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Is LASIK Eye Surgery right for you?
Because your eyes and your vision are as unique to you as your fingerprints and DNA, it's challenging for us to know whether LASIK eye surgery can benefit you without a personal examination. However, many recent medical advances, some pioneered at the Maloney-Shamie-Hura Vision Institute in Los Angeles, have made it possible to correct problems that couldn't be fixed just a few years ago. Dr. Maloney, Dr. Shamie, and Dr. Hura deliver among the best LASIK eye surgery Los Angeles has to offer.
In general, the conditions we're able to treat include nearsightedness (myopia), farsightedness (hyperopia), and astigmatism. We like our patients to be at least 18 years of age, have healthy corneas, and to have had stable vision over the past year.
What to expect during a LASIK consultation
Determining if you are a candidate for LASIK eye surgery is a multi-step process. We realize that deciding to have LASIK comes only after careful consideration. During your consultation, Dr. Maloney, Dr. Shamie, or Dr. Hura will evaluate your eyes and educate you about vision correction. This will enable you to make the best, most informed decision regarding your LASIK procedure.
The first step is to evaluate the health of your eyes by measuring your vision and the thickness of your corneas. Your surgeon’s team also will go over your general medical history. The use of corneal mapping or iDesign Wavescan System sets this eye evaluation apart.
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Step One: Customized Measurements
The IntraLase FS laser is a computer-guided, ultra-fast laser used to create the thin corneal flap for the LASIK procedure. With the IntraLase femtosecond laser, expert Laser Eye Surgeon Dr. Maloney, Dr. Shamie, or Dr. Hura can create a corneal flap that is designed precisely to the configuration of your eye, without cutting, ensuring rapid healing after the surgery is complete.
Step Two: Laser-Created Flaps
We perform your laser eye surgery using the VISX Star S4 excimer laser. Their expertise with this advanced laser system allows them to perform your eye surgery in about 3 to 6 minutes. The Advanced CustomVue procedure provides the most precise, accurate form of laser vision correction available today. 3D eye tracking ensures that your treatment remains exact and specific to your customized LASIK treatment program, even if your eye moves.
Step Three: Wavefront-Guided Vision Correction
NASA recently approved the LASIK procedure for its astronauts following review of extensive military clinical data, which showed the use of two lasers (femtosecond & wavefront-guided) provides superior safety and vision as compared to earlier forms of the procedure. In fact, all branches of the U.S. military have approved LASIK for their servicemen and women, including Naval aviators and Air Force pilots, thanks to a decade of military research and recent advancements in LASIK technology.
LASIK at MSHVI Means Precision Vision Correction
At the Maloney-Shamie-Hura Vision Institute in Los Angeles, our standard of care means treating your eyes like we would our own family members. We use the best technology. We don’t give you the choice of something that’s cheaper but not as good. We triple check our surgical measurements. Our experience in doing over 65,000 LASIK procedures over 25 years has provided us with a wealth of data from which we do outcomes analysis to further customize your treatment to get you seeing 20/20 vision or better.
With an advanced suite of fully integrated LASIK technologies, your experience can be customized from start to finish, making it possible for us to help you realize your best possible vision, potentially even better than what you can achieve with glasses or contact lenses.
