Can I have laser eye surgery if I have dry eye?
Yes, you can and what is important is that your degree of dry eye is properly assessed and managed by your laser eye surgeon and factored...
What does the future of laser eye surgery hold?
I have been doing laser eye surgery for 15 years now and I have seen some amazing advances. And every time I think, well it can’t get...
An increasingly short sighted world
Many will remember our mum or dad shouting at us as kids " if you sit too close to the TV, you will go blind!" Nowadays I am the one...
Recovery after laser eye surgery
Laser eye surgery, whether it be LASIK, SMILE or ASLA (PRK), does not have instantaneous full recovery no matter what you may have heard....
Will I have better than 20/20 vision after laser eye surgery?
If you are considering laser eye surgery, it is important to have realistic expectations. As we all know, the same result with different...
Does having laser eye surgery affect cataract surgery in later life?
One of the concerns my patients raise with having laser eye surgery, is that it may prevent them having required cataract surgery when...
Why do people have laser eye surgery?
"What made you think about having laser eye surgery?" That's a question I have now asked several thousand times. And it's fascinating to...
Surface laser/PRK: Old dog, new tricks?
PRK or surface laser was the original form of laser eye surgery in the early 1990s. It is still one of the 3 common forms of corrective...
A/Prof. Colin Chan speaks in Bangkok
A/Prof. Colin Chan recently attended the Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) meeting in Bangkok as part of the invited faculty....
A/Prof. Colin Chan teaching in Vietnam
A/Prof. Colin Chan recently traveled to Ho Chi Minh city in Vietnam as an organiser and participant in the inaugural APAO Satellite...
