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Imagine being on an intense battlefield, fighting for your life and the lives of your troops. The last thing a soldier would want to think about is dropping or breaking eye glasses in a combat situation. But many who are nearsighted or farsighted or who have astigmatism are forced to wear eye glasses or special […]

Airline pilots rely on their sense of sight more than any other sense to safely transport people from location to location. The burden of wearing eye glasses or contact lenses to help correct nearsightedness, farsightedness, or astigmatism leads many pilots today to look into LASIK eye surgery.While most people can resume work in a few […]

If you are an athlete and do not have perfect vision, you are probably all too familiar with the hassles of wearing eye glasses or contacts while playing sports. LASIK laser refractive eye surgery is a way for you to shed those burdens and let a 20/20 vision take your game to a new level.At […]

If you have been told you have 20/20 vision, you have what has been defined as humanity’s “normal” eyesight. You can see clearly at all distances. Those numbers refer to feet from an eye chart. The typical eye chart has a large “E” at the top and lines of smaller letters underneath. When your eye […]

Are you pregnant or planning to become pregnant? Are you breastfeeding? If so, you are not a good LASIK candidate until after these activities are finished. Dr. Penno does thorough screening of potential LASIK patients and two of the questions always asked of women is whether they are pregnant or lactating.To have excellent LASIK results, […]

A common form of astigmatism results when the cornea is elliptical or irregularly shaped rather than spherical. In people with this condition, light that enters the eye is focused on more than one point at the back of the retina. That’s the reason people with astigmatism experience blurred vision. LASIK or Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis can […]

If you are considering LASIK or PRK in Calgary you won’t be considered a good candidate for laser vision correction unless you are at least 18 years old with a stable prescription for at least one year. There may be rare cases where LASIK or PRK might be recommended for people younger than 18. There […]

Many people don’t know the difference between an optometrist and an ophthalmologist. Most don’t understand the role that certified ophthalmic personnel play as part of your eye care team. If you are considering LASIK or PRK in Calgary, come and meet the Western Laser Eye Associate team which includes: OphthalmologistAn ophthalmologist or ophthalmic surgeon is […]

The newest advance in laser eye surgery technology is Wavefront technology. It offers the patient better vision than traditional LASIK and also offers iris registration. Traditional lasers track the movements of your eye. In other words, if you move your eye left, right, up or down the laser will follow it.The problem with older LASIK technology […]

The 2008 Eye Injury Snapshot shows that half of the 2.5 million eye injuries reported annually in the United States occurred in and around the home and yard. For the past five years members of the American Academy of Ophthalmology have participated in this study which reports injuries occurring within a one week period. The majority (76%) […]