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....
by Valerie Saw | Dec 23, 2015 | News
Welcome to my blog! Here you will find lots of useful information aboutlaser eye surgerytips on contact lens weardry eyescataractsocular cicatricial pemphigoidand How to have Healthy EyesStay tuned for more! The new offices for my Laser Eye Surgery and Dry Eye Clinic...
by Valerie Saw | Dec 17, 2015 | News
At the Medical Contact Lens and Ocular Surface Association (MCLOSA) meeting on 4th December 2015, Valerie Saw’s fellow at Moorfields Eye Hospital Miss Zygoura presented the exciting results of her research on femtosecond laser eye surgery at Moorfields using...
by Valerie Saw | Sep 6, 2015 | News
Delighted to have been invited as an instructional course speaker on “Astigmatism and Ectasia in Cataract Surgery” with Moorfields Eye Hospital colleagues, Rishi Swarap from Hyderabad, India, and Sanghamitra Burman from Bangalore, India in the course...