LASEK Operations for Special Patients
Dr. Chynn is the only operating surgeon, and Park Avenue Laser Vision
is the only center in NYC executing only 100% No-Cut, No-Flap All-Laser LASEK and epi-LASEK laser vision correction.
Likewise, here are some classes and examples of special patients/situations
they can help with:
Patient with Amblyopia
Traditionally, the treatment for amblyopia, or lazy eye
is to patch the good eye to pressure it to work and to straighten the bad eye
with muscle surgery, if it is crossed. Unfortunately, these methods, which
have been around for almost 100 years, do nothing to address the most common
cause of amblyopia which is lazy eye, or a difference in the prescription between the two eyes.
Dr. Chynn has successfully performed LASEK and epi-LASEK
(not LASIK) on dozens of patients with a lazy eye, and in every case
the patient s uncorrected vision after surgery (meaning their vision
without glasses or contacts) is actually better than it was corrected
(with glasses or contacts) preoperatively going from 20/60 to 20/25!
These patients are among our happiest patients, as we didn t
just eliminate their contacts and glasses (like for a regular patient), but we
actually took an eye that they had given up on and made it a functional,
working eye!
Most patients with amblyopia whom we fixed report vastly
improved peripheral vision, and also say that their bad eye no longer
wanders when they are tired and that they feel less of a strain on their
good eye because they are using both eyes together for the first time in
their lives!
Even better, because you have a pre-existing medical
condition, in most instances, your medical insurance will actually partially
pay for your laser procedure because it is not purely cosmetic, but is
correcting a medical problem!
Extreme prescriptions: myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism:
We at Park Avenue Laser Vision are the ONLY center in NYC performing
100% No-Cut, No-Flap, All-Laser LASEK and epi-LASEK laser vision correction.
For example, in 2008, Dr. Chynn treated Natacha Hildebrand,
who was working for him as an Assistant Laser Vision Coordinator, and she was a
-10.00! preop (or 3x legally blind or about 20/2,000!) and after her
LASEK on 1 eye, and epi-LASEK on the other eye, she is now seeing a PERFECT
20/20 which is quite remarkable.
