Nearsighted and now losing your near vision? Ditch reading glasses with laser blended vision
Learn how this age-defying treatment enables you to see a range of distances without the hassle of visual aids
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“Experience the comfort and convenience of contact lens and spectacle independence”
IN THIS VIDEO, DR ERIK CHOTINER EXPLAINS HOW PATIENTS FEEL AFTER LASER BLENDED VISION
Rewind the clock on your eyes
Wave goodbye to reading glasses and regain that youthful energy
Be ready for whatever life brings
Defy one of the most common signs of aging and feel re-energised and ready for whatever life brings your way.
Experience life without limitations
Daily life is so much easier without the burden of glasses and contact lenses. Driving at night, watching sporting events or even hunting are activities you’ll be able to enjoy with ease.
See the world through clear eyes
If you’re nearsighted and have noticed near vision loss as you age, laser blended vision can help. After laser blended vision, you can stop worrying about forgetting, losing or cleaning a pair of glasses. You’ll have the wonderful natural vision you had in your twenties.
Be ready for whatever life brings
Defy one of the most common signs of aging and feel re-energised and ready for whatever life brings your way.
Experience life without limitations
Daily life is so much easier without the burden of glasses and contact lenses. Driving at night, watching sporting events or even hunting are activities you’ll be able to enjoy with ease.
Free from reading glasses in 3 easy steps
TRUST US TO EXPERTLY GUIDE YOU TO A LIFE FREE FROM READING GLASSES
Contact us
The first step is to find out if your eyes are suitable to read again without glasses. That’s why we offer a free first appointment. Give us a call on (717) 657-2020 or use our easy online calendar to book a free appointment.
We’ll meet
Visit our laser eye surgery center in Harrisburg where we’ll give you a comprehensive eye examination and discuss your lifestyle. You’ll leave with a clear answer about the best treatment option for your eyes.
Be free!
In no time at all, you’ll be free to enjoy the world with brand new eyes . Our patients tell us that every day is better and they wish they’d done it years earlier. Enjoy a new freedom without the hassle of glasses and contacts.
See a whole range of distances – without glasses
Discover how laser blended vision frees you from reading glasses
Laser blended vision can be accomplished by using contact lenses or with refractive surgical procedures such as LASIK to allow one eye to see better up close and the other eye to see better at distance.
Not all patients tolerate monovision so a laser blended vision contact lens trial is usually recommended before doing laser blended vision surgical treatments so you can try it before you permanently correct your eyes with monovision.
We will determine your suitability for laser blended vision at your in-office eye exam, followed by a contact lens trial. If you tolerate the effects of laser blended vision, we will proceed to perform the surgery.
Laser blended vision is a vision correction technique where we correct one eye (usually the dominant eye) for clear distance vision and correct the other eye for comfortable near vision. This allows a person to see close objects clearly with one eye and distance objects clearly with the other eye.
Those who have eye surgery to provide laser blended vision are often able to see well enough to do most activities without corrective lenses.
Laser blended vision allows a person to see close objects clearly with one eye and distance objects clearly with the other eye (Roll your mouse over the image to change it)
However, some individuals do not adapt, and in these cases, we will typically correct both eyes for distance vision, and they need to wear reading glasses for near vision.
Patients with monovision lose some binocularity, which is the ability to focus upon an object with both eyes and create a single image. Because of this, they may require glasses for driving, especially at night.
- One of the most important limitations of PresbyLASIK is the lack of long follow-ups post-surgery and the absence of standardized outcome measures.
- Presbyopia also continues to evolve even after treatment which means that even if we achieve a good result, this may decline as you continue to age.
Laser blended vision can be achieved with contact lenses or with vision correction procedures.
Step 1:
Creating the flap – we create a flap with a highly precise femtosecond laser.
Step 2:
Changing the laser – we reposition you to the excimer laser.
Step 3:
Folding back the flap – we gently fold back the flap, exposing the inner corneal tissue that we need to treat.
Step 4:
Correcting the error – the excimer laser reshapes the corneal tissue correcting the refractive error. We treat one eye to view objects mainly at a distance, but a little up close, and we treat the other to view objects mainly up close, but a little at a distance. The brain puts the two images together and enables the individual to see distance and near without effort.
Step 5:
Repositioning the flap – the flap is returned to its original position, protecting the eye like a natural bandage.
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Academic resources on laser blended vision
Follow the links below to discover more about this treatment from authoritative sources
A retrospective study shares data on 6 years of experience using laser blended vision in presbyopic patients. Click here to read more.
Have you relied on glasses or contacts for years and now need reading glasses, too? Would you like to reduce your dependence on corrective lenses? If so, monovision LASIK or blended LASIK may be the solution for you. Click here to read more.
A retrospective study shares data on 6 years of experience using laser blended vision in presbyopic patients. Click here to read more.
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Dr. Bennett Chotiner
M.D., F.A.C.S.
MEDICAL DIRECTOR, LASIK SURGERY, CATARACT SURGERY, GENERAL AND PAEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGIST
Dr. Bennett Chotiner is the founder and medical director of Memorial Eye Institute. A noted innovator, in 1977 he established his clinical practice, the Pennsylvania Eye Associates. In 1984, he established the Pennsylvania Eye Surgery Center, Pennsylvania’s first …
Dr. Erik A Chotiner
M.D., F.A.C.S.
GENERAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, CATARACT & REFRACTIVE SURGERY, LASIK SURGERY
Erik Chotiner, M.D. diagnoses and treats a wide range of medical eye conditions. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Franklin and Marshall College. Dr. Chotiner attended Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia where he received multiple awards including the Physiology Prize for …
