Its for nearsigtedness. ANd, i just got this brochure in the mail from a
local Eye Clinic that has board certified Opthalmologists. It says that
it requires about 3 minutes time for correction using harmless radio
waves.

1. Are they harmless ?
2. Ive had totally successful Lasik Eye Surgery about a year ago ;  will
the CK still work on me ?
2.A.  Success rate ?
3.  Any concerns you have about CK ?

Thanks much.

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Why are you looking for more eye surgery? Did the LASIK fail to correct
your prescription, or did your doctor fail to tell you about
presbyopia?

I'm not going to comment about CK at the moment but I will say that you
should be cautious because while this has been FDA approved, that
approval applies to performing it on people who have NOT had any other
eye surgery. Practice of medicine is not regulated and therefore your
doctor can do CK on top of LASIK as an "off-label" procedure but they
need to be very clear with you about the added risks. I have been very
troubled lately at the increasing trend to advertise off-label uses of
the procedure, which I do not believe is consistent with the industry's
ethics or advertising regulations.

Rebecca Petris
www.lasermyeye.org

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American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the American
Academy of Ophthalmology, the Federal Trade Commission, the Food and
Drug Administration, and each state all have policies or laws on
appropriate medical advertising.  None of these recognized
organizations state that it is unethical or unlawful to advertise
off-label procedures.  The citation that allows medical advertising is
Bates v. Arizona State Bar and subsequent cases.  Perhaps you should
look it up.

Glenn Hagele
Executive Director
Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance

Email to glenn dot hagele at usaeyes dot org

http://www.USAEyes.org
http://www.ComplicatedEyes.org

I am not a doctor.

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Hey Dave..I hear ya can buy a C02 laser real cheap on E-Bay and it
comes with a book on do-it-yourself vision repair. I think ya otta try
it, as soon as you manage to get your head outta your XXX

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>Its for nearsigtedness.

CK is not for nearsightedness (myopia).  CK is for hyperopia
(farsightedness) and creating myopia in one eye for monovision.

>ANd, i just got this brochure in the mail from a
>local Eye Clinic that has board certified Opthalmologists.

In this regard, certification by the American Board of Ophthalmology
is very limited in its value.  The ABO does not directly evaluate how
well a doctor does at CK.

>It says that
>it requires about 3 minutes time for correction

Just because it is fast does not mean it is appropriate.

>using harmless radio
>waves.

Radio waves are not necessarily "harmless".

>1. Are they harmless ?

Surgery always has the potential to harm, and CK is surgery.  CK is
the surgical manipulation of the cornea by releasing energy down about
1/3rd to 1/2 of the way into the cornea.  Radio waves is a technically
accurate term, but may be misleading if you do not have a clear
understanding of the concentration and power.  Light can be harmless
too, but lasers are amplified light.  We all know that lasers can be
both beneficial and harmful.

>2. Ive had totally successful Lasik Eye Surgery about a year ago ;

If you had totally successful LASIK, why are you considering CK now?

>  will
>the CK still work on me ?

CK after LASIK is an off-label use of the device, however there have
been several case studies presented that indicate CK after LASIK can
be appropriate.

>2.A.  Success rate ?

Depends totally upon what you consider success and how CK will be used
to treat which problem.

>3.  Any concerns you have about CK ?

Sure, but first let's learn how and why you would want CK.

Glenn Hagele
Executive Director
Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance

Email to glenn dot hagele at usaeyes dot org

http://www.USAEyes.org
http://www.ComplicatedEyes.org

I am not a doctor.

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'Why are you looking for more eye surgery? Did the LASIK fail to correct
your prescription, or did your doctor fail to tell you about
presbyopia?'

The Lasik corrected my vision nicely from 20/800  to 20/20 in both eyes.
But, my reading vision became just a little worse than it was before the
Lasik. I needed reading glasses before the Lasik (i  used to use 1.5
power) and after the Lasik i need 2.0 power.  I like to be done with
reading glasses all together if i can. Im going to a public intro.
seminar on CK in a couple weeks to find out more about it.

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Finally, a message that is ON TOPIC!

I'm hardly the expert on CK, however here's my understanding of it's
drawbacks..
Although it works, it is considierably expensive, and it's effects are
only temporary.  Also, I think there is a limit to how many times the
procedure can be performed.

You didn't mention how old you are.  Once you get to cataract age, you
should look into getting an IOL that offers accomodation.  Currently
they are VERY expensive and not hugely effective, but they have only
been approved for about a year.
If you have standard cataract surgery, you can't then have
accomodating IOLs put in because the capsule the IOL sits in is
modified in such a way that the A-IOL won't work.
Check out www.crystalens.com

You have a lot of nerve asking a question related to eyes!  Haven't
you got anybody you want ot sue or call a name or threaten?  Can't you
make up some silly story of how you had LASIK and it made you
homicidal?   (I'm being sarcastic)




On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 15:09:45 -0600, DNandB@webtv.net (DN B) wrote:

>'Why are you looking for more eye surgery? Did the LASIK fail to correct
>your prescription, or did your doctor fail to tell you about
>presbyopia?'
>
>The Lasik corrected my vision nicely from 20/800  to 20/20 in both eyes.
>But, my reading vision became just a little worse than it was before the
>Lasik. I needed reading glasses before the Lasik (i  used to use 1.5
>power) and after the Lasik i need 2.0 power.  I like to be done with
>reading glasses all together if i can. Im going to a public intro.
>seminar on CK in a couple weeks to find out more about it.

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I'm pretty sure that I'm going to need readers in the not to distant
future, but I'm of a mind where I'll use glasses instead of more
surgery. I figure I'll quit while I'm ahead.My lasik put me where I
want to be. Before, I needed glasses all the time, in the future, just
some of the time.

SErebel

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