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Lens Exchange

Friday, February 26th, 2010

lens exchangeThe so-called refractive lens exchange is an operation from the spectrum of refractive eye surgery. Here, the lens of the eye is removed and inserted an artificial lens. The procedure is used in an extreme refractive error is used.

The most common and typical reason for a lens exchange is the disease is cataracts, a condition in which the cloudy lens. With wide and long-sightedness is the surgery only for very extreme values in question. At present astigmatism (astigmatism, astigmatism) This method is less.
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Eyelid surgery

Monday, February 15th, 2010

eyelid surgeryOver time, skin elasticity diminishes, the muscles of the eyelids becomes weaker with increasing age, and the result is hanging eyelids. The expression of the entire face of the relaxation can appear tired and exhausted, and also to take the fat deposits around the eyes with advanced age. These deposits in turn give the appearance of swelling, which affects the look increasingly tired.

An eyelid lift, or a Blepharoplasty is designed to tighten the eye area and can contribute to the overall expression of fresh and lively. As a rule, choose people from 35 years to a Blepharoplasty, it is also possible in recent years have been passed if, for example, hanging eyelids.
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Blepharoplasty

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

BlepharoplastyParticularly the area around the eyes is an extremely sensitive area and the eyes are also a very central area in the face of a man and therefore it can certainly contribute in increasing age as disruptive when the eyelids begin even hang anything or to the eye by the small and narrow drooping eyelids acts.

Therefore choose both men and women, often for an intervention in the area of the eyelids. Thanks very much hanging eyelids may even be accompanied by an impairment of vision, since the hanging Lid restricts the field of view. The tightening of the lids, so one part can be purely cosmetic, but it may in some cases, have as their objective to strengthen the vision of the patient again. Usually the procedure is performed by a plastic surgeon. There are also separate facial surgeons who have specialized in this Arte of operation.
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First aid for the eye

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

First aid for the eyeJust now happily on model railway cottage handicrafts – and then it happened: The eye itches, his hand reflexively moves there, the special glue drips on the sensitive skin of the eye. Burns of the eye with acids, alkalis or adhesives are everyday accidents in German households. And perform the most common eye injuries, blindness. But what to do, if it happens to oneself?

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What is LASIK?

Monday, January 25th, 2010

LasikLaser surgery is used to treat a wide range of myopia, astigmatism and farsightedness. In many cases people with severe cases can be treated.

There are two stages for LASIK eye surgery, the first is a corneal flap in the cornea creates a suction ring is applied to patients with eye. The second stage is reshaping the cornea, this is done fold the flap back and use a laser to remove some corneal tissue, restructuring is allowing you to concentrate properly. When the cornea is reshaped in the right way, works to focus light in the eye and retina, providing clearer vision than before. The flap is replaced to the recovery of the cornea exposed.

The benefits of LASIK include faster visual recovery, faster healing, less risk of haze or scarring, and less comfortable as possible with other treatments. The benefits of LASIK include less risk of infection, as is done in the cornea, while other treatments are implanted within the eye. In addition, patients are usually able to return to normal activities faster with LASIK than any other treatment. (more…)

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Surgery to stop myopia

Friday, January 1st, 2010

myopia surgeryCurrently, people with myopia can say goodbye to glasses or contact lenses due to surgery. Its outcome depends on several factors and is required to meet various requirements. Please note this.

1. What is refractive surgery?
The correction of myopia by laser is an alternative and applied worldwide. Today is the most used and has virtually replaced the earlier due to rapid postoperative recovery and a lot less annoying.

During surgery, a small cut, called “flap” that stood to directly apply the excimer laser beam, held a workshop which modifies the curvature of the cornea, thus correcting the refractive error.

Then we put the flap in its initial position, which attaches in minutes. The intervention is a painless lasik extraocular that was made using anesthetic drops. Advance preparation is required with eye drops during the three days prior to surgery.

The operation itself usually takes about ten minutes and during it the patient has to turn its gaze to a fixation. After you wait about twenty minutes to pass the first review and the patient leaves the eyes uncovered and with their own feet.

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