A: Minor complications, which can result in less than optimal outcomes and blurry vision, occur in about 1% of patients. Severe complications such as infection or retinal hemorrhage have occurred in about 1 in 15,000 cases.  

A: Our enhancement rate is less than 5%, which is less than half of the national average. Some of these enhancements are patients who were unsuccessful trying monovision.

A: Potential undesirable side effects include dry eyes, problems with night vision and halos or ghosting of vision. Most of these symptoms will clear in weeks or months and some patients say that the night vision or halos are no worse than they experienced with their contact lenses. For reasons that are not completely understood, the eyes are drier than [...]

A: There have been rapid improvements in both the laser and microkeratome to make the flap. Improvements are expected for patients with unusual problems such as thin cornea, extreme farsightedness and extreme nearsightedness. LASIK does not work as well for patients with these problems. If you have these difficulties, the doctors at Eye Care Professionals will discuss with you your [...]

A: Yes, LASIK can be done for patients with diabetes, as long as the diabetes is under good control. LASIK should not be performed if the patient has complications related to diabetes such as diabetic retinopathy and hemorrhages or macular edema.  

A: Yes. Dr. Mills is board-certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology.

A: Yes, all surgical equipment is sterilized before use on each patient. All disposables, including the microkeratome blades, are replaced after single use on a patient, and new sterile blades and disposables are obtained for the next patient.

A: The Intralase procedure represents a tremendous step forward in LASIK technology. Femtosecond Laser LASIK, also known as blade-free LASIK, utilizes an advanced femtosecond laser to create the flap during the LASIK procedure rather than the traditional mechanical microkeratome device. The vision-correcting laser ablation is then carried out beneath this flap using the VISX S4 CustomVue excimer laser platform, which [...]

A: SMILE stands for Small Incision Lenticule Extraction. This is a flap-free procedure in which vision correction is achieved by removal of a lenticule of corneal tissue through an adjacent tunnel incision. While this does show some promise it has more limitations in terms of range of corrections treatable with this technology and also does not have as much success [...]