Other Special Procedures for Special Patients/Situations
25 May 2009Dr. Chynn is the only operating surgeon, and Park Avenue Laser Vision
is the only center in NY City performing only 100% No-Cut, No-Flap All-Laser LASEK and epi-LASEK laser vision correction.
In addition, here are some classes and examples of special patients/situations
they can help with:
Patients with Lazy Eye
The reason that one eye gets lazy or crosses is often
because that eye has a prescription in it that is significantly worse than the
other eye. The image the brain receives from this eye is thus so much blurrier
than that from the other eye, that the brain just neglects the bad image, and
eventually ignores the bad eye leading to lazy eye.
Dr. Chynn has successfully performed LASEK and epi-LASEK
(not LASIK) on dozens of patients with a lazy eye, and in every case
the patient s uncorrected vision after surgery (meaning their vision
without glasses or contacts) is actually better than it was corrected
(with glasses or contacts) preoperatively going from 20/60 to 20/25!
Obviously, before performing surgery on any amblyopic eye,
Dr. Chynn will send the patient for a second opinion by a pediatric
ophthalmologist to make sure that the patient will not have diplopia or
double vision afterwards, and carefully explains to and consents the
patient!
Even better, because you have a pre-existing medical
condition, in most cases, your medical insurance will actually partially
pay for your laser procedure because it is not purely cosmetic, but is
correcting a medical problem!
Extreme prescriptions: myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism:
We at Park Avenue Laser Vision are the ONLY center in NYC performing
100% No-Cut, No-Flap, All-Laser LASEK and epi-LASEK laser vision correction.
For example, in 2008, Dr. Chynn treated Natacha Hildebrand,
who was working for him as an Assistant Laser Vision Coordinator, and she was a
-10.00! preop (or 3x legally blind or about 20/2,000!) and after her
LASEK on 1 eye, and epi-LASEK on the other eye, she is now seeing a PERFECT
20/20 which is quite remarkable.
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