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As Seen in Forbes Magazine Top 10 LASIK centers in the United StatesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In 1995 we were one of the first ten LASIK providers in the United States. This was a new procedure at that time almost 15 years ago, and since that time the success of that procedure has blossomed into an industry with over 10,000 LASIK providers today. It is certainly impossible to say who or where is the very best LASIK providers, but it is always good to be considered amongst the best. When one reviews the doctors and centers picked for the prestigious Goldline independent consumer research of best or most dependable LASER VISION providers in the last few years, it is obvious that they have picked ver...
Source: Dishler Laser - November 15, 2009 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Jon Dishler Source Type: consumer

One Picture is Worth a Thousand WordsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Dishler Laser - November 7, 2009 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Jon Dishler Source Type: consumer

How to know if you will be happy with LASIK vision correctionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
If you are the kind of person who is extremely difficult to satisfy, who demands absolute perfection, and who gets easily flustered with even the slightest delay, then LASIK may not be your best option. If on the other hand, you are looking for a substantial improvement in your vision to improve your quality of life which you overall find satisfactory except for the problems associated with glasses or contact lenses, then you are probably a good LASIK candidate. If you meet this test, then the next step is to find your best option for obtaining your vision improvement. To be happy wi...
Source: Dishler Laser - October 30, 2009 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Jon Dishler Source Type: consumer

Are there advantages to i-LASIK?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It is important to distinguish real technological advancements, from marketing hype and this is especially true when it comes to laser vision correction. There is not much question that I-LASIK is the latter of these in that it was the matching of two existing technologies. The VISX laser was one of the first approved lasers, and although there have been some improvements, it is still a broad beam first generation technology which is limited as compared to many newer lasers that have been available for a number of years since. Yes, there is a good chance of getting to 20/20 vision with VISX but no greater...
Source: Dishler Laser - October 26, 2009 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Jon Dishler Source Type: consumer

Who is the 'LASIK patient counselor' and why should you care?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Concierge is a French term and originally applied only to hotels as a person who helped guests with services related to their stay. In America and elsewhere the term has been extended to a broader range of meanings. The Wikipedia defines a "Hospital Concierge" as: 'In hospitals, concierge services are becoming increasingly available. A hospital concierge provides similar services to those of a hotel concierge, but serve patients and employees as well'. It is not so important what the term is but rather the qualifications and duties of the person involved. At Dishler Laser Inst...
Source: Dishler Laser - October 21, 2009 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Jon Dishler Source Type: consumer

Nothing to fear but fear itselfEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It was not that long ago that in the American West where we now reside, patients were given something to bite on, like a soft bullet to reduce the pain of surgery. Modern anesthesia has made remarkable advances in that while unconscious patients can be treated oblivious to their surroundings. It is a different matter for LASIK vision correction. Here we need the patient to cooperate and to fixate on a lighted target in order to properly perform the procedures. We also have advanced in that there are eye trackers, all laser procedures, and much improved technology but in the end we require an awake a...
Source: Dishler Laser - October 18, 2009 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Jon Dishler Source Type: consumer

Bite The BulletEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It was not that long ago that in the American West where we now reside, patients were given something to bite on, like a soft bullet to reduce the pain of surgery. Modern anesthesia has made remarkable advances in that while unconscious patients can be treated oblivious to their surroundings. It is a different matter for LASIK vision correction. Here we need the patient to cooperate and to fixate on a lighted target in order to properly perform the procedures. We also have advanced in that there are eye trackers, all laser procedures, and much improved technology but in the end we require an awake a...
Source: Dishler Laser - October 17, 2009 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Jon Dishler Source Type: consumer

Martino TVEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Dr. Dishler appears weekly on Martino TV as a vision expert. Martino TV is on channel 31 from 9-10 AM on Tuesday mornings. He is also on Channel 2 from 11AM until noon. Tune in to find out the latest on LASIK. His appearances can be found on the channel 31 website or KDVR Denver. During his first appearance Dr. Dishler explained how LASIK works and what is different about the blade free or all laser LASIK. Video that was taken at his office was shown demonstrating how the procedure is done. On the second appearance June 9th one of Dr. Dishler's patients, Brian, explained his experiences ...
Source: Dishler Laser - October 14, 2009 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Jon Dishler Source Type: consumer

20/20 vision and what it means in laser vision correctionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The number which is most familiar to people when we discuss vision is 20/20. This is so much so that there is a television show with this title. 20/20 simply means being able to see at 20 feet what a "normal person" can see at 20 feet. There is a line on the eye chart which signifies this level of vision. Therefore 20/40, the minimum vision to drive, is that vision which can be seen at 20 feet that a "normal person" could see if they were farther away, in fact twice as far at 40 feet. While this is important, and a standard measure of vision, it does not explain all of what...
Source: Dishler Laser - October 14, 2009 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Jon Dishler Source Type: consumer

Astigmatism FirstEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Did you ever wonder why almost everyone can hear the same, but so many people don’t see the same? Most people love the sound they hear from an Apple i-Pod™, but many cannot enjoy a movie without their glasses or contact lenses. Somehow, evolution just hasn’t completely perfected vision, at least for many of us. And that is especially true when it comes to astigmatism, the most challenging form of vision imperfection. Astigmatism is when the front of the eye is not round like it is supposed to be. There just isn’t any good reason for an eye to be warped, and we just don&...
Source: Dishler Laser - October 14, 2009 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Jon Dishler Source Type: consumer

What LASIK costsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
There are several web sites that track the cost of LASIK procedures by geographic region, by year, and by other metrics. It is surprising how little the costs of this procedure have changed over the last 10 years, and how little it varies between providers. There is a range of costs which are certainly more in places like New York or Los Angeles, but in the midwest including Colorado, these costs are fairly stable. In general LASIK costs between $1000 and $3000 per eye or $2000 to $6000 total. For the quality centers which offer blade free LASIK with state of the art lasers, the average cost is...
Source: Dishler Laser - October 14, 2009 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Jon Dishler Source Type: consumer

Choose the Doctor that Doctors chooseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Doctor Dishler began performing LASIK in 1995 as the first doctor in Colorado, and the region to perform LASIK. In 2000 he was the first to perform IntraLASIK, the all blade free LASIK procedure. Over the years we have led in the laser vision correction field, including participation in numerous clinical studies, and being admitted to the organization "Trusted LASIK Surgeons." Throughout this period, most of the patients that have been treated by Dr. Dishler have been referred to him by other doctors in Denver, Centennial, Aurora, and Littleton as well as Highlands Ranch and other areas in metro...
Source: Dishler Laser - October 14, 2009 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Jon Dishler Source Type: consumer

Dry EyeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The eye is covered in a tear layer, and we all know that tears can be increased with stress, sorrow, or even the wind, sometimes rolling down the cheek in a torrent. The tears both keep the eye clean and also are the critical front optical surface of the eye. What is less appreciated, is that a decrease in tears can actually result in blurred vision. This blurry vision is many times thought to be due to some other problem than a dry eye cause. We have to understand that the tears are actually made of three separate layers. The outer or lipid oil layer slows tear evaporation. The main lay...
Source: Dishler Laser - October 14, 2009 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Jon Dishler Source Type: consumer

Guaranteed Lowest PriceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
There is a perception that if one goes to a large corporate entity, one will get better value than a small boutique individually owned store. While this has proven true for big box stores like Walmart or Home Depot, it is not necessarily true for service based businesses. As an example, large corporate tax preparation entities are not going to be less expensive than your local tax accountant. In the field of medical services, we rarely have to consider cost since most medical care is covered, at least in part, by health insurance. For health care that is outside of that system, we can look at plasti...
Source: Dishler Laser - October 14, 2009 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Jon Dishler Source Type: consumer

Location, Location, LocationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Denver, Colorado is what we say when people ask where we are located. True, we are not actually within Denver city limits, but we are located at what many believe is the most convenient spot for everyone within the greater Denver metropolitan area to easily come and visit. In normal conditions, you can reach our office within 15-20 minutes from downtown Denver, Cherry Creek, most of Aurora, Centennial, and Highlands Ranch. And within 30 minutes we are from Arvada, Wheatridge and Castle Rock or Denver International Airport. This is because we close to the intersection of all the major freeways in the...
Source: Dishler Laser - October 14, 2009 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Jon Dishler Source Type: consumer

Measure Twice, Cut OnceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Great results require great data. When we reach the step of applying laser energy to the eye, we are on almost the last step of a checklist that has many steps preceding it. To begin with we must take a careful history of the patient, their vision, and their eye and medical history. We need to understand their visual needs, what they are currently wearing (contact lenses or glasses or nothing) and how effective these have been. Then we want to understand what the patients expectations are with laser vision (ususally LASIK) correction, make sure that they are a suitable candidate mentally and physica...
Source: Dishler Laser - October 14, 2009 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Jon Dishler Source Type: consumer

LASIK -- What does it mean?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
LASIK is an acronym which means the letters each stand for a word. In this case it is Laser Assisted Stromal In-situ Keratomileusis. This is definitely a mouthful, and when we were in the early 1990's trying to come up with a word describing this procedure, this seemed to make sense. It was preceded by another acronym, ALK, which stood for Automated Lamellar Keratoplasty, and was the non-laser predecessor of the LASIK procedure. We began doing ALK in the early 1990's and this was a procedure where a flap was made with a microkeratome, some tissue was cut using the same microkeratome with some specia...
Source: Dishler Laser - October 14, 2009 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Jon Dishler Source Type: consumer

Dishler Introduces LatisseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We have signed on with Allergan Pharmaceuticals to dispense Latisse for our patients in Denver, Centennial, Aurora and from Colorado Springs and Fort Collins who wish to have longer, thicker, and darker eyelashes. We have received numerous requests from existing patients to offer this product, and although it does not have the "gravity" of LASIK or laser vision correction, it is something that many of our female patients have been requesting. Since Latisse can only be prescribed by medical doctors (MD) and not optometrists (OD) we are also providing this for patients referred by our network of co-mana...
Source: Dishler Laser - October 14, 2009 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Jon Dishler Source Type: consumer

Blade free LASIK is better LASIKEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
LASIK has been a breakthrough in vision correction in that it is quick, virtually pain free and in most cases eliminates the need for glasses or contact lenses. The achilles heel of LASIK was always the first step, making a corneal flap. Here was the non-laser part and in about 50% of cases this technique based on technology that is about 50 years old, is still in use today. Basically a motor driven electric disposable razor blade cuts the cornea to remove the top layers and allows the laser to treat the inner cornea with the flap replaced and in hours the eye is functionally healed and vision is restored...
Source: Dishler Laser - October 14, 2009 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Jon Dishler Source Type: consumer

We are Denver LASIKEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
For all of the convenient restaurants and hotels near our office and a map please go here to find more about Denver's first Denver LASIK laser vision correction center. (Source: Dishler Laser)
Source: Dishler Laser - October 14, 2009 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Jon Dishler Source Type: consumer

LASIK alternative: Advanced Surface AblationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Patients need to have their individual needs evaluated from both a safety and effectiveness standpoint when considered for laser vision correction surgery. The first laser treatment, and the one that the laser companies thought was going to be the only laser treatment was to treat the front of the eye with the laser and let a new skin or epithelium heal with the eye patched. Although this was the most simple approach, it had several limitations. For one, there was considerable discomfort, and this made it none to popular. There were other problems such as haze or scarring of the cornea, decreased vi...
Source: Dishler Laser - October 14, 2009 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Jon Dishler Source Type: consumer

Take a tour of the LASIK facilityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
When you visit the Dishler Laser Institute, you will take an elevator to the 12th floor where you will enter to a panoramic view of the Rocky Mountains (we used to be called Laser Institute of the Rockies). You will be greeted by our receptionists/patient counselors who are highly trained to not only get you checked in, but to answer your questions and make you feel at home. You can use your cell phone, our courtesy phone, have a cup of java, and relax in our spacious waiting area. You will be seen by a patient counselor, an ophthalmic technician, and either Dr. Brownfield or Dr. Petraitis during your fre...
Source: Dishler Laser - October 14, 2009 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Jon Dishler Source Type: consumer

Denver Lasik Blog summer LASIK specialEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Contact us at Dishler Laser Institute to learn more about our summer special. Not valid with any other offers. This is definitely the best deal you can get on the most advanced laser vision correction in Denver Colorado and it has brought patients from throughout the region to enjoy this opportunity for better eyesight. If you live anywhere within a few hundred miles of Denver Colorado, you might want to consider this offer. And with financing from either Care Credit or Chase, we have the most competitive rates for vision correction affordability, including no interest financing for 24 months (wac)...
Source: Dishler Laser - October 14, 2009 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Jon Dishler Source Type: consumer

What is a femtosecond and why is that important?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Back in the year 2000 (almost 10 years ago) I was approached by some people that I knew in the vision correction industry and was told that they were working on a new laser which among other things could be a better way to do LASIK. Intrigued, I flew to San Diego and watched Dr. Lee Nordan (now retired) perform some of the first uses of this new device, a femtosecond laser, to make a corneal flap. It was much different than the production devices we have today, slower for one thing, but it did make cornea flaps with light, which was a really neat trick. The company which had just started was called Intral...
Source: Dishler Laser - October 14, 2009 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Jon Dishler Source Type: consumer

In Denver Colorado for a trusted Lasik surgeon look to "Trusted LASIK Surgeons"Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Trusted LASIK surgeons is an organization that states on their website you must have the following qualifications: Have over 10 years experience and have performed at least 2,000 refractive surgery procedures Offer Intralase ("all-laser") LASIK and Wavefront ("custom") LASIK & PRK Offer complete refractive care, not just LASIK Are leaders in LASIK and refractive surgery research and cataract surgery Have treated other eye surgeons and eye professionals or their families Have treated patients who had problems with ...
Source: Dishler Laser - October 14, 2009 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Jon Dishler Source Type: consumer

LASIK is about how you feel about the world not just how you see itEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
When a patient comes to us or any doctor, we are supposed to not be treating just a complaint or an illness, but rather the whole individual. This means taking into account a broad range of factors that includes not only what brings them to visit with us today, but also, what they are about and where they have been and where they hope to be going in the future. It is much more than taking a reading from their glasses, and then putting them under a laser for a few minutes. We must make a clinical determination if and what would be the best treatment for a particular patient. Also we consider what wou...
Source: Dishler Laser - October 14, 2009 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Jon Dishler Source Type: consumer

What to do when your perfect vision gets blurry at age 40Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A brief anatomy and optics discussion is needed because this is not really easy to understand. In contrast to nearsightedness where the eye is too long for the corneal shape, in farsightedness the opposite occurs. Light rays want to focus behind the eye rather than on the retina where they belong, and this blurs the vision. Unlike nearsightedness, the youthful eye can overcome this with the lens inside the eye which can focus and overcome this defect in the shape. However, as we age, the lens loses this ability, and things get out of focus. For these eyes this is more true the closer som...
Source: Dishler Laser - October 14, 2009 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Jon Dishler Source Type: consumer

How is LASIK similar to a Ziploc bag and why should you care?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Many people do not understand the revolution in vision correction surgery ushered in by LASIK and why it works so well. The eye, like the rest of the body, has a defense mechanism that when anything more than touches us we have response to repel the invader. This is the limitation of PRK, or surface ablation where the outside of the eye is reshaped. The eye shortly after this knows that something drastic has happened and a healing response begins. We can blunt this response with things like mitomycin C (off label) and a contact lens, and other medications, but there is a battle to calm the eye while...
Source: Dishler Laser - October 14, 2009 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Jon Dishler Source Type: consumer

Relax, the eye trackers are fully engagedEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Modern cameras have image stabilization which can make a jittery photographer take great pictures. Using a similar principle, modern lasers employ eye trackers to "lock on" to reference areas of the eye and makes small movements invisible to the laser which is providing the correction. Many different types of eye trackers have been utilized but most rely on the pupil and use infrared imaging to obtain the high contrast needed for effective tracking. Once the patient is under the laser, and in the case of LASIK, after the flap has been lifted, the eye tracker is engaged and almost instantaneously knows...
Source: Dishler Laser - October 14, 2009 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Jon Dishler Source Type: consumer

We are so glad that the competition is trying to catch up!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Being one of the small handful of doctor/investigators to usher in the femtosecond lasik procedure almost 10 years ago, and with a long period before general acceptance by most of our competitors, I am always amused to notice just how many local "experts" there now are on the all blade free procedure. It was five years before a second Colorado doctor stepped up to this technology, and it was not a center in Denver. Today there are a whole bunch of doctors with a variety of femtosecond lasers, all claiming to be the latest and greatest. Lasers are tools, and a better tool can do a better job. It...
Source: Dishler Laser - October 14, 2009 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Jon Dishler Source Type: consumer

No one can guarantee you 20/20 visionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
One thing is for sure about medical procedures, and that is, that nothing is for sure. On rare occasion even relatively trivial procedures can turn into disasters, and most often very complex surgery goes extremely well. Doctors are taught and ethics demands that we cannot promise any result since there are so many variables that such a promise is not reliable. What we can do is show our past experiences in similar cases and there is a good chance that your experience will follow others like you. This is where it is important to ask your doctor not for the experience of dozens of doctors from around...
Source: Dishler Laser - October 14, 2009 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Jon Dishler Source Type: consumer

Own The NightEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
When laser vision was first conceived, an optical engineer named Dr. Charles Munnerlyn developed a mathematical model for reshaping the front of the eye in the 1980's to correct nearsightedness and he received a patent for his work. I met Dr. Munnerlyn recently and he is still very interested in the field of laser vision correction. His formula was to flatten the cornea the correct amount to achieve a desired result without much emphasis on real world issues such a night vision. As it turned out, this formula worked quite well and was the basis of a company and a laser very familiar to many called VISX.&n...
Source: Dishler Laser - October 14, 2009 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Jon Dishler Source Type: consumer