When to Avoid Lasik

It is important to know that you are a good candidate for lasik, but it is equally important to discover if you should not have laser vision correction. Our lasik surgeons carefully evaluate each person in a free lasik consultation and often have to explain why a particular patient should not have laser eye surgery. As amazing as bladeless custom lasik can be, not everyone is a good candidate

The board certified lasik surgeons at North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown New York in Long Island have tremendous experience with laser vision correction.  Our eye doctors have been leaders in laser eye surgery and always strive to do the very best in lasik.  This is why we have adopted the ilasik platform that is the most advanced and safest way to have lasik.  Ilasik is blade-free with Intralase, a bladeless laser that makes the safest and most precise flaps possible as the first step of lasik.  We then do all custom laser vision correction utilizing Wavescan by Visx to create a fingerprint of your unique vision.  This fingerprint of your vision is called a Waveprint or Wavemap.  We place this custom pattern on your cornea using automatic centering, automatic tracking and iris registration for the best possible results.

Knowing that our eye doctors have been deemed "Top Doctors" by Castle Connolly, it is reasonable to ask when lasik is not the best option.  In patients with irregular corneas including corneal dystrophy like keratoconus, pellucid marginal degeneration and others, laser vision correction of any sort is not advised.  When the cornea is thin or the eye prescription is very high, lasik may not be an option.  If the cornea is otherwise healthy, sometimes a surface laser vision correction procedure may be reasonable.  When an eye is exceedingly dry such as with collagen vascular disease like rheumatoid arthritis, laser vision correction might not be advantageous.  Patients with other eye pathology like cataracts, glaucoma, macular degeneration, and diabetic retinopathy should not have lasik due to the possibility of an uncertain result.  In the free lasik consultation at North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown Long Island, all of these possibilities will by examined and we will be able to advise you correctly and safely.

The lasik specialists at North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown New York in Long Island are ready to help you through this life changing experience.  Call us now for your free lasik consultation with one of our board certified lasik surgeons, Dr. Jeffrey Martin, Dr. Larry Zweibel or Dr. John Mauro.