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Thanks for the correction--what was I thinking??

Maybe this is it????

Corneoplasty Now Uses Eye Drop
Advanced Corneal Systems has developed the next best alternative to LASIK -- Corneaplasty, a non-surgical procedure that changes the shape of...

It is America and you have the right to find out for yourself how wrong you are. If you want to waste your time go ahead, but you will eventually find out that the world is round--not flat!!

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Look, if any of those methods were proven or worked, ODs would be using them everyday to help correct the vision. There is no basis for all of these claims. Some eye muscle deficiencies do give...

LASEK involves cutting the corneal flap with a laser rather than a microkeratome as in LASIK.

Sounds like CRT - Corneal Refractive Therapy where gas permeable contact lenses are worn at night to shape the eye then removed in the morning. This shaping of the eye corrects refractive error using...

Got to 1800Contacts and look under private label lenses and see what you get...............They also have a nice little side note inference about the doctor prescribing private label lenses..........

The existence of vitreal floaters is not the issue. The only thing that really matters is to what extent do they (very subjective!)impair your vision. True, most people learn to live with them, but...

Maybe he owns a (+) cylinder phoropter, but prefers to write the Rx in (-) cylinder form??????????

I worked in a high volume Optometric practice for three years where the patient was dilated by the technician and basically all of our refractions were "wet". I would say that I averaged (roughly!)...

Danny, I have to disagree with the statement that refraction is almost perfect with today's computerized machinery. It is far from it--especially when the ocular media is not clear. As far as...

If you were an independent OD beside a retail chain..........

You will get more patients, but I think it only pays about $45 for a full exam. I had a question about Eyemed the other day...They pay $45 for a dilated exam, but not for extended ophthalmoscopy. It...

Why is she in a progressive? Those are relatively rare complaints coupled together--distance and mid-range--no near problems??You said that her problem was distance and mid-range. It is very rare...

An AV2 8.3 would be my lens of choice if I only had one lens to fit everyone. I've seen an 8.3 fit flat corneas when no other lens would. I'm talking 41D-42D Ks.

The base curves don't mean that...

Also, they generally have flatter corneas.........

I (half-heartedly ;) ) agree................

I think you need to go back and see the doctor again. If you wrote the contact lens prescription, well, then the doctor is at fault because Ciba (WJ) Freshlook Toric is not available in a 005 degree...

Why not kill two birds with one stone and just go to an optometrist. An optometrist will check for the eye diseases and fit you with contact lenses. You have some options--have you looked into LASIK...

I would be highly suspect of any product that said it could prevent ARMD. What basis did they give for this prevention?? True, you would decrease the chances of suffering from the disease if you wore...

To add to this most excellent answer.............the population you are looking at would be low-moderate hyperopic emerging presbyopes that want to pay more than LASIK.........

The following was posted on the KY Optometric Assoc. Website....

Memo: HIPAA STING

Date: 04/16/03

From: The American Optometric Association

By now, most health care providers and...

The patients will still call the OD for trials. We have to have trials to do the fit and I bet that the patients would still try to get trials from the OD. I don't think enough people would want this...

#2 - No clue...........
#3 - Sounds like motivation to try contact lenses.

Chip, it sounds to me by the way it was written that it is an outside Rx, so increased revenue wouldn't necessarily be the motivating factor. I also know of no ODs that would give an add to someone...