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Winter brings many fun holiday activities, but it’s important to make sure that those happy memories aren’t marred by preventable tragedies. Your family eye doctor and TLC Laser Eye Centers are focusing our Eye Safety Campaign this winter on some leading hazards to your eye health and safety. We want to make sure that you enjoy your holidays and winter activities with your family, not in the emergency room. Each year, more than 100,000 Americans, more than half of them children, suffer from eye injuries. Sadly, more than 90 percent of these could have been prevented.

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TLC LASIK Patients Have High Satisfaction and Improved Quality of Life

The vast majority of the surveyed TLC Laser Eye Centers patients who had LASIK or other laser vision correction procedures are very satisfied with the results, and most said that the overall quality of their lives and daily routines have improved, according to the results of a recent TLC patient study. TLC's study mirrors the recent Harris Interactive Survey commissioned by the Eye Surgery Education Council (ESEC). That survey was the first nationwide quality of life survey assessing life implications for laser vision correction patients. Both the TLC survey and the Harris survey clearly show that laser vision correction has a profound positive impact on overall quality of life, daily routine, and job performance. However, the TLC survey results outperformed those of Harris in almost all areas, indicating that TLC patients surveyed reported experiencing the highest quality of patient care and achieving excellent results.

TLC Laser Eye Centers would like to share some exciting news - your health care plan may now offer savings when you have laser vision correction. It may even be a covered benefit under your plan. If you ever thought about laser vision correction, this is a great opportunity to see if it's right for you.

Good News! We have participating plans with Cigna/VSP; Healthnet; Spectera, Davis, Empire/BC/BS and many more! Call us to schedule a complimentary consultation and find out if LASIK is right for you!

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Have you thought about LASIK but didn't think you could afford it? TLC Laser Eye Centers® has great news! By utilizing your Flexible Spending Account (FSA) through your employer, you can set aside tax-free dollars now... to pay for LASIK later. FSA enrollment periods are brief and yours may open soon. Before you set aside funds for your FSA, find out if you're a candidate for LASIK. Then see your Employee Benefits Advisor for details..

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TLC has the right laser for every eye. The technology used in laser vision correction continues to evolve rapidly. As the leader in laser vision correction, TLC has the resources to select the best equipment and maintain it carefully according to specifications. In addition to the latest upgrades in LASIK and PRK, TLC Manhattan also offers Bladeless LASIK. The Bladeless LASIK procedure is a 100% blade-free, LASIK approach to creating a corneal flap, the thin layer of tissue the surgeon folds back to expose the part of the eye that is reshaped during the laser vision correction LASIK procedure. With the Bladeless LASIK procedure, LASIK is now 100% blade-free.

Prior to the Bladeless LASIK procedure, doctors created corneal flaps with an instrument called a microkeratome. This method is still a well practiced option and done for both the LASIK and Custom LASIK procedures, both offered at TLC Laser EYE Centers.

State of the art technology means not only new lasers but also includes new programming for existing lasers, new or refined vision measurement devices, and refinements in LASIK surgical instruments. TLC believes that getting the best patient outcomes isn't the result of simply having the best equipment - it also requires knowing how to use it. TLC doctors are rigorously trained beyond government requirements and are required to engage in ongoing clinical education to maintain their high level of expertise.

The National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) has announced the approval of Bladeless Custom LASIK vision correction for their astronauts - the same bladeless custom technology that is also available nationwide at TLC Laser Eye Centers.

NASA's approval came following a review of extensive military clinical data using the same two lasers employed in our Bladeless Custom LASIK. The research showed that the use of the combination of technologies provided superior safety and vision - results TLC Centers agree are unparalleled.

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