Lens Vision Correction - PHASER

As we age, beginning around the age of 40, most people experience a change in vision that requires them to wear reading glasses for near vision. The natural lens of the eye begins to lose its flexibility, reducing the eyes ability to change its range of focus from near...to intermediate...to distance, and then back again. This condition is known as "presbyopia". Eventually, even bifocal or trifocal glasses will be necessary to achieve one's best vision.

Now, with the technology of PHASER (Phaco Assisted Surgical Extraction and Replacement of the lens), also called refractive lensectomy, patients may once again have clear distance, intermediate, and near vision without glasses or contact lenses! PHASER is a non-laser procedure that uses the technique of replacing the eyes natural lens with a lens implant specially designed and calibrated to restore all ranges of vision. This new lens is inserted through a tiny self-healing incision and is not visible to the naked eye. Unlike the eyes natural lens, the implant does not deteriorate over time.

For the proper candidate, PHASER lens vision correction can correct both "Mother Nature" and "Father Time" vision problems, as well as correct extreme vision problems not treatable with LASIK. Exciting new technology with intraocular lenses (IOL) implants can now give clients an even wider range of vision correction possibilities, such as monofocal vision or multifocal vision (using ReStor®, ReZoom™, etc. lenses). Your decision to have vision correction surgery should be made carefully, taking into consideration your visual requirements (occupation, lifestyle, hobbies, etc.) and the recommendations of your surgeon. At Eyes Of Texas Laser Center, our surgeon meets one-on-one with every client. During a Free Screening, he will demonstrate your vision options and discuss in detail which customized vision correction procedure will help you achieve your best visual outcome.

Comments About Lens Vision Correction From Our Satisfied Clients

"My friend recommended Eyes of Texas because he's very thorough. And he felt Eyes of Texas was head and shoulders above any other company that offers this procedure… And the doctor (surgeon L. Shawn Wong, M.D.) is very courteous. I stayed back in his office 45 minutes I had so many questions. And he answered each and every question to my satisfaction…

(After Lens Vision Correction)…I can read a menu and look up and see the server all in one look. That's great! …It's just an amazing freedom that I'm enjoying."

- Judy Thomas, Homemaker

"I'm a lawyer. Before I had the (Lens Vision Correction) procedure done, I was required to use glasses every time I needed to read something…The most frustrating thing for me was being in meetings with people and needing to wear my eyeglasses to read documents, and then needing to take them off to look up at the person across the table or desk…And I became interested in being able to live without glasses.

…I chose Eyes of Texas because I felt that the staff was very competent. They were very helpful. I really appreciated that Dr. Wong spent lots of time explaining exactly what the procedure would be like. And I felt comfortable that they would achieve what I needed…

…Well initially, right away, I could tell that the (Lens Vision Correction) procedure had achieved what I needed. And that was to be able to read without glasses. That was a great experience…I gave all my reading glasses away to my friends and family and other folks that needed them."

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- Wendall Braniff, Lawyer

I had the double lens replacement (PHASER) surgery...I was wondering this morning how I would respond if for some reason I was told I had to give it (my new vision) back and return to where I was. At the very least I would fight them, maybe with weapons. Frankly, without hyperbole, this simply qualifies as a miracle for me. My wife, who is an RN, had the same surgery and my daughter had LASIK. Both feel like I do...

The Eyes Of Texas staff is a tight team, client focused, friendly and understated, but obviously competent...Dr. Shawn Wong is passionate about his work and is one of the few that delivers great and obvious value for its cost, while appreciating how lucky and rare that condition is. He works in an area so hyped and marketed that I was more than commonly suspicious...

I have friends and family that I have already told about my experience and were I them, or you, I would not consider having it done with anybody else or any place else.

- Weston M. Binford, Jr., Attorney

I wanted to take a moment and thank you for my "restored sight" (with the PHASER/ReStor® procedure). Every day is full of beautiful sights. It is a miracle to see so clearly. My heart is so full grateful my friends told me about you.

May God continue to use you to help people be able to see all the beauty of each day through your gift and talent of restoration of sight surgery.

- Constance K. Ferrin, Pre-School Teacher

Please accept my sincere appreciation and gratitude for your recent restoration of my vision (with the PHASER procedure). Through your outstanding medical care and personal compassion, I am learning to live "LIFE" all over again—with vigor and a new vitality. As a result of your accurate assessment and superb surgical skills, I can see things like I used to be able to as a fighter pilot flying the F-15. You have made a significant change to my well-being, and I am ever so grateful to have been under your care.

I would be most appreciative if you could congratulate your marvelous staff for their caring and professionalism, as well. They made my visits to your office so enjoyable that all I had to do was be there. Well done!... Both you and your staff are TOP NOTCH!

- Lee R. Gerstacker, Lt. Col., USAF (Ret.)/Registered Financial Consultant

In the last three years especially, I had become increasingly dependent upon -- and frustrated with -- my glasses. Having worn glasses since I was 20, and now at the age of 55, I had progressed from single lensesto the bi-focal stageand on to progressive lenses of significant strength. I had to wear them ALL the time, from the first minute of waking through the final minutes of going to sleep. So in these later years, with the hot Texas sun and years of the sweat pouring over my head and glasses, I decided to consider other options (besides glasses or contacts). Especially since, even with glasses, I found it more and more difficult to read the newspaper, phonebooks, and restaurant menus. Contacts were never an option for me because I was (and am) super-sensitive to anything foreign coming near my eyes. I once had an office put a contact lens in one eye as a trial, and it took a team of four of them to take it out...and it had to be done immediately.

On my initial visit, Dr. Wong strongly suggested that I not have the laser surgery...but (he recommended) the longer-lasting PHASER (with ReStor) surgery. As I watched the video showing exactly what would be done in the PHASER surgery, I became even more fearful. But as I found out, the more I learned in the video, the more I could talk with Dr. Wong about the surgery. After much debating and hesitating on my part, I decided that I did indeed trust Dr. Wong, and to go ahead with the PHASER/ReStor vision correction. On the day of the first surgery, I was still very scared and hesitant, but had complete confidence in Dr. Wong and his staff, and believed that I could "endure it".

As it turns out, there was no pain. The fear soon left me, and as predicted, I emerged one week after my surgeries with 20/20 vision or better! And Dr. Wong says that my vision should even improve over the next few months as my brain and my eyes learn to function better together again. And why would I not believe him now! After such a fantastic experience!

I am completely elated. And stunned! If I had any advice for a person considering this, I would say, "First educate yourself on the procedure and then trust Dr. Shawn Wong with your eyes." Thank you very much Dr. Wong.

- Mark Miller, Database Coordinator