Doctor Boothe Eye Care

Lasik eye surgery is used to treat many different vision problems. The majority of patients who have had Lasik eye surgery have reduced or eliminated their dependency on eyeglasses or/and contact lenses. Lasik surgery is performed by laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis and the surgery usually does not take a long time.

Today, Lasik eye surgery is the most popular type of refractive surgery. During the Lasik procedure Dr. William Boothe creates corneal flap in order to change the shape of your cornea. This procedure improves vision to a point where it is possible to see without eyeglasses or/and contact lenses.

Vision Problems Treated with LASIK

Lasik treatment is suitable for you if you suffer from:
• Myopia (nearsightedness): This is when an individual is able to focus and see things that are near, but things that are far appear blurry.
• Hyperopia (farsightedness): With this vision problem objects within a close distance appear blurry
• Astigmatism: This problem is revealed like disrupting among near and distant vision.
• Presbyopia: This problem usually affects older individuals who, over time, have lost the ability to focus on near and far ojbects.

Dr. William Boothe will evaluate your individual condition and needs before recommending a suitable method of treatment for your refractive error.

Possible Risks & Complications

• Overcorrections: This usually happens with patients who suffer from hyperopia, and the laser removes too much corneal tissue from the eye. Overcorrections can be retreated.

• Undercorrections: This is common for patients who are nearsighted, and the laser removes too little cornea tissue from the eye. In that case, the patient will not end up with the desired improvementfor their vision. When this happens, you can undergo re-treatment to remove more cornea tissue within a year.

• Astigmatism: This can happen if the laser unevenly removes the corneal tissue. Astigmatism can be retreated by additional laser surgery.

• Halos, glare & double vision: Sometimes patients who undergoLasik eye surgery have difficulty seeing at nighttime. Side effects such as glare, halos around bright lights, or double vision appears and can be treated with special eye drops, such as corticosteroid. Some cases require a second surgery Also, after surgery your vision may be worse to a considerable degree in dim light than it was before the surgery.

• Dry eyes: After laser surgery the tear system in the eye can be imbalanced and the patient may experience dry eyes. Dr. William Boothe recommends that you use eye drops in order to reduce dry eyes. If you experience severe dry eyes Dr. Boothe can recommend a special procedure.

• Flap problems: The most important step in LASIK surgery is the creation of the corneal flap. Some complications include infection and swelling.

Are You A Good Candidate?

Some factors that reduce possibility to have laser surgery are:

• rheumatoid arthritis
• HIV
• persistent dry eyes
• pregnancy
• unstable vision
• keratoconus

If you are considering Lasik surgery, talk with Dr. William Boothe about your concerns and questions. He will thoroughly explain risks and complications involved with the different treatments that he provides.

How Do I Prepare For Lasik?

Dr. Boothe recommends that you stop using contact lenses for several weeks before your procedure. It is very important to switch to eyeglasses full time because contact lenses distort the shape of the cornea and this can affect the accuracy of the eye measurement. The laser eye treatment is individually customized, so Dr. William Boothe will provide guidelines depending on your personal circumstances.
In order to minimize the risk of infection you should avoid wearing make-up a day before your procedure and for a couple of days afterwards. Before the surgery the assistant will instruct you to clean your eyelashes more than one time for a day remove all debris.

Also, you will need to ask someone to drive you to the Boothe Eye Care Center and after your surgery. Very often after laser surgery the patient’s vision may be blurry.

What to Expect from LASIK

Lasik eye surgery is a procedure guided by a computer program. The laser is programmed to remove the needed amount of corneal tissue from your eye. Lasik eye surgery takes little time and very often is performed on both eyes immediately.

Before surgery Dr. William Boothe examines your eye with special equipment that measures your corneal and irregularities. Such precise measurement produces a detailed medical history and provides more accurate results. Dr. Boothe uses a wavefront-guided system that creates a highly detailed “map” of your eye during LASIK surgery. This measurement allows more accurate removal of corneal tissue resulting in better results.
During Lasik surgery you may be given a sedative and numbing eye drops. First, Dr. Boothe creates the corneal flap and uses a laser to reshape your cornea. After, the corneal flap will be folded back into its initial place. During the surgery your sight you should be focused on a point of light- this helps you keep your eye fixed.

After surgery you may feel some discomfort. Your eyes will probably burn, itch and be watery. But you will be provided with all necessary medications and these side effects should disappear within a couple of hours. A follow-up consultation with Dr. William Boothe should be scheduled a day after your procedure in order to examine your vision and check for any complications. Your vision should stabilize after 4-5 months.

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Dr. William Boothe successfully uses refractive surgery to improve vision and gives his patients freedom from eyeglasses or contact lenses. The majority of his patients end up with 20/25 vision or better because of the state of the art technology used during treatment. 98% of patients who have undergone refractive surgery at the Boothe Eye Care Center no longer need to use eyeglasses or contact lenses.