Eye Blog

I started waring glasses when I was 11 years old. Three years later I opted for contact lenses and they have since been part of my daily life.

At 15 I was offered the opportunity to get a laser eye treatment in Belgium. My parents showed me a video on how the operation was done but it horrified me so much that I chose to stick to my contact lenses and I forgot about the chance on a perfect eyesight.  

Being one of the oldest surgical procedures in medicine, cataract surgery has certainly came a long way from the procedures described in Sanskrit manuscripts dating from the 5th century BC by the ancient Indian surgeon Shusruta. In this procedures called “couching”, the lens was simply dislodged to the back of the eye and left there. The results were patients who could make out colours and shapes (if their eye sight wasn’t lost completely) – certainly much better than no vision at all! 

HISTORY OF PTERYGIUM TREATMENT

PTERYGIUM has a long history of difficult treatment. THE word pterygium comes from the Greek word pterygos, which means ‘wing’. 

This week a Cape Eye Laser patient, Jini B, was photographed while having Lasik Eye Surgery. See the photos in chronological order with her remarks below!


I arrive at the hospital and have 5 minutes to send some emails in their waiting room before my surgeon arrives. 

Ten years ago you were simply told that you do not qualify for LASIK surgery – period.
That left you with the traditional options of either spectacles or contact lenses, quite disappointing for a young active person with a huge spectacle prescription and intolerance to contact lenses. Fortunately alternative options have evolved very quickly over the last few years.