Free yourself from glasses and contacts with LASIK in Brisbane

After LASIK vision correction,

• You’ll have the long term freedom from glasses and contact lenses that you’ve always wanted
• You’ll enjoy the confidence and convenience that your friends without glasses and contact lenses have always taken for granted
• You’ll notice all of the little things that are so easy for everyone else — from taking a shower without the blurriness, to not needing to put in your contact lenses in the morning, to exercising without worrying about your glasses, to avoiding the daily risk of a contact lens infection
• You’ll feel free to face the world without barriers like vision problems
• You can live life the way it should be – ready to face your future without the needless hassle of glasses and contact lenses.⁴Verywell Health. 2021. LASIK Surgery: Long-Term Care. [online] Available at: [Accessed 28 June 2021].

You may be a suitable candidate for LASIK vision correction if you meet the following criteria:

• You’re at least 18 years old
• Your vision prescription/refractive error has not changed significantly in the past six months to a year
• You are generally healthy
• You don’t have any active eye infection or inflammation that could jeopardise the safety of the procedure
• Your corneas are thick enough for us to create a corneal flap (we can only know that when we examine you)

If you are not eligible for this type of laser eye surgery, Dr. Russell can explore long term LASIK alternatives with you.

When evaluating your eye surgery options, you owe it to yourself to find the best LASIK surgeon Brisbane has to offer. Dr. Matthew Russell is:

• Passionate about providing top-quality laser eye surgery for his patients. Dr. Russell is always looking for ways to make the procedure safer, more comfortable, and more successful. He has multiple scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals
• Experienced. He has performed more than 20,000 eye surgery procedures. He stays up to date with improvements in LASIK technology and techniques so he can ensure that you benefit from the latest and best advances
• Respected as an innovator among his patients and peers. Dr. Russell has an excellent reputation both locally and internationally. He’s been a professor at world-class universities. Professional organisations invite him to speak to their international audiences. Dr. Russell is frequently the first to bring new eye surgery technologies to patients in Brisbane
• Provides peace of mind. When you put your trust in Dr. Russell, you can enjoy the peace of mind that comes from being under the care of an exceptional surgeon.

LASIK improves the focusing power of the eye to treat short-sightedness, long-sightedness and astigmatism long term. During the procedure, the surgeon guides a laser to carefully reshapes the cornea, which is the transparent covering of the eye. This improves the way light travels through the front of your eye and focuses on the retina. The result is clearer, crisper vision — without corrective eyewear.

We can perform this treatment on an outpatient basis. We will completely numb your eyes with anaesthetic drops, so you will not feel a thing. We can also give you a sedative medication to help you relax. The entire procedure takes about 5 to 15 minutes, and the laser treatment itself lasts less than a minute. Surgery is over before you know it.

Step 1 – Creating the flap

The first step of treatment is to create flaps in the cornea that are thin and hinged. The flap is created with a femtosecond laser. This thin flap is folded back to reveal the deeper layers of the corneal tissue.

Step 2 – Reshaping the cornea

Next, an excimer laser delivers pulses of light that precisely remove microscopic amounts of corneal tissue to reshape the cornea’s curvature. After we have reshaped the cornea, we restore the corneal flap to its original position over the eye, where it heals on its own.

OHSU Casey Eye Institute, a leader in ophthalmic care and research, recently compared the chance of complications from contact lenses with the risks of vision correction surgery. The information tells us that contact lenses are not always a safer choice than LASIK eye surgery.⁵Ohsu.edu. 2021. LASIK vs. Contact Lenses | Casey Eye Institute | OHSU. [online] Available at: [Accessed 28 June 2021].

In the study, patients had vision loss in one surgery in approximately every 1,250 people. The vision loss was less than people lost from infections related to contact lenses⁶www.ohsu.edu. (n.d.). LASIK vs. Contact Lenses | Casey Eye Institute | OHSU. [online] Available at: https://www.ohsu.edu/casey-eye-institute/lasik-vs-contact-lenses [Accessed 18 May 2020].

Wearing contact lenses puts you at risk of several serious conditions and other long-term complications including eye infections and corneal ulcers.⁷Center for Devices and Radiological Health (2018). Contact Lens Risks. [online] U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Any surgical or invasive procedure carries risks. Before proceeding, you should seek a second opinion from an appropriately qualified health practitioner.

Not only is this a brief procedure; the recovery time and healing process are minimal. Most patients notice an improvement in vision almost immediately after surgery.⁸CRSToday. 2021. Enhancing the Speed of Visual Recovery After LASIK. [online] Available at: [Accessed 28 June 2021].

After leaving our centre, we recommend resting your eyes for the remainder of the day. You can likely resume work, driving, and most of your daily routine as soon as the day after surgery. You might experience temporarily dry eyes and should use medicated eye drops prescribed by Dr. Russell to reduce inflammation and prevent infection.

Many people dream of clearer vision yet are hesitant to move forward with laser eye surgery. Dr. Russell and our team are committed to educating you about the LASIK procedure so you can make an informed decision about your treatment.

Refractive surgery like LASIK is just one of the surgical procedures Dr. Russell uses to help patients achieve long term vision correction.

Book a free assessment today. You can book online or call us to arrange an appointment. Assessments are free and suitable candidates all meet with highly sought-after LASIK and PRK surgeon, Dr. Matthew Russell before they commit to surgical procedures.

A guide to LASIK, what it can treat, as well as details on the procedure itself. Click here for more information.

A direct comparison of PRK vs LASIK eye surgery including the pros and cons of each. Click here for more information.

An informative article on PRK, what the procedure is used for and how it is performed. Click here for more information.

A WebMD article and explanation of LASIK eye surgery. Click here for more information.

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If you have to deal with the hassle of corrective lenses, ditching them for perfect eyesight sounds like a dream come true. The best way to achieve that goal is through laser eye surgery. There are a few different laser procedures to choose from, three of the most common being PRK, LASIK, and SMILE. Even if you think your eyes are too difficult to correct with surgery, this may not be the case. Click here to find out about SMILE laser eye surgery and other treatments available.