Caster Eye Center
Excellence in Laser Vision Correction of
Nearsightedness · Farsightedness · Astigmatism
My Own
Experience as a Lasik Patient
Dr. Andrew Caster
I began
wearing glasses when I was twelve years old. Although I
could see very well with them, I never liked the way I
looked in glasses. Growing up in Florida, I loved to swim,
but I couldn’t see very well when I took my glasses off.
Playing sports with glasses was often a problem, because
my glasses would become foggy, sweaty, or would get
knocked around.
KNBC
Channel 4 News
Dr. Bruce Hensel -- February 17, 2003
LOS ANGELES -- A new vision
correction technique called Wavefront is being touted by the experts
as a procedure that is way in front of other conventional ones. Unlike
conventional laser, which corrects one spot on the eye, this procedure
uses a space age computer to treat 200 spots.
Lee Vandevort's life changed
drastically after he went to ophthalmologist Dr. Andrew Caster for a
groundbreaking new procedure that cured his nearsightedness.
"We've done 10 patients
-- every single one has gotten 20/20 vision or better," said Caster.
The technique is called custom
ablation, or Wavefront LASIK, but it may be far better than simple LASIK.
"With LASIK, people
had problems with night vision and glare and halos. This pretty much
eliminates glare and night vision problems," said Caster.
Here's how it's done. A nurse
uses drops to numb the patient's eyes and dilate the pupils. A technician
then examines the eyes with the new Wavefront machine.
The patient looks through
part of the device and light is bounced off the back of the patient's
eye. The doctor gets information about 200 different spots on the eye.
That information is then fed into the computer.
The computer then puts a
three-dimensional map of the patient's eye onto a floppy disc. That
image helps Caster cure every one of its imperfections.
"We take that disc,
put it into the machine, the computer then programs the laser to treat
each of 200 spots.
It takes only five minutes
to gently reshape the patient's entire cornea. Vandevort saw results
immediately.
"Oh boy, I can see everyone.
That's really something," said Vandevort right after the procedure.
Ten minutes later,
he got to see his 8-month-old baby without glasses for the first time.
The Caster Eye Center in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California
specializes exclusively in Lasik-Laser-vision correction and other
procedures to correct nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism,
including the latest wavefront technology. Dr. Caster was selected by
Los Angeles Magazine as the Best Lasik Laser Eye Surgeon in Los Angeles.
Dr.
Caster in
the News