LASIK In Your Off-Season
As many of us are just recuperating this week from the Super Bowl fun, we thought it would be interesting to touch upon pro athletes and how they handle vision and LASIK. It’s pretty obvious that good vision is vital to an elite athlete’s performance. They need it for their job and the better he…
Read MoreLeaders Who Educate
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In any field, there are experts, and there are leaders – but what really makes someone stand out as a leader in their field? Is it the knowledge and skills it takes to do what they do every day? What makes them ‘better than most’ at what they do? Many would argue, this lies in…
Read MoreGive Yourself the Gift of Vision: Use your HSA for LASIK
It’s about that time of year again, when patients start using their Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Savings Accounts to pay for their laser vision correction procedures (i.e. LASIK). This year has changed a lot of things, but one thing that has not changed is how using your HSA funds towards LASIK is a smart…
Read MoreI Don’t Live In Houston. How Will My Surgery At Slade & Baker Vision Work?
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We are so fortunate to be able to say that many of our patients come to us from far away entrusting us with their vision. We are honored that they choose us over surgeons that may be located closer to them based on their research. We wanted to put this blog together for any potential…
Read More“Best Decision I Ever Made” – LASIK Uptick During A Pandemic?
In the last 30 days: The surge in “LASIK surgeon near me” Google searches have made it the top trend related to LASIK. As one of our recent LASIK patients shared on her Instagram story, many patients are logging into their social media accounts to share with their friends and followers that LASIK was “the…
Read MoreWould Teddy Roosevelt Choose LASIK Today?
A recent article based on the biography[1] of past US President, Theodore Roosevelt, shared an interesting look at a momentous occasion. “Teedie” as he was called, was 13 years old before getting his first pair of glasses. The article discussed how Teddy realized that he needed glasses. Unlike nowadays, when routine pediatric visits or a…
Read MoreWaiting Too Long For LASIK?
In a recent article on CNN.com, the timeliness of knee replacement was studied among people who might benefit from the procedure. This study concluded that the majority of Americans are likely living with knee pain longer than they should: “90% of Americans with osteoarthritis suffer too long before having a knee replacement that could improve…
Read MoreFixing The Myopia Epidemic: We Have Solutions
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When people can’t walk 20 feet, we don’t make them use a prosthetic forever. We fix the problem. When people can’t see 20 feet, we have the ability to fix the problem, and it actually saves thousands of dollars over the cost of glasses and contacts over a few decades. A video is worth a…
Read MoreWould You Rather Keep Your Hearing Or Your Vision?
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This is obviously not a predicament any of us would want to be placed in, but have you ever thought about what sense you’d rather keep if you had to make the choice? Well according to a recent study conducted across the sea in the United Kingdom, it turns out that sight is the most…
Read MoreTwo Post LASIK Patients Share Their Experience
The American Refractive Surgery Council posted a wonderful blog article about post LASIK patients and their experiences. Two of the patients highlighted in the article that were interviewed by the ARSC for their experience, happened to be two patients of ours who had LASIK at our clinic in Houston! These individuals who recently elected to…
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