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Understanding the Comprehensive Care You Get for the Cost of LASIK

Understanding the Comprehensive Care You Get for the Cost of LASIK

The Cost of LASIK Eye Surgery from Durrie Vision Includes Our Signature Medical Experience and Care from Start to Finish When you begin researching the cost of LASIK eye surgery, you may have discovered that there is a wide variety of pricing options available online....

Common Questions About PRK Surgery in Kansas City

Common Questions About PRK Surgery in Kansas City

People Just Like You Are Asking; Durrie Vision Is Here to Answer! Wearing glasses or contact lenses isn’t for everyone - and if you ask five people why they want laser vision correction, you’re likely to get five different answers. Thankfully, there's a laser eye...

How SBK LASIK Eye Surgery Can Help You at Work and Elsewhere

How SBK LASIK Eye Surgery Can Help You at Work and Elsewhere

Laser Vision Correction Relieves Common Refractive Errors Impaired vision, including because of common refractive errors like astigmatism or near-or far-sightedness, can affect how well you perform your job duties and personal hobbies. You’ve likely had to come to...

How Laser Vision Correction Can Save You Money

How Laser Vision Correction Can Save You Money

Calculate the Cost of Glasses, Prescription Sunglasses, Contact Lenses, Exams, and More Seventy percent of Americans require some type of corrective lenses, according to a recent Gallup poll. The same poll revealed that 40 percent of Americans who rely on traditional...

What is Keratoconus, and Can Laser Vision Correction Help?

What is Keratoconus, and Can Laser Vision Correction Help?

Find Out Whether You’re a Candidate for Cross-Linking at Durrie Vision in Overland Park, Kansas Vision correction patients cite many reasons for undergoing LASIK surgery and other vision procedures to improve their eyesight. But for people with keratoconus, laser...

Laser Vision Correction for Astigmatism in Kansas City

Laser Vision Correction for Astigmatism in Kansas City

Multiple Vision Surgeries Can Correct This Common Refractive Error Astigmatism is a common refractive error, or imperfection, in your vision. It is caused when the curvature of your eye is incorrect and blurs your distance and near vision. With astigmatism, either...

The Month After LASIK SBK: Adapting to Your New Vision

The Month After LASIK SBK: Adapting to Your New Vision

Give Your Eyes Time to Adjust to Your Laser Vision Correction The most advanced LASIK surgery, SBK LASIK, is a safe procedure that results in improved vision generally within a day after surgery. But during your recovery time - and for about a month after your...

What Is It Like Getting SBK LASIK Vision Correction?

What Is It Like Getting SBK LASIK Vision Correction?

A Real Patient Shares Her Experience with Laser Vision Correction at Durrie Vision Jen, a patient at Durrie Vision, underwent our SBK LASIK procedure on January 7, 2022. This is her personal story of her experience and outcome. “I wish I’d done it sooner.” This is how...

Should You Use Your Tax Refund to Pay for Laser Vision Correction?

Should You Use Your Tax Refund to Pay for Laser Vision Correction?

Your Vision is Worth The Investment - and There are Many Ways to Pay If you add up the amount of money you’ve spent on traditional vision correction - think eyeglasses, contact lenses, prescription sunglasses, lens cleaners, and more - and how much you anticipate to...

A Durrie Vision Patient’s Laser Vision Correction Experience

A Durrie Vision Patient’s Laser Vision Correction Experience

What You Can Expect When You See Us for Vision Correction in Overland Park If the thought of laser vision correction and everything that comes with it feels scary to you, your feelings are valid and perfectly normal. It can be unsettling to think about surgery on your...

6 Types of Laser Vision Correction and Who Qualifies For Them

6 Types of Laser Vision Correction and Who Qualifies For Them

Kansas City Eye Surgeons Carefully Determine Candidacy for LASIK Surgery and More Through Exams and Health History Doctors around the world perform about 600,000 LASIK surgeries every year, but it’s not the only laser vision correction surgery available. Depending on...

What are the Chances of LASIK Surgery Going Wrong?

What are the Chances of LASIK Surgery Going Wrong?

Laser Vision Correction in Kansas City is Safe for Patients Who Qualify As a premier provider of LASIK surgery in Kansas City, Durrie Vision understands that undergoing any kind of eye procedure can leave patients feeling worried about complications. But there’s a...

Are You Eligible for Laser Vision Correction Surgery?

Are You Eligible for Laser Vision Correction Surgery?

Take Our Self-Candidacy Test and Schedule a Consultation in Overland Park If you’ve spent years of your life grasping for your eyeglasses on your bedside table or frantically putting in contact lenses while running late for work or school, then, at some point, you...

How LASIK Eye Surgery Has Evolved Into New Vision Correction Options

How LASIK Eye Surgery Has Evolved Into New Vision Correction Options

Find LASIK Surgery Near You at Durrie Vision in Overland Park, Kansas You may be surprised to learn that LASIK’s origins go back to the 1940s, when physicians developed a procedure to reshape the cornea. This early procedure wasn’t as precise as today’s laser-assisted...

Different Kinds of Laser Eye Surgeries

Different Kinds of Laser Eye Surgeries

Which Laser Vision Correction in Kansas City is Right For You? Everyone’s eyes are different. And everyone has unique visual demands, too. So it makes sense that there are multiple types of eye surgeries available to correct vision and treat impairments. Depending on...

LASIK Surgery Statistics

LASIK Surgery Statistics

A quick look at some LASIK statistics is a great way to help decide whether to pursue laser eye surgery in Kansas City. As a premier Kansas City provider of LASIK, the surgeons at Durrie Vision are always educating themselves about the latest on LASIK and other...