) and astigmatism can be treated using LASIK.

There are other options available if you are not a candidate for

LASIK. The pre-operative examination determines if laser vision

correction is right for you. When having LASIK, you have different

treatment options to enhance your eyesight and outcome. Your

optometrist and surgeon at LASIK PROVISION will recommend

the best procedure for your eyes. We offer a variety of Lasik

Procedures which include PRK, Blended Vision, ICL, CLE and

Punctal Plugs to correct your eyes and vision problems. Please

contact us for an Laser Eye Surgery examination to determine

what is the best course of treatment. Visit our Laser Eye Surgery

Clinic in Toronto or Niagara Region.

Accuracy Total Control

Lasik provision’s revolutionary approach to laser vision correction

minimizes problems associated with older generation lasers, such

as night vision reduction, glare, and halos.

Bladeless Lasik

LASIK surgery may be elective, but good vision is not. We

understand how valuable your sight is. That’s why we keep our

sights set on providing safe and advanced technologies to all

patients. That’s why we perform Bladeless lasik with the Carl

Zeiss VisuMax laser in our centre.

What is PRESBYOPIA? Laser Blended Vision Treatment

BLENDED VISION LASER SURGERY

Laser Blended Vision Treatment – A New Answer for Presbyopia

What is PRESBYOPIA?

As people get older, the lens inside their eye changes and is no longer able to focus the eye on images up close. This condition is called presbyopia. People with this condition may experience eye fatigue when reading in poor light or at the end of the day, have trouble changing their focus from distance to near, or need to constantly change the position of reading materials to find the right focus. This loss of elasticity in the lens becomes evident when near vision starts to get blurry somewhere between the ages of 40 to 50. Nobody is immune from this condition, and unchecked certainly means wearing reading glasses, bifocals or progressives.

What Are the Symptoms of Presbyopia?

Symptoms of presbyopia include:

• Blurred vision at a normal reading distance.
• The need to hold reading material at arm’s length.
• Headaches from doing close work.

Presbyopia can be corrected by wearing reading glasses. Some people have avoided reading glasses for many years, however, through a technique called monovision contact lenses and now blended vision.

What is Monovision?

Monovision is an option for people with presbyopia where the two eyes are adjusted to have slightly different focusing points. One eye will see things close up, the other eye will see things farther away, and the brain will incorporate the visual information from both and filter out any blur. With monovision, the brain usually adjusts within 6-8 weeks to each eye focusing at a different distances. Refractive surgery patients can attain monovision with laser vision correction. The procedure uses a method called blended vision a type of monovision that most people have found easier to adjust to.

How Does Laser Blended Vision Work?

Blended Vision is a LASIK procedure where the excimer laser makes one eye (non-dominant eye) a little nearsighted. Your dominant eye then sees clearly in the distance and the non-dominant eye sees near.

Laser Blended Vision is not just making the non-dominant eye near sighted as monovision. The laser also creates a positive spherical aberration in the center of the eye. This correction makes the image disparity from the two eyes smaller and the brain blends the images together even better that you will not notice which eye you are looking through for distance or near.

Both eyes are usually treated to ensure the best possible balance of vision. The laser reshapes the surface of the cornea just as it is done in conventional laser eye surgery. During conventional laser eye surgery the laser reshapes the cornea so that the power is the same throughout the whole cornea. This is not the case for blended vision as the laser creates different power zones so that parts of the cornea are corrected for distance vision and the other parts for reading vision.

Now is an excellent time to consider blended vision since Lasik Provision has acquired the Zeiss MEL 80 Excimer Laser which is suited for blended vision treatments. Before proceeding with the procedure you will need to be tested to see whether you can see far and near by correcting the dominant eye for the distance and the non-dominant eye for reading. If you can tolerate this disparity in the correction then you will be considered for the procedure.

Laser Blended Vision can be performed on those who had LASIK done before and also on those using readers only to reduce the need to wear reading glasses.

How do we determine if you are suffering from Dry Eye?

DRY EYE TREATMENT

How do we determine if you are suffering from Dry Eye?

In our Dry Eye Clinic we will conduct a series of evaluations and determine the likely cause of your Dry Eye symptoms.
First, you will complete a Dry Eye lifestyle questionnaire- this brief assessment allows us to to understand how your eyes feel on a daily basis.
If the questionnaire indicates symptoms beyond mild, we will proceed with LipView®– this technology allows the physician to evaluate the lipid (oil) layer on your eye.

Here’s how it works: LipiView® takes extremely detailed images of your eye’s tear film.

 

Dry Eye Treatment – The procedure is non-invasive, can be performed in our office, and takes less than five minutes. If you’ve ever had a comprehensive eye exam, LipiView® will feel similar. The tear film can be clearly seen as an array of colors that are reflected when a light source is directed towards the front surface of the eye. Readings instantly calculated and displayed on the LipiView® monitor.

Typically, our physician will perform a Meibomian gland evaluation.
LipiView® is an imaging device that is intended for use by a physician in adult patients to capture images of tear film. The following conditions may affect assessment of patient’s tear film using LipiView®

• Use of ophthalmic drops such as artificial tear lubricants, ointments and medications. Patients should not use oil based ophthalmic drops (e.g.,soothe®, Restasis®) for at least 12 hours prior to Lipiview® assessment. Patients should not use ointments 24 hours prior to LipiView® use. Patients should wait at least 4 hours after the instillation of all other ophthalmic drops prior to Lipiview® use.
• Soft or rigid contacts contact lens wear. Patients should remove contact lenses at least 4 hours prior to device use.
• Use of oil based facial cosmetics around the eye.
• Eye rubbing.
• Recent swimming in chlorinated pool. Patients should not swim for at least 12 hours prior to LipiView® use.
• Any ocular surface condition disease, dystrophy, trauma, scarring, surgery or abnormality.

Following these evaluations, we will determine whether or not you have evaporative Dry Eye or Meibomian Gland Dysfunction and if you are a candidate for LipiFlow®

LipiFlow® the groundbreaking treatment, addresses the cause of Evaporative Dry Eye

 
The LipiFlow® Thermal Pulsation System by TearScience® is a significant technological shift managing evaporative dry eye, with a single procedure, applying a combination of directed heat and pulsatile pressure, many find a single treatment effective in relieving the blockage of their Meibomian glands. The LipiFlow® System is intended for the application of localized heat and pressure therapy in adult patients with evaporative dry eye. Opening the blocked gland may allow your body to resume its natural production of tear film oil.
LipiFlow® treatment is clinically proven with sustained results. In a clinical study about 79% of patients reported an improvement in overall dry eye symptoms after a single LipiFlow® treatment. Depending on the severity of your specific condition and your response to treatment, you may need to repeat the LipiFlow® treatment periodically as your symptoms return over time.
With LipFlow®- and regular checks and ongoing care to monitor your progress- let us help you experience Dry Eye relief like never before.

What actually happens during a LipiFlow® Dry Eye treatment?

The LipiFlow® Activator (a disposable eyepiece) is inserted under your lower eye lid and is shaped to prevent contact with your cornea. Once in place, you simply recline in the treatment chair and experience the 12 minute procedure.

Why is LipiFlow® superior to other Dry Eye Treatment therapies?

If you are moderate or severe Evaporative Dry Eye sufferer, life can seem like a constant battle to alleviate symptoms.  Those drops and warm compresses become a regular ritual. You’ve tried blinking exercises and lid scrubs. And you avoid wearing contact lenses and extended sessions in front of the computer.

• The first and only treatment that addresses the cause of Evaporative Dry Eye at the source, allowing your eyelid glands to produce the oils required for a healthy tear film. Other treatments-warm compresses and drops- just give you temporary symptomatic relief.
• The only treatment that can give you sustained relief through improved gland function. Other treatments require daily, and sometimes even hourly, attention to keep Evaporative Dry Eye under control.
• A powerful step in managing Dry Eye disease, providing symptom relief and helping the stop cycle of Dry Eye deterioration and symptoms.

Clear Lens Extraction

Clear Lens Extraction

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Clear Lens Extraction

Clear lens extraction, also called lens replacement surgery or refractive lens exchange, may be a

better option than LASIK, PRK or phakic IOL refractive surgery for people with presbyopia and

high hyperopia (farsightedness).

Clear lens extraction (CLE) replaces your eye's clear natural lens with an artificial intraocular

lens (IOL) to correct your refractive error and achieve sharper focus, reducing your need for

reading glasses or bifocals.

Clear lens extraction typically is for people with presbyopia or extreme farsightedness, for whom

LASIK, PRK or phakic IOL surgery generally are not suitable. If you have both presbyopia and

moderate to severe hyperopia, CLE may be the only viable option for clear vision and minimal

reliance on glasses after refractive surgery.

Lens replacement surgery also can correct myopia (nearsightedness), but generally it is not

recommended when LASIK, PRK or phakic IOLs are available.

The procedure for refractive lens exchange is virtually identical to cataract surgery. The

difference is that in CLE, the lens being replaced is clear, rather than a cloudy lens due to a

As in cataract surgery, three types of IOLs are available to replace your natural lens, depending

on your vision needs and the health of your eyes. They are:

 Monofocal fixed-focus IOLs. Monofocal lenses provide clear vision at distance,

intermediate or near ranges — but not all three at once. Toric IOLs to correct astigmatism

also are classified as monofocal IOLs.

 Multifocal IOLs. A multifocal lens provides clear vision at multiple distances.

 Accommodating IOLs. An accommodating IOL is a type of monofocal lens that enables

focus at multiple distances by shifting its position in the eye.

With intraocular lenses, there is no "one size fits all," and your eye surgeon will recommend an

IOL that is most suitable for your individual needs.

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Clear Lens Extraction: The Procedure

Lens replacement surgery usually takes about 15 minutes and is performed on an outpatient

basis. Each eye is done separately, usually about a week apart.

Numbing anesthetic drops are used during CLE, so typically there is no discomfort, and most

people report immediate vision improvement after surgery.

Initial recovery from refractive lens exchange — when you can resume normal everyday

activities — usually takes about a week.

Final outcomes of refractive lens exchange can take up to several weeks, and you may notice

vision disturbances such as blurry vision, halos and glare, or a "scratchy" sensation as your eyes

You should be able to return to work and resume driving within a week of surgery, dependent on

your eye surgeon's instructions.

Normally, you won't feel an IOL in your eye, in the same way that you don't feel a dental filling

Also, since the lens is situated inside your eye and not on the surface like a contact lens, it is not

The artificial intraocular lens is a permanent replacement for your natural lens and is designed to

And, because IOLs are not affected by age-related changes, there is minimal risk of regression

(loss of corrective effect or deterioration of vision) over time.

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Clear Lens Extraction for Presbyopia

Presbyopia affects just about everyone and becomes noticeable sometime after age 40 in most

cases. Presbyopia is a naturally occurring age-related condition where your eye's natural lens

becomes more firm and inflexible, and you lose the ability to focus on near objects.

CLE: A Treatment for Early Cataracts? 

People who are middle-aged or older may have the beginnings of cataracts that eventually could

worsen and require cataract surgery.

If you have early cataracts, you could choose to have lens replacement surgery instead of waiting

for the cataracts to progress to the point where they cause vision loss and have to be removed.

Intraocular lenses can provide significantly better uncorrected vision at that point, especially if

you are reliant on eyeglasses or contact lenses.

An added benefit of clear lens extraction is that it eliminates the risk of cataracts, because the

eye's natural lens is replaced with an artificial lens implant.

Non-surgical options for presbyopia include reading glasses, bifocal or progressive eyeglass

lenses, and multifocal contact lenses. Another option is wearing contact lenses for monovision.

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For people with presbyopia and moderate-to-severe hyperopia, CLE often is the most appropriate

A major appeal of clear lens replacement is the recent availability of FDA-approved multifocal

IOLs (Restor by Alcon, and ReZoom and Tecnis Multifocal by Abbott Medical Optics) and

accommodating IOLs (Crystalens by Baush + Lomb).

Multifocal and accommodating IOLs enable you to focus at all distances, to overcome

presbyopia as well as poor distance vision.

Refractive Lens Exchange Vs. LASIK for Severe Refractive 

While LASIK remains the most popular option for correcting myopia and hyperopia, if you have

a very severe refractive error or an abnormal cornea, lens-based refractive surgery such as clear

lens extraction or phakic IOL implantation may be a better alternative.

Unlike LASIK or PRK, refractive lens exchange can correct almost any degree of hyperopia, and

visual acuity after CLE surgery often is better than LASIK and PRK outcomes in cases of

moderate and high hyperopia.

If you have myopia, CLE usually is performed only if you are not suitable for any other vision

correction surgery. People with myopia have a higher risk of retinal detachment during clear lens

extraction, and other refractive surgery options should be explored first.

Vision After Clear Lens Extraction

Whether you will need eyeglasses or contact lenses after clear lens extraction depends on the

type of intraocular lens used.

Monofocal IOLs have been used extensively in cataract surgery and clear lens exchange. They

offer excellent vision and contrast sensitivity and have low instances of vision disturbances such

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However, because monofocals are designed to focus only at one distance, you will likely need

glasses for up-close tasks such as reading fine print and working at a computer (but monovision

can help with your near vision).

Each IOL has advantages and disadvantages in terms of the best uncorrected vision it produces at

near, intermediate and far distances, as well as the likelihood and degree of vision disturbances

such as halos and night glare that might occur after surgery.

Risks and Side Effects

Clear lens extraction is performed essentially the same way as cataract surgery, and therefore

CLE complications are similar to cataract surgery complications.

Lens replacement surgery is more invasive than laser-based refractive surgery such as LASIK

and PRK and comes with slightly more risk.

However, sight-threatening complications are rare, and most complications can be treated

successfully with medication or additional surgery.

While clear lens extraction has been proven safe and effective, all surgery has some degree of

risk, which you should discuss in detail with your eye surgeon. Clear lens extraction risks and

 Retinal detachment, especially in extremely nearsighted people

 Increased eye pressure (ocular hypertension)

 Infection or bleeding inside the eye

 Droopy eyelid (ptosis)

 Glare, halos and blurry vision from multifocal IOLs

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ICL Lasik

                                    

Implantable Contact Lenses (ICL)

Phakic IOLs (intraocular lenses) are an alternative to LASIK and PRK eye surgery for correcting 

moderate to severe myopia (nearsightedness), and in some cases produce better and more 

predictable vision outcomes than laser refractive surgery.

Phakic IOLs are clear implantable lenses that are surgically placed either between the cornea and 

the iris (the colored portion of your eye) or just behind the iris, without removing your natural 

lens. Phakic lenses enable light to focus properly on the retina for clearer vision without 

corrective eyewear.

Implantable lenses function like contact lenses to correct nearsightedness. The difference is that 

phakic IOLs work from within your eye instead of sitting on the surface of your eye.

Also, phakic IOLs offer a permanent correction of myopia, unless the lens is surgically removed.

Unlike contact lenses, you can't feel a phakic intraocular lens in your eye (much like you don't 

feel a dental filling for a cavity) and, apart from regular eye exams, phakic IOLs typically do not 

require any maintenance.

Phakic IOLs vs. LASIK Eye Surgery

LASIK, which uses a computer-controlled laser to reshape the cornea, is the most popular 

refractive surgery to correct myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism, in part due to continual 

technological advancements such as wavefront custom LASIK and femtosecond laser 

technology.

Not everyone is a candidate for LASIK, though. Contraindications to LASIK surgery include: a 

very high degree of nearsightedness (usually more than -8.00 D ) or farsightedness (above   

+4.00 D); having a cornea that is too thin or irregular in shape; eye conditions such as 

keratoconus; and chronic dry eyes.

For many people who are outside the treatment range of LASIK, phakic intraocular lenses can 

produce excellent results.

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After a thorough eye exam and health evaluation, your eye surgeon will advise on the best type 

of surgery for you.

Are You a Candidate for Phakic IOLs? 

Not all patients are candidates for phakic intraocular lens implantation, just like not all patients 

are candidates for ICL LASIK.

Some questions to help determine whether phakic IOLs are right for you include:

1. Is your myopia within the range for which the phakic IOL has been approved (up to 

around -20.00 D)?

2. Have you had a comprehensive eye exam to determine that your eye can safely 

accommodate an implantable lens? Of particular importance is the depth of the anterior 

chamber of your eye and the health of the corneal endothelium.

3. Are you between the ages of 21 and 40? Even if you are outside this age range, you may 

still be a candidate for a phakic IOL and should discuss with your eye surgeon. While a 

phakic IOL does not treat blurry near vision due to presbyopia, a normal age-related 

condition that generally starts in your early 40s, monovision IOL surgery can help.

4. Has your eyeglass or contact lens prescription changed in the past year? For vision 

correction surgeries, you must have had stable vision for at least a year.

5. Are your eyes healthy? Conditions such as cataracts, glaucoma and untreated eye 

infections generally will prevent you from having a phakic IOL.

6. Are you in good health? Certain degenerative or autoimmune diseases such as Sjogren's 

syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 diabetes, HIV and AIDS, as well as certain 

medications such as steroids and immunosuppressants may interfere with healing and 

final outcomes.

Phakic IOLs: What to Expect

Before. If you wear contact lenses, you should stop wearing them at least one week before your 

pre-operative eye exam and/or consultation. Contact lenses can alter the shape of your cornea 

and therefore make your refractive error reading less accurate.

A week or two before your phakic IOL surgery, your eye surgeon may perform a laser iridotomy 

on each eye to prepare your eye for lens implantation. An iridotomy creates a small opening at 

the outer edge of your iris, allowing fluid to circulate and helps to prevent a possible increase of 

intraocular pressure after phakic IOL surgery.

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