astigmatism

Video FAQ’s: What is the difference between astigmatism and myopia?

By James Ball | 05 October 2017

What’s the difference between astigmatism and myopia? What’s the difference between astigmatism and myopia? Well, there are different optical imperfections between astigmatism and myopia that cause defocus blur of an image on the back of the eye. The most common imperfection we see is short-sightedness. This is where the optics are too powerful, so light … Read more

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Astigmatism: How do you get astigmatism?

By James Ball | 03 October 2017

Astigmatism: How do you get astigmatism? How do you get astigmatism? Well, really astigmatism is a function of the beautiful infinite variety that we see in biology in nature. We know that every parameter follows a normal distribution. So most people are average height, we just have some quite tall friends or quite short friends, and we just … Read more

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Astigmatism treatment options: What are some options for treating astigmatism?

By James Ball | 28 September 2017

Our options for treating astigmatism depend very much whether we’re dealing with one of our laser eye surgery patients or lens surgery patients, cataract surgery patients.

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Mr James Ball | Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon

MA (Cantab) MB BChir FRCOphth CertLRS

I am a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at Custom Vision Clinic. My major interest is in refractive surgery and finding the best treatment suitable for each patient.

Mr Jack Gormley | Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon

MB ChB (Hons) FRCOphth CertLRS

I am a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at Custom Vision Clinic and York Teaching Hospital, where I lead the Corneal and Refractive service. I have completed over 2,000 surgical and laser eye procedures.