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COVID-19 and Contact Lenses: What You Need to Know
With the emergence of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19 , we’re navigating a strange new world. This is especially true in regard to health, whether it’s our own or that of our patients. At Lake Lazer Eye Center, we are in the business of giving people their freedom from glasses and contacts, but the pandemic… Read More
What Is the Best Time of Year to Get LASIK?
Winter, spring, summer or fall? Which season is best for LASIK? While the greening of spring or a summer vacation might feel like great times for a vision refresh, do you really want to wait to get out of those glasses or contact lenses? You’re in luck. It just so happens that winter is the… Read More
Yes, You Can Use Flex Spending on LASIK
A flexible spending account (FSA) or health spending account (HSA) can be a lifesaver when health expenses crop up that aren’t covered by medical insurance. Office copays and prescription copays are notoriously hard to predict, prompting us, at times, to overestimate what we need in our accounts for acute illness or injury. The flipside of… Read More
Vision Decisions: 6 Surprising Ways COVID-19 Has Changed Attitudes on Eye Care
The coronavirus has forced most of us to look at the world in new ways – literally. Things we didn’t have to think about at the start of 2020 are now part of our daily lives, for good or bad. In the eye care field, many of our patients are shifting their perspectives on the… Read More
How to Prepare for LASIK During COVID-19
It seems the coronavirus has us all reassessing our health and quality of life. With concerns surrounding the spread of germs with contact lenses, as well as frustration from foggy masks, many are turning to LASIK and LASIK alternatives (like the ZEISS SMILE procedure) for vision correction. Still, many of our patients have questions about… Read More
Face Time: ZEISS SMILE Procedure Lets Young Mom See Daughter Contact-Free
The inability to clearly see the faces of loved ones without contacts or glasses drove Alicia Stanek, 29, to take an important step toward change. With vision of -4.0 in the left eye and -4.5 in the right, everything in her world was blurry – including her beautiful 4-year-old daughter, Eleanor. “I used to describe… Read More
Brother-Sister Duo Have Their Eyes in the Game After Vision Correction
A spur-of-the-moment decision about vision correction was all it took to forever change two lives for the better. Ariana, 22, made the decision to have the ZEISS SMILE procedure in early August 2020 with Dr. Shabbir Khambati at Lake Lazer Eye Center, and that step encouraged big brother Andre Drummond to follow suit. Drummond, 27,… Read More
7 Ways to Protect Your Eyes This Fall
Fall is all about chunky sweaters, pumpkin spice this and that, and the vivid foliage splashed over the landscape. It’s also prime time for fall allergies and the dry eye that so often comes with weather changes. The air is crisp and more humid, which means tears evaporate more quickly. For many others, there’s a… Read More
How (and Why) to Pay for LASIK
Lake Lazer Eye Center has been fortunate to help many patients with cataracts, presbyopia (loss of reading vision), myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness) and astigmatism achieve better vision. Once we examine a patient’s eyes and identify a treatment path, vision correction is usually a matter of prescribing the appropriate glasses or contacts, or permanent correction with… Read More
What is the cost of LASIK eye surgery?
It would be wonderful to be able to provide a pat answer to the LASIK pricing question! But there are many things that influence the cost of LASIK in 2020 besides inflation. However, for the purposes of simple discussion, we’ll dig into the national average, as well as what factors affect what you can expect… Read More
