EYE CENTER OF TEXAS BLOG

Dr. Edward Wade and Dr. Mark Mayo of the Eye Center of Texas are considered to be two of the top LASIK surgeons in Houston. In fact over 200 local eye doctors refer their LASIK patients, family and friends to them and combined they have done over 40,000 LASIK procedures. At the Eye Center of Texas, we only offer our patients iLASIK – which is the latest in LASIK technology. iLASIK specifically refers to using the IntraLase laser to create the corneal flap. IntraLase makes the safest, thinnest and most accurate flaps possible. Once the flap is created, we do the Advanced CustomVue Wavefront-Guided VISX laser technology. When using the CustomVue to reshape the patient’s cornea - each patient receives custom correction and the outcome is much better than standard LASIK.

If you’ve been told you’re not a candidate for LASIK, there may be other procedures for you to consider. At the Eye Center of Texas, we offer a full scope of surgical vision correction procedures.

Dr. Wade and Dr. Mayo offer PRK and HD Visian ICL for non-LASIK candidates. ReSTOR ICL’s are best for people over the age of 50 who need both distant and near vision correction. Dr. Wade has performed more ReSTOR lens surgery than any eye surgeon in Houston. It is important to choose a surgeon who is well trained and experienced in all of the available procedures.

LASIK is amazing! No more glasses or contact lenses to deal with and just think what it would be like to wake up in the morning and see your alarm clock without first putting on your glasses! LASIK is truly life changing - call us right now and schedule a free iLASIK evaluation.

Cataract Surgery is an amazing and modern procedure – that only takes a few minutes. Dr. Edward Wade and Dr. Mark Mayo perform cataract surgery through a small incision with no sutures, injections or even an eye patch. Cataract surgery is not painful – we keep our patients comfortable by using IV sedation and numbing eye drops… and our cataract patients are able to return home the same day of surgery. In most cases, our patients are able to see through their eye immediately.

Most of our cataract patients are referred to us by their optometrist or other patients – which just goes to show that our practice is built on reputation and trust.
So what is the greatest part about cataract surgery? I think one of the greatest advances available to our cataract doctors is the ability to offer patients premium intraocular lenses or IOLs. Multifocal implants are designed to make patients less dependent on glasses for far and near and everything in between. The ReSTOR IOL, is a favorite of Dr. Wade and Dr. Mayo. As a matter of fact, Dr. Wade is one of the top ReSTOR surgeons in the country. Our patients have also enjoyed our use of the toric implant to reduce or eliminate the need for astigmatism. If a laser vision correction touch up is needed for the best result, we provide iLASIK bladeless custom LASIK at no additional charge.

At the Eye Center of Texas, we take care of all eye problems including macular degeneration, diabetic eye disease and retinopathy, lid problems, dry eyes and we specialize in laser vision correction and cataract surgery. For more information, call us at 713-797-1010 or visit us at www.eyecenteroftexas.com.

Eye Center of Texas is proud to announce that our very own Dr. Randall Reichle was just named "Optometrist of the Year" by the Texas Optometric Association. Congratulations Dr. Reichle! We are very proud of you and your outstanding service and long term dedication to the citizens of Texas and the profession of optometry!

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Last Friday, Good Morning America ran a story about LASIK eye correction. At the Eye Center of Texas, we are very proud of our LASIK surgeons, Dr. Edward Wade and Dr. Mark Mayo...and what they have given thousands of patients - great vision! Bad things can happen after surgery. LASIK is no exception. But, LASIK has provided 15 million happy patients and a handful of unhappy ones.

There was a time when the US military and NASA did not allow fighter pilots/astronauts to have LASIK - however that is no longer the case. Here are a couple of facts:

The Navy spends more than $2M training a single pilot. It takes two and a half years to complete flight training. Carrier pilots rely heavily on high quality vision to land aboard the boat at night. Many of them complain when their vision degrades from 20/12 to 20/16. For most of them 20/20 simply isn’t good enough. Yet, the refractive surgery program in the Navy is thriving and well funded, because it works, it’s safe, and profoundly enhances the operational readiness of our military personnel in all warfare communities. If there was a significant problem with the procedure or the outcomes, the pilots themselves would refuse to have it.

Even the ultra-conservative NASA medical department has embraced LASIK technology for the astronaut corps, based largely on 10 years of Navy studies.

Dr. Waxler who was featured in the segment, retired from the FDA 10 years ago – the technology has vastly changed in 10 years and the problems encountered then, by and large, no longer exist.

At the Eye Center of Texas, we offer a FREE LASIK evaluation. These test can take up to 2 hours and will tell us if you are a good candidate for LASIK surgery. LASIK is amazing...but do yourself a favor, don't base your decision on price. Base it on the surgeon...their experience...and the technology they use. For more information about the Eye Center of Texas...call us at 713-395-1515.