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Eye Dryness after Lasik

Thursday, May 17th, 2012

Every surgery and recovery period is a different experience for each patient, although every patients needs are the same (better or close to 20/20 vision), the recovery process can be affected by many environmental and personal factors. At Commonwealth Eye Surgery we aim to arm all of our patients with as much information and help as possible so that the highest results achievable are obtained.

One of the lasik post-op side effects is dryness. We will give you several packets of artificial tears which we advise you administer artificial tears or eye drops, every 2-4 hours for the first five days after lasik surgery. “When you experience dry eyes after lasik, your vision may be intermittently blurry. This is one of the advantages of artificial tear drops, as they will keep your eyes lubricated, and assist in providing clear vision.” – recent healthcareglobal.com article.

If you experience discomfort, or your eyes become dry or itchy, resist the urge to rub your eyes or squint, it is vital that you keep your eyes closed and in a relaxed state in order to benefit as much as you can from your lasik surgery. If you have any questions about eye dryness after lasik, please contact us today on 859-224-2655

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All about Cataracts and Cataract Surgery

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

Commonwealth Eye Surgery commonly performs many routine eye surgeries, the most popular of which is obviously LASIK, however, mostly older patients, come to us to restore vision and have us perform cataract surgery. Dr. Lance Ferguson performs cataract surgery at Commonwealth Eye Surgery and below, demonstrates what cataracts are and how surgery from Commonwealth Eyes can restore your vision if you suffer from cataracts. For further information on cataracts and cataract surgery, please visit our website cataract page by clicking here.

What a cataract looks like

A cataract is a “clouding” of the natural crystalline lens inside your eye. It is similar to a steamed-up or blurred focusing lens inside a camera. There are many causes of cataract development, including inherited diseases and diabetes. Most are thought to be caused by sunlight exposure over many years, but cataracts can occur at any age, even in newborn babies.

When the crystalline lens creates difficulty with visual tasks, is causing glaucoma, or is otherwise endangering the eye, we remove it using a surgical procedure called phacoemulsification with implantation. Despite some popular claims and beliefs, cataracts cannot be magically “beamed out” of the eye with the laser.

Phacoemulsification with implantation is the most advanced technique for the removal of cataracts. Your surgeon creates a tiny incision and removes the cataract by using an ultrasonic tip vibrating at 40,000+ times per second.

Dr. Ferguson then positions a permanent implant, selected especially for you, which focuses light similarly to the way that your natural crystalline lens did before it developed into a cataract. In many cases, the implant focuses the light BETTER than your natural crystalline lens. The implant also has an ultraviolet filter to protect the retina in the back of the eye from sunlight injury. Some special implants are less restrictive and provide better near vision (Crystalens) or for those with astigmatism, provide sharper distance vision without glasses (Alcon Toric IOL).

The incision self seals and requires no sutures. Topical anesthesia, or drops alone, makes the standard painful injections unnecessary. The entire procedure requires less than 10 minutes and the recovery period is about three weeks.

Cataract surgery, the most successful surgical procedure in all of modern medicine, is highly effective in the safe restoration of vision.

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“C” in Commonwealth Eye Surgery is for “CONVENIENCE”

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

Patients are concerned with how long they will be “down for” or “out” of activities after LASIK or a similar eye surgery with Commonwealth Eye Surgery. Our patient testimonials and track record proves that we strive to make everything as painless as possible (as Dr. Ferguson says, NO PAIN) and that INCLUDES your office visits. You are going to need to recover for a few days POST surgery, but PRE surgery, we want to make sure that your office visits and go as “painlessly” and as smooth as possible, so we have posted all these forms ONLINE!

Once you’ve scheduled your appointment with Commonwealth Eye Surgery for your LASIK or PRK or other eye surgery, before you walk into our offices you can check out our website here and download your forms, fill them out at your own convenience and bring them with you to your consultation at our offices.

Got questions? Great! We’ve posted an FAQ section on our website that can help answer your pre and post-surgery questions that you might have.

Post-surgery, you can pay your invoices ONLINE. Just go to our website.

Don’t take this the wrong way, we love seeing you and we love having you in our offices, at all times we provide these forms and alternative ways to pay your bill (by phone, mailing a check), BUT, we know how bust you are so we just provide you with all the tools to make sure your eye surgery with Commonwealth Eye Surgery is totally smooth and at your personal speed.

We look forward to seeing you in our offices soon (with, or without your pre-filled forms J ), so you can SEE a NEW YOU!

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Our Patients say it best, they really, really do!

Friday, April 27th, 2012

Dr. Lance Ferguson has performed over 71,500 ophthalmic procedures, but hey, who’s counting? We are. Because that means, that Dr. Ferguson is continuing to meet and exceed our patient’s and Central Kentucky standards, and for that matter, global standards, when it comes to Lasik, PRK and other eye surgeries. See our recent article on becoming the FIRST in Central Kentucky with this new piece of technology for Cataract Surgeries!

We’ve had hundreds of reviews from previous patients posted all over the internet, Google, Facebook, Avvo, telling others considering lasik or other eye surgeries to see Commonwealth Eye Surgery for an excellent experience like their own. We’ve had patients kind enough to take the time out of their own schedule to let us know of a job well done and it certainly makes it all well worth it for us, helping a patient see clearly and knowing that we give them a superior level of service, while doing so. Click here to read our latest patient testimonials, like this one:

“The main reason I chose Commonwealth Eyes and Dr. Ferguson was that he had a reputation as being the best at LASIK surgery. I also, had a friend who had LASIK surgery with Dr. Ferguson several years ago and was very happy with the results.” – Mark

Please take the time to look at testimonials in our video library from local celebrities in Lexington, Kentucky, as well as other Doctors and optometrists. Read reviews and testimonials not biased or edited or encouraged in anyway. We have simply asked anyone that has walked through our doors: Was your experience an excellent one with your Lasik (or other eye surgery) at Commonwealth Eye Surgery? If it was, please let us know anonymously or not, how it was, so we can tell other considering Lasik or other eye surgery to consider us. We appreciate everyone’s time it took to let us and everyone else know how their surgery went with Commonwealth Eye Surgery in Lexington, KY. Commonwealth Eye Surgery is the first choice for Lasik in Lexington for so many, this article explains why it should be for yours, too. Come see us today!

Dr. Lance Ferguson's 5 star 10.0 SUPERB Rating from Avvo

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Go Green for Earth Day 2012!

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

Earth Day is this coming Sunday. Is there anything that you pledge to do differently to live “more green”? At Commonwealth Eye Surgery we are ALL about going green, we want to encourage you to throw away those contacts (which can contribute to waste in landfills) and look at ways to not only go green by getting LASIK, but also to go green in your daily life. So here is a small list of some of the thing Commonwealth Eye Surgery does at our offices and surgical center to reduce, reuse and recycle – where it is SAFE.

We encourage our patients who can now see 20/20 to NOT throw away their glasses, but recycle them by offering them to your nearest hope center or optometrist that performs charity work and can use your old glasses for someone who cannot afford their own pair. It’s saving the earth and feeling really good about it at the same time!

At Commonwealth Eye Surgery, where we can, for internal purposes only, we try to print on BOTH sides of the paper. WE save all those printed out emails for another day, then put in a stack in a special printer that has paper already used with printing on one side. Two prints uses out of each ream of paper, think of HALVING your paper printing costs and also halving your paper waste.

Turning off lights when not in use. We can’t complain about staying pretty busy at Commonwealth Eye Surgery, that means, lots of patients want to see us and we want to help them get LASIK or PRK or other eye surgery and improve their life, but that also means a lot of patient consult rooms stay lit. So, when we can, we always try to turn off lights in between seeing patients in our individual consult suites. Save our electricity bill, and saves bulbs.

These tips aren’t anything you haven’t heard before, but it can be the last straw that you needed in order to put these practices into reality in your home or office, we try to do these things when we can at Commonwealth Eye Surgery, and so should you.

Happy Earth Day 2012 and beyond!