LASIK Follow Up Treatments

You probably have questions about how long your LASIK treatment will last and whether or not follow up treatments will be necessary. Because each person has unique eyes, it is impossible to state with 100 percent certainty that you will never need to have follow up treatments after LASIK. However, you should keep the following in mind:

• LASIK is considered a permanent procedure
• Only about 1 percent of LASIK patients experience complications
• Some patients experience minor negative side effects, most of which disappear within a few weeks
• LASIK, particularly CustomVue and Wavefront LASIK, usually provide better-than-20/20 eyesight
• Very few patients ever need a second corrective procedure after their first laser vision correction surgery

We schedule follow up appointments for all our patients to ensure that the flap created on the surface of the eye is healing correctly after laser vision surgery. Additionally, Dr. Harvey Carter is a preferred provider of corrective treatments to patients who have visited other eye clinics for surgery and are not happy with their results.

Please learn more about LASIK from Carter Eye Center and ask your questions about follow up treatments after LASIK by contacting Dr. Harvey Carter, creating 20/20 or better vision for patients in Dallas, Texas.

How Much You Save with LASIK

If you are wondering whether or not LASIK surgery is worth the investment, you are not alone. Many patients meet with Dr. Harvey Carter and among the first questions they ask are, "How much does LASIK cost?"

While each patient is different and CustomVue and Wavefront LASIK allow us to create a personal treatment specifically attuned to treat your individual vision problems.

You may already know that the cost of LASIK is only a fraction of the cost of replacing contacts and glasses throughout your lifetime. What you may not have taken into account is the amount of time you save without:

• Putting in and taking out contacts daily
• Searching for misplaced glasses
• Annual or semi-annual vision exams
• Glasses fittings
• Visiting the optometrist to replace contacts
• Treating eye scratches or injuries caused by constant physical contact with your fingers or contacts
• Dry eyes or watery eyes caused by contacts

Many patients do not include these costs:

• Eyeglasses club membership
• Repairs to glasses
• Replacing lost or torn contacts
• Eye drops for contact dryness

Please learn more today about how much you save in both time and money with LASIK by contacting Dr. Harvey Carter today at Carter Eye Center, serving Texas in Dallas and the surrounding areas.

Carter Eye Center Official LASIK Provider for Dallas Cowboys

As true Dallas Texans, the team members at Carter Eye Center are fans of our local pro football team, the Dallas Cowboys. But did you know that the Cowboys are also fans of Carter Eye Center?

As the Dallas Cowboys' official LASIK provider, Dr. Harvey Carter provides laser vision correction to the Cowboys, and helps them achieve the vision they need to perform at their best possible level. We have helped team members Alan Ball, Orlando Scandrick and Tashard Choice get rid of their contacts for good.

Even if you are not a professional athlete, Carter Eye Center can help you play your best game by eliminating problems like:

• Torn contacts
• Glasses glare
• Dry contacts
• Old prescriptions

As the official LASIK provider for the Dallas Cowboys, we know how important focus and vision are in both your game day preparation and in your vision. If you are letting the results of your football, golf, soccer, or any other sport be effected by contacts or glasses, Carter Eye Center would like to help you eliminate that extra variable by laser vision correction, or alternative vision correction surgery.

To learn more about our role as the official LASIK provider for the Dallas Cowboys, please contact Dr. Harvey Carter at Carter Eye Center today, serving sports enthusiasts in Dallas, Texas, and the surrounding areas.

History of LASIK

You may have been considering LASIK for a period of time but have been concerned about whether or not such a new procedure is safe. While you are acting wisely by making sure you know all the pro’s and con’s of a procedure before investing in it and trusting your eyesight to another person, LASIK is probably not as new a procedure as you believe.

Corrective eye surgery first became available in the US in the late 70's, but by the 1980's had been added to by the use of the excimer laser, a laser originally created for the manufacture of computer chips. The excimer laser is a "cool" laser which produces no heat, and therefore is safe for use in surgical procedures on and around the eye.

The excimer laser LASIK, or Laser Assisted in Situ Keratomileusis, possible, but since the first LASIK procedures were performed newer technology like CustomVue and Wavefront LASIK have provided greater accuracy for doctors and safety to patients.

To learn more about the history and safety of LASIK, please contact Dr. Harvey Carter today at Carter Eye Center, serving Dallas, Texas, and the surrounding areas.