Liberty Vision

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DO YOU FEEL BLIEPPED WITHOUT
GLASSES ORCONTACTS?
ACTIVITIES LIKE SWIMMING OR
DIVING CAN BE NEAR IMPOSSIBLE
AND WEARING THEM FOR ACTIVITIES
LIKE SKIING CAN CRAMP YOUR
LIFESTYLE.
THAT'S WHY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
HAVE OPTED FOR EPIBE LASIK
SURGERY.
JOINING ME ARE DR. JEFFREY GOLD,
AN OPHTHALMOLOGIST, AND HIS
ASSISTANT, THANKS FOR BEING
HERE.
THANKS FOR HAVING US BACK.
TELL US HY PEOPLE CHOOSE
THIS SURGERY.
IT'S NOT EASY DOING THINGS WITH
GLASSES.
THERE ARE SOM SPORTS RELATED
ACTIVITIES, PEOPLE WHO SCUBA
DIVE KNOW THAT IT'S DANGEROUS IN
TERMS OF INFECTION TO SCUBA DIVE
WITH CONTACT LENSES.
YOU CLEARLY CAN'T WEAR GLASSES
UNDER A SCUBA MASK.
RIGHT.
EVERYBODY WHO'S EVER SKIED
KNOWS THE PROBLEMS, THE GLASSES
FOG UP, THE GOGGLES FOG UP,
CONTACT LENSES CAN WATER WITH
THE LITTLE BIT OF WIND THAT
YOU'RE EXPOSED TO.
SHOWS ARE SOME ACTIVITIES.
PEOPLE WHO PLAY RACQUET SPORTS
SHOULD WEAR SAFETY GLASSES, BUT
WHAT IF THEY WER REGULAR
BLASSS?
EDTHAT'S A LOFT GLASSES, HARD
TO MANEUVER WITH THAT.
THEN THERE ARE OCCUPATIONAL
ACTIVITIES.
PILOTS HAVE VISUAL REQUIREMENTS
WHERE THEY HAVE TO SEE FAR AWAY,
HAVE TO SEE THEIR CHARTS AND
INSTRUMENTS, AND ALL OF THOE
ARE DIFFERENT VISUAL DISTANCES.
COPS, FIREFIGHTERS, IF THEY GET
IN AN ALTERCATION OR A FIRE AND
THEIR GLASSES GET KNOKED OFF,
THEY BECOME PICTURES.
THAT'S TRUE.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE
REONS.
ANOTHER REASON I WOULD SAY IS
WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING,
SEEING THE CLOCK, THE TIME,
RIGHT?
I HEAR THAT EVERY DAY.
WOW!
I CAN SEE THE CLOCK!
IT'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
CELEBRITIES HAVE GONE THROUGH
THIS.
MANY GOLFERS, TIGER WOODS WAS
THE FIRST THAT WENT PUBLIC THAT
HE HAD LASIK.
LINDSEY VON, A GOLD MEDAL
WINNING SKI INFORM THE UNITED
STATES, HAD LASIK.
IT'S A MUCH SAFER PTION THAN
THE OLD STYLE OF LASIK.
RIGHT, WE HAVE A GRAPHIC THAT
SHOWS THE DIFFERENCEBETWEEN
LASIK AND EPILASIK.
YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT, LASIK WITH
A FLAP FOLDED BACK, AND
EPI-LASIK, WITH THE MEMORY
BRENNAN REMOVED.
ONE BE PROBLEM IS THAT FLAP
NEVER FULLY HEALS.
WE JUST LEARNED IN 2011 THAT
PEOPLE THAT HAVE ASIK ARE
VULNERABLE FOREVER IF THEY GET
HIT IN THE EYE THAT FLAP CAN
COME LOOSE AND THEY HAVE
TROUBLE.
THIS SHOWS HOW I REMOVE THAT
THIN MEMBRANE WITH A BLUNT TIP,
NONCUTTING DEVICE, THE CELLS
REMOVED, THE LASIK IS APPLIED TO
THE LAYER DOWN, AND THEY GROW
BACK IN THREE DAYS.
NOT ONLY ARE YOU THE LASER
VISION COORDINATOR IN THE
DOCTOR'S OFFICE, YOU HAD THE
PROCEDURE DONE.
I DID.
MY VISION WAS GETTING BLURRY.
I HAD DOUBLE VISION, AND WE
FOUND OUT THAT I HAD A LOT OF
ASTIGMATISM.
SO WE DID THE SURGERY FOR
ASTIGMATISM, BUT BECAUSE I
WASN'T ABLE TO SEE AT THE AGE OF
40, 45, I NEEDEDDED READING
GLASSES.
SOID THE MONOVISION DONA YEAR
AGO.
AND JUST THE PROCEDURE,
PAINLESS?
GOOD RECOVEY?
OH, YES.
ABSOLUTELY.
CALM DAYS, NO PAIN.
NOTHING AT ALL.
AND HOW IS YOUR VISION TODAY?
IT'S FINE, GREAT.
LOVE IT.
LOVE IT.
THAT'S VERY GOOD.
DOCTOR, LET'S TALK ABOUT TH
SCREENING A PERSON TO SEE
APPROXIMATE THEYRE A
CANDIDATE.
SOME OF THE QUESTIONS PEOPLE
NEED TO ASK IS HOW MANY
PROCEDURES HAS THE SURGEON DONE.
AND WHAT'S HIS SUCCESS RATE.
AND THEN WHEN THEY COME IN FOR
THE SCREENING, WHICH WE DON'T
CHARGE FOR, WE DO FREE SCREENING
EXAMS, WE WILL DOA NUMBER OF
SCANS OF THE EYE, MEASUREMENTS
OF THE VISION, TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE CORNEA IS THICK ENOUGH AND
THAT THE CORNEA DOES NOT HAVE
ANY EVIDENCE OF CRNEAL
DEGENERATION, WHICH HAPPENS
ABOUT ONE IN 2,000 PEOPLE IN THE
POPULATION.
AND DURING THAT SCREENINGPROCESR
A PATIENT IS A GOOD CANDIDATE.
I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED BY THE
NUMBER OF SURGERIES YOU'VE DONE.
I'VE DONE ABOUT 11,000 CASES
ALL TOGETHER.
VERY GOOD.
DOCTOR, I WANT TO MENTION THE
BETTER VISION NETWORK NATIONAL
CAMPAIGN YOU'RE PART OF.
I'M ALLY EXCITED ABOUT
THAT.
A GROUP OF OPHTHALMOLOGISTS LAST
YEAR OT TOGETHER AND DIVIDED
THE COUNTRY UP INTO REGIONS,
GEOGRAPHIC AREAS, AND THEY
SELECTED AN OPHTHALMOLOGIST FROM
EACH AREA.
I WAS OFFERED THAT HONOR, TO
REPRESENT CONNECTICUT IN THE
BETTER VISION NETWORK, WHICH IS
AN ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES
LASER VISION CORRECTION, AND THE
NATIONAL SPOKESPERSON IS LINDSEY
VONN.
AND SHE HAD THE SURGERY.
AND SHE IS AN AWESOME SKIER.
ARE YOU GOING TO GET TO SKI
WITHER?
I PUT IN FOR THAT.
DOCTO YOU ALWAYS HAVE AN
OFFER FOR "CONNECTICUT STYLE"
VIEWERS.
ACTUALLY, ON OUR WEBSITE,
TRE IS A DISCOUNT COUPON FOR
$100.
ANYBODY WHO MENTIONS THIS SHOW
DOUBLES THAT, AND GETS A $200
DISCOUNT PER I. AND WE HAE JUST
COME OUT WITH A PROGRAM FOR
ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY AND
VETERANS WHERE THEY CAN GET THAT
DOUBLE DISCOUNT AS WELL.
VERY NICE, A LOT OF OPTIONS.
LET'S PUT THE INFORMATION UP ON
THE SCREEN F. YOU WANT MORE
ABOUT EPI-LASIK, CONTACT
DR. GOLD AT LIBERTY VISION IN
HAMDEN OR VIST THE WEBSITE, YOU
CAN FIND DISCOUNTS THERE ALSO,
AND ON FACEBOOK.
AND I HAVE A CHALLENGE FOR
YOU.
OH, PLEASE TELL US, DOCTOR!
PEOPLE MAY THINK THEY LOOK
TERRIFIC IN GLASSES AND THEY
LIKE THE WAY THEY LOOK.
BUT UNLESS THEY INVESTIGATE IF I
THEIR OPTIONS, THEY'RE REALLY
NOT GOING TO KNOW WHETHER LASER
VISION CORRECTION IS A GOD
OPTION.
SO DMOM FOR A FREE SCREENING AND
LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR OPTIONS.
WORTH ASKING THE QUESTIONS.