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I heard an interesting conversation on the tube today. A fairly oldish lady was talking to what looked like her granddaughter about contact lenses. The young girl was talking about buying them online and her grandmother didn’t seem to understand this concept or agree with it.

But let’s get one thing straight. The discussion wasn’t centred round wearing contact lenses – it appeared that the young lady already did wear contact lenses. What they were in fact in disagreement about, was the matter of where she bought them.

Now, the young lady in question had discovered a type of contact lens that was more convenient and easy to use. It was also more expensive. Her mother, also present, voiced that the daughter was just being lazy and that the new convenient lenses were unnecessary and much too expensive. From what I recall, they didn’t require cleaning or some such thing. I don’t wear contact lenses but my wife does – and she buys hers online.

Now, this young girl was furiously trying to explain that she could buy these extra convenient contact lenses for half the retail price online. Her mother appeared to not trust the safety of this, while her grandmother was outright baffled by the concept of ordering contact lenses online.

The thing is, with online purchasing, some people tend to perceive it as exactly that – a computer screen that delivers you goods. That’s why it seems incomprehensible that one could receive a pair of contact lenses ordered online that work. But online retailers sell exactly the same brands as the high street. The likes of Postoptics and Getlenses are run by opticians who can advise you on contact lenses, but more significantly, don’t have the overhead costs of their high street competitors and hence can afford to sell exactly the same brands and prescriptions for half the price. The notion that needs to be dispelled in a lot of people’s minds is that the products you buy online come from an inferior warehouse to that of the highstreet store. The fact is, it’s just a different mode of purchasing but if you choose to buy online, a retailer like Postoptics (whom my wife uses) sells every brand of contact lenses which her old high street optician used to. They are exactly the same brand of contact lenses, just posted by an online company and cheaper. If she needs to see the optician, she can book an appointment with her local. But why choose contact lenses on the high street when you can buy the same ones online for cheaper? I felt like saying this to the old ladies but I’m not sure they’d have been any closer to getting it.

Laser Vision or LASIK technologies were approved in 1998 by the FDA and are practiced by surgeons through the world. LASIK can improve many types of refractive defects including nearsightedness (Myopia), farsightedness (Hyperopia) and astigmatism (blurred vision). The Main reason why people get LASIK is because they don’t want to use glasses or contact lenses.

IntraLASIK and Custom LASIK are the types of LASIK technology that exist.
Intra Lasik is the next generation laser eye technology on the market today at the surgeon’s fingertips. What’s different about Intra LASIK or Intralase is that there is no mechanical incisions necessary. This eliminates some patient’s fears. Using expensive high tech computers, Intra Lasik uses the laser to precisely cut the flap of the cornea; With Intra LASIK surgeons can customize the patient’s requirements carefully, accurately and successfully. Intra Lasik is one of the safety laser eye procedures today with hundreds of thousands of surgeons using this technology.

If you’re considering laser vision then you’re probably not too worried about the prices right? Well, the average cost of 1 eye is £450-£700 depending on the technology and surgeon used. Experienced surgeons usually charge since they have done it many times before. Don’t just go to your nearest surgeon for a cheap price, do your research first, find reviews, recommendations, see what work they have done.

During Surgery the surgeon applies a type of anesthetic to your eye so you can’t feel a thing. You will be awake during the procedure.
3 things take place during laser eye surgery.

• Creating the flap on the cornea is done either by a mechanical instrument like a sharp blade or by a laser depending on which type of technology you used.
• Reshaping the cornea is done by pulses from the laser to create a map on a computer to precisely shape the cornea to your requirements.
• Sealing the cornea is done naturally by your eyes. Once they meet it will grow back into place.

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