by Valerie Saw | Mar 27, 2016 | Blog
At the recent British Society for Refractive Surgery (BSRS) Annual Meeting I had the honour of speaking about Multifocal Intraocular Implants for Presbyopia Correction. My colleagues Mark Wevill, Wolfgang Rhia, Elizabeth Law and Dan Reinstein joined me in the...
by Valerie Saw | Feb 20, 2016 | Dry Eyes
At 100% Optical last week I had the pleasure of speaking on Dry Eye Management with my dry eye expert optometrist colleague Caroline Christie.High Street optometrists play an important role in managing dry eye, one of the commonest eye conditions presenting to them....
by Valerie Saw | Feb 16, 2016 | Blog
I’m delighted to have been invited to speak on Fuchs Dystrophy and the newest type of endothelial transplant DMEK (Descemet’s Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty), to a packed audience at 100% Optical last week. Lots of interest and great questions from the...
by Valerie Saw | Jan 21, 2016 | Laser Eye Surgery
It is generally assumed that wearing contact lenses is safer than LASIK. LASIK is a surgical procedure, whilst wearing contact lenses is not.However, contact lens wear (especially swimming or showering in contact lenses – BIG NO NOs!- or overnight lens wear) can...
by Valerie Saw | Dec 29, 2015 | Ocular Cicatricial Pemphigoid
Patient information on Ocular Cicatricial Pemphigoid (OCP) is scarce. I’ve used the name OCP as this is the easily recognizable name for the eye disease, but the most up to date name is Ocular Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid. It is a rare condition and a lifelong disease....
