Judd Hoffman hated putting in contact lenses. Laser eye surgery was just as unappealing. Not only did he shudder at the thought of an instrument touching his eyes, he was afraid something would go ...

Henderson, NV - January 16, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - Las Vegas Eye Institute announces the integration of Ray-Traced ...

Lasik surgery is one method of correcting focusing problems of the eye called refractive errors. The most common refractive errors are nearsightedness or myopia (difficulty seeing distant objects as ...

Conventional Lasik surgery is based on the patient’s glasses prescription. Wavefront-guided Lasik bounces light waves off the back of the eye to create a 3-D map that’s used to guide the laser ...

The thought of LASIK (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis) eye surgery can be frightening for people accustomed to wearing glasses or contacts. Patients are awake during the corrective eye surgery, ...

CHICAGO — Christopher Tomes, 43, opened his eyes one morning, looked out the window and could read the license plate of a parked car — without his glasses. He'd had Lasik eye surgery the day before, ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. This story first appeared in Healthy You - April 2025, The Gazette’s quarterly health publication.