My Lasek Eye Surgery at Park Avenue Laser in NYC

[860Fever]

how long does it take?

[maltezz]

how the fuck can you not blink during that ? omg.

[Pokelucelop]

I wouldnt like this doctors tone sometimes cause the way he says "dont blink!" is very aggrevating; or when he says "dont twitch" HOW THE HECK AM I NOT SUPPOSED TO BLINK! Other than that, this was a very interesting video!

[resistIT]

I hate when they say try not to blink... it's hard not to blinkespecially when there's something in your eye.

[tontotonto]

he scrapes off the cornea, it takes close to a year to recover and you are required to wear sunglasses for the rest of your life when it is sunny outside. so basically you are replacing glasses for sunglasses.

[shinydrums]

@tontotonto which i don't understand, because in other methods, the put it to the side and re-attach it, it acts like a suction cup

[fatalis777]

this doctor is a jerk

[drpk129]

Epi LASEK is the most advanced , no cut , no flap technique. It can treat very high prescriptions which cannot be treated by LASIK. It is safe as there is no flap and flap related complications.

[ContactParkAve]

Epi-LASEK and LASIK are not similar procedures. Epi-LASEK and PRK are similar, HOWEVER in PRK, the epithelium is removed completely with a scraping device that crushes the cells and leaves residue. In epi-LASEK the patient's epithelium is expertly removed with a small mechanism and the epithelium serves as its own bandage following the procedure.

[desdemona39]

"The major difference between PRK and LESAK is not whether the epithelium is repositioned back or not"

That is exactly the difference! PRK can be done with a brush, laser, or solution to remove epithelium. LASEK is simply PRK with the epithelium replaced. The procedure shown here is PRK. EDUCATE YOURSELF! THIS IS A SCAM!!

[ContactParkAve]

First of all it is LASEK...so if you are going to say something is a scam, I suggest you actually know what you are talking about.

[SNYCS]

The major difference between PRK and LESAK is not whether the epithelium is repositioned back or not. I've read some articles and recent study shows there's no significant difference for post-op process between placing the epithelium back or not. The major difference is the method the surgeon uses to remove the epithelium--in most PRK, a vibrate brush is used; in LASEK, it's a kind of alcohol solution.

[jomama6500]

Dr. Emil Chynn is unprofessional and inappropriate. He seems to be a decent surgeon, but DON'T QUESTION HIM in any way or he'll become nasty and threaten to discharge you from his practice! He also yells at and demeans his staff in front of patients!

[LASIKComplications]

American Medical Association, Report of the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs: Physicians should not offer financial incentives or other valuable consideration to patients in exchange for recruitment of other patients. Such incentives can distort the information that patients provide to potential patients, thus distorting the expectations of potential patients and compromising the trust that is the foundation of the patient physician relationship.

[DoubleMouble]

wuts with the gay music???/

[QQKris]

I went to the same place and I truely believe that it is PRK that they do instead of Lasek. I think all the patients should take appropriate action!

[zabpowday]

Hi what was your prescription before the surgery.

[GoGoGadgets]

this looks like a PRK procedure, where they remove the flap completely

[sqiggythebrat]

OMG they're supposed to put the flap back!!!

[thAtOneGuyHAHAHA]

Not in the procedure, here they remove it. Then they put a contact over the area to aid it in healing back.

[ahazaimeh]

some reported better healing if the epithelium is removed and not repositioned,

[luvmymarine0311]

That was weird... why did he scrape that part of your cornea off? Or was that something else? and it looked like he twisted your eyeball... what did he do?

[livelikeriley]

Hmm...I thought Lasek left the flap of the epithelium in tact and then repositioned it afterwards...I was thinking about this proceedure with Dr. Chynn, but here it looks like he removed it entirely as in PRK? Could you clarify which procedure you got? Thanks!