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Is Wavefront Lasik the Right Procedure for You?
By Chris Crowe

  First things first. Undergoing LASIK eye surgery is a decision that should be made with your qualified vision specialist. It is optimal to get more than one consultation. In other words, speak to more than one doctor of you want to get a 360 view of what is available in terms of eye surgery and correction.


Wavefront Lasik surgery is a type of LASIK in which the eye is "mapped" in great detail by a laser. A doctor will find the aberrations or places in your eye that are problematic and hurt your vision. These are visual errors that can either be very mild or higher order on a scale of detriment to your vision.

Your eye doctor will then be able to advise you on what lasik eye surgery procedure is right for you and your particular situation.

Wavefront lasik is a procedure that utilizes more technology than traditional lasik. Since the mapping of the eye is more detailed with this surgery, sometimes the results can be better. This is because the procedure
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Cost Drivers for Lasik Eye Surgery
By Allen Wright

  One component of the cost of lasik eye surgery that many people overlook or take for granted is the facilities that the procedures are performed in. A provider office that is located in the high rent district has to pay the bills just like a provider that is located in a suburban location that is just a little out of the way, and on quarter the rent. If you think that the doctor located in the expensive part of town is going to absorb the cost difference just to be nice, you're living in a dream world. You're going to pay more for the same procedure to cover the additional expense of the nice office location. All other things being equal (equipment, experience, and procedure), the cost driver for the surgery will be rent.


Another thing to take into consideration is the actual type of procedure that the doctor is performing. The latest and greatest procedure is going to cost more than a tried and true operation simply because of the training and equipment premium that comes with set
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