What duration of time should be expected for
  lasik post-operative swelling of the corneas?
  Does the cornea change shape from the swelling?
  Does the swelling cause high order aberration?

Journalist buys story off crook to advance her career - sorry
princess, the NY Times doesn't deal with your type.  Trust me, you may
NEVER work in media again.  Hopefully you like french fries because
you'll be slinging them to paythe rent sooner than you can imagine!

I expect to order a new pair of glasses shortly. I need strong concave
lenses. Twenty years ago, when I didn't need quite such a strong
prescription but high refractive index glass didn't exist, I had 'coke
bottle' style glasses, with parts of the lenses near my nose ground

Until my cristal-based eyewear is fabricated, I was given temporary
glasses to wear. The lenses on these glasses are based on
antireflective coating, which my original glasses already had. This
temp eyewear is also based on the same, previous prescription.

How stupid of me to ask AFTER placing an order for eyewear.
Just yesterday, I went to Cohen's optical. The frames are exactly what
I wanted. But second thoughts linger over the lenses I've purchased.
I opted for lenses with Cristal ( sp? These are supposed to provide

I just got my first progressive lenses about 1.5 weeks ago and hope someone
can tell me if this is as good as things get for a somewhat reasonable
price.  After giving them 1.5 weeks so I could adapt, I have to ask if there
is anything better than the Varilux Panamic lenses?  I ...

I have a relative considering using lasik to get rid of an
astigmatism, and wanted to ask if it would be an appropriate procedure
for him.
He's 62, healthy, and had a cataract iol in the eye about 5 years ago.

I have a prescription of -8.25 and -9.25 single vision and I would
like to get some relatively thin lenses. So I am considering high
index 1.67 with those Antiglare coating and UV filtering.
I checked with Costco which is carrying essilor lenses, while

The range of pathologies which can be treated with Laser Eye Surgery
are:
   * Myopia (nearsightedness): -0.75 diopters to -10.0 diopters
   * Hyperopia (farsightedness): +0.75 diopters to +5.0 diopters

Before paying for a second opinion, I thought I'd take hat in hand and
throw this out to the group for some thoughts.
Left eye has undergone multiple surgeries for a retinal detachment, loss
of lens and lens capsule, months of profound hypotony that's slowly

Just been to the optician for annual eye test.
Slight astigmatism, but the other major component between short/long
sightedness (Cylinder?) has returned to plano.
Ok.

1) If you are looking for the truth to soothe and please your self,
just click on this link.
2)  If you are looking for the secrt of the family happiness, just
click on this link

I had lasik performed in Canada about 2 months ago on a
wavefront-guided laser  Bausch and Lomb Technolas® 217z Zyoptix excimer
laser. I am 60 years old, in good health and do not take any medicine.
I have been experiencing the following conditions.

I am 50 years old, have a history of Iritis and Gloucoma. I have had
Gloucoma for about two years. My cataract in one eye are due for
surgery.
I have tried using bifocal glasses in the past, but it gave me lot of

The International Keratoconus Foundation provides newsletters,
offering information about keratoconus. This information includes new
treatment options for keratoconus The latest revolutionary Keratoconus
treatment is C3R (Corneal