The same Surgeon will be with you for your consultation, perform your treatment and any aftercare you may need, ensuring that your eyes get the best skilled attention possible.

Lasik Laser Vision Correction
It doesn’t matter whether you’re shortsighted (myopic), farsighted (hyperopic) or have an astigmatism, laser vision correction is a fast and effective solution used successfully worldwide.  Treatment only takes a few minutes and you could experience the full results in as little as a week. What’s more, we can normally correct both your eyes on the same day, leaving you to get on with your life.

How Lasik works
Lasik is an acronym for Laser In-situ Keratomileusis, which simply means ‘to shape the cornea using a laser’.  Vision is corrected by reshaping the cornea (the outer window of your eye), so that light rays focus more precisely on your retina, thereby reducing or eliminating refractive error.  LASIK can treat minor to very severe refractive error.
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Excimer Laser Vision Correction
The Allclear Clinic uses a Bausch and Lomb Technolas 217Z Excimer laser, which is one of the most technologically advanced laser systems available.  To correct your vision, we use this revolutionary laser to precisely alter the shape of your cornea.  This is achieved by removing corneal tissue with an exact ‘cool light’ beam; a process known as photoablation.  The Excimer laser removes just 0.25 microns of cornmeal tissue with each pulse and generally only 50 microns of tissue needs to be removed to achieve correct vision.  That’s about the thickness of a human hair!
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Zyoptix wavefront technologuy is an advanced diagnostic scanning system that can be used to assess your eyes before laser treatment.  Each eye is individually measured to build a highly detailed ‘map’ of your eye shape and this diagnostic data is then used by our Excimer laser during photoablation.  Zyoptix wavefront scanning is general optional for patients with less severe refractive errors, but is normally recommended for patients with more sever vision problems.  Your consultant will explain the Zyoptix wavefront scanning process to you and then confirm whether or not they feel this additional procedure is right for you.
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Intrlase- The essential component of better vision
Intralase is rapidly becoming known as the key ingredient to optimizing visual results in laser vision correction surgery.  This exceptional technology, known as the Intralase FS laser, provides a less invasive, computer controlled approach to the important first step of the laser vision correction procedure.

This step, traditionally performed with a surgical blade, has now been enhanced by the laser’s micron level accurate, making every procedure more predictable.  This remarkable precision, provided by Intralase technology, enables you to choose laser vision correction with confidence.  By replacing the traditional approach with a silent, tiny beam of laser light, tiny beam of laser light, the Intralase FS laser dramatically
Reduces the risk of complication; in fact, more patients may now be candidates for laser vision correction due to this unique level of precision that was previously unavailable.  It is this precision that makes laser vision correction available today.

Comparative clinical studies confirm that Intralase offers benefits beyond predictably better vision: At follow-up reviews, more patients prefer their vision and see better following laser vision correction with Intralase than with previous methods.
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Epilasik
Some patients will be advised to have Epilasik treatment to correct their refractive error.  This will be decided in consultation with your surgeon at the initial assessment.  Epilasik is a combination of the old PRK treatment and the newer Lasik.  It is generally reserved for patients with thin corneas who would otherwise be unsuitable for Lasik.  In Epilasik generally only one eye will be treated at a time with 3 to 6 weeks before the 2nd eye is treated.
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Implantable Contact Lenses          
We offer an alternative way of treating high refractive errors and the Allclear Clinic is at the forefront of this exciting new development in refractive surgery.  We are the first clinic in the UK to use the new PRL implantable contact lens from Ciba Vision to treat patients who are extremely long or shortsighted.  Surgery involves making a small incision and placing a specially designed contact lens into the eye.  This then stays in position permanently and vision is restored almost immediately.  Surgery is normally performed under local anaesthetic as a day case, recovery is rapid and you should be able to return to work within 48 hours.  It is particularly suitable if you have very extreme refractive errors that are difficult to correct with laser treatment.
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Clear Lens Extraction
In modern cataract surgery, the optical power of the lens implanted is chosen so that it corrects any vision error.  The technique has become so predictable that the procedure is now carried out to correct almost any refractive error, including short and longsightedness in the middle years, even when no cataract exists.  The treatment involves removing your natural clear lens and implanting a new lens of an appropriate strength to permanently correct your vision.  A happy coincidence of having this treatment is that you will never develop a cataract!
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Presbyopic Lens Exchange         
Deterioration of near vision with age is known as Presbyopia, and occurs when the lens in the eye loses its ability to focus.  This can be corrected by surgery where the failing lens is extracted and replaced with a multi-focal lens implant.  This procedure is identical to cataract surgery and most people notice an improvement in there vision almost immediately.

Your Surgeon will be able to let you know if you are suitable for this treatment during your initial consultation
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Conductive Keratoplasty (CK)        
As we grow older, our eyes lose some of their ability to focus on close work such as reading and using a computer.  This can be very frustrating if you’ve never needed glasses or contact lenses before, and almost certainly mean that you will need to wear reading glasses. CK treatment can help to turn back the clock by as much as ten years by correcting this problem! Treatment is ideally suited to anyone who has never worn glasses, is usually painless, and only takes a few minutes.  Your surgeon will discuss CK with you to see if you are suitable for this treatment.
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