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“Get freedom from your eyeglasses and feel confident with healthy eyesight.” Eyes are the windows to the soul and your pathway for a brighter vision. Taking care of your eye health is essential for your well-being and happiness. From childhood to your teens, you might wear dusty eyeglasses that lower your self-confidence. Wearing those fancy […]
At Goldberg Center, we are proud to be one of the top vision correction centers in Toronto. We provide a wide range of procedures that improve vision and eye health. PRK (photorefractive keratectomy) is the latest and best laser eye surgery option. PRK reshapes the cornea using a safe surgical laser. It is a form […]
Laser eye surgery is by far the most effective treatment today for refractive errors like astigmatism, short-sightedness, and long-sightedness. If you wish to get rid of corrective lenses such as eyeglasses or contact lenses, laser eye surgery is highly recommended. The treatment is also effective for other visual conditions like presbyopia. However, before you seek […]
Introduction to Laser Eye Surgery While no surgical procedure is 100% effective, laser eye surgery is arguably the most effective type of eye surgery available today for eye conditions linked to refractive errors i.e., long-sightedness, short-sightedness, astigmatism, etc. Success rates for the top types of laser eye surgery are above 95%, with a few of […]
Overview: What is Astigmatism? Astigmatism is a common and treatable eye imperfection (refractive error) characterised by a curved lens or cornea. Astigmatism occurs when the cornea (front surface of the eye) or the lens (inside the eye) has mismatched curves. The curvature is usually mismatched (steep in one direction compared to another), resulting in blurred […]
Overview: What is LASIK Eye Surgery? LASIK eye surgery refers to vision correction surgery that reshapes the cornea (front surface of the eye). The surgery is used for treating eye conditions like far-sightedness (hyperopia), near-sightedness (myopia), and astigmatism associated with refractive errors. When is LASIK Not Recommended? What LASIK Cannot Correct: LASIK eye surgery may […]
Question: What is “mixed astigmatism,” and if this condition can be treated with LASIK? Answer: In mixed astigmatism, the unequal curvature of the cornea (and sometimes also the lens inside the eye) causes one meridian of the eye to be farsighted and a second meridian (perpendicular to the first) to be nearsighted. Mixed astigmatism usually can be […]
High-Definition Television (HD TV) refers to image resolution, higher than standard definition television, about five times the number of pixels than standard-definition TV. In any case, the human oculo-visual system is limited in picture resolution, depending on size of picture elements and their distance from the eyes of the viewer. At this time there are no surgical or laser […]
Wavefront Technology used now in Ophthalmology, was originally created for use in astronomy. In 1997, the FDA approved Wavefront technology for use in ophthalmology to correct refractive errors of the eye. Wavefront Analysis maps imperfections of the eye. These imperfections are called aberrations. Lower order aberrations are things like nearsightedness (myopia), farsightedness (hyperopia) and astigmatism. […]
NO-CUT LASER surgery can help a majority of individuals over the age of 18, and within that a large percentage of those who wish to get NO-CUT treatment are over 40. The first question that many ask is what really is NO-CUT? NO-CUT LASER – or Laser Epithelial Keratomileusis – is a non-invasive vision correction […]
People often ask me if they should have Laser Eye Surgery. Laser Eye Surgery has become commonplace in North America. Now performed for over 20 years and advertised everywhere, television, radio, newspapers billboards and even bus shelters. Everyone has heard about it. But Is Laser Eye Surgery for everyone. Put differently, can everyone have Laser […]
20/20 vision a term used to describe normal visual acuity — the sharpness of a person’s vision — measured at a distance of 20 feet. If a person has 20/20 vision it means that they can see clearly at 20 feet what should normally be seen at a distance. If someone has 20/100 vision it […]
