What is the reason for choosing an ophthalmic clinic for your vision correction surgery?
Recommendation from friends? Many celebrity surgery cases? Large scale of hospital? Famous doctors? Great number of surgery cases? Long history?
These cannot justify your choice of ophthalmic clinic for your surgery that you will undergo once in your life.
Make sure to check the best system that the ophthalmic clinic is equipped with to ensure the best surgical results and safety.
“B&VIIT can offer a proven track record.”
5 Differences between ICL Surgery and Laser Eye Surgery
Laser eye surgery has become synonymous with vision correction surgery but there are different types of surgery out there. One of the most recent advancements in Refractive Surgery is a procedure where a special lens is inserted into the…
Is SMILE surgery really safe?
“SMILE surgery is very popular these days, but it just came out. Is it really safe?” – International patient at B&VIIT Eye Center This is a question we get asked frequently by our patients as they are curious about…
Difference between US, UK, and Korean vision scoring
Everybody might have seen those number and letter charts once or twice in your life. Maybe when you were at the ophthalmologist fitting new glasses. Maybe when you were at the mall walking past a spectacles shop. Perhaps you…
Laser Eye Surgery FAQs – Part 2
In our previous blog we discussed some of the most frequently asked questions regarding vision correction. Questions such as: ‘What is the downtime after the surgery?’, ‘How long do I need to stay in Korea after the surgery?’ and…
Laser Eye Surgery FAQs – Part 1
Despite not being a new type of procedure anymore, very few people still know exactly what laser eye surgery is and as a result often have thousands of questions regarding the procedure. Obviously this makes absolute sense as anybody…
What are the expected symptoms after laser eye surgery?
Symptoms after getting your vision correction surgery are very common and are usually a good sign. It means your body and eyes are healing. In some cases, the healing time can take up to six months but depending on…
How long does the corrected vision last? What about using the computer/screens intensively after laser eye surgery?
An important thing to know is that the human body is constantly changing and nothing remains constant. The same holds true for the development of our eyes. While it is true that laser eye surgery, whether it be LASEK,…
When can I not get SMILE?
What is SMILE? SMILE or, Small Incision Lenticule Extraction, is the newest advancement in the laser eye surgery and vision correction industry. SMILE is an improvement on the already well established and at its creation, revolutionary, laser eye surgeries…
What is the best age to get laser eye surgery?
Introduction When asking the question: ‘What is the best age for vision correction?’ Unfortunately, as with all things medical, there is no hard and fast answer. Just as we have unique fingerprints and voices, so our eyes are also…
Laser Eye Surgery Safety and Success
In this article we will be exploring some of the most anxiety inducing questions prospective patients have when it comes to vision correction or having laser eye surgery. Even with millions of cases being performed globally every year some…
One-day laser eye surgery at B&VIIT
Nobody likes spending time at the doctor, and if you do, you are definitely in the minority. But for most people, doctors visits usually involve getting something fixed that is broken. Given this fact most people find it preferable…
How much does laser eye surgery cost in Korea?
What determines cost if vision correction The cost of vision correction varies greatly across the world. As with all things related to cost, prices are determined by supply and demand, inflation, exchange rates and also minimum wages, to name…
Eye Care Supplement
B&VIIT has been involved with vision correction for almost three decades now. The clinic started out as a small practice performing vision correction according to the best available technology at that time. Over time the clinic has grown immensely.…
Good Habits for Eye Care
Introduction (Prevention is better than cure) Prevention is better than cure. Surely you must have heard this many times before. This holds very true when it comes to eye care. When it comes to our eyes each and every…
Macular Degeneration
In the previous article we looked at the retina, specifically its location in the eye, what its function is and how it operates. In this article we will take a closer look at Macular degeneration. Macular degeneration is a…
Personalized process of examination for custom Ortho-K lens
Intro B&VIIT is regarded as one of the leading vision correction clinics in Korea for a variety of reasons. Since it is the biggest clinic in Korea, B&VIIT uses AI technology to evaluate and diagnose patients with over 500,000…
What is the retina and how does it assist with vision?
Basic breakdown of the eye In order to understand the retina and the functions it serves, we need to first take a look at the human eye. The eye consists of many different and complex parts, but we will…
B&VIIT Eye Care System
What is dry eye syndrome? In our previous blog we took a look at what an ocular surface disease is, the most common of which is Dry eye syndrome and we also looked at how the OSDI, ocular surface…
Dry eye self-test
Introduction In order to understand what the ocular surface disease index is, first we need to understand a little more about what an ocular surface disease is. What is OSD? An ocular surface disease indicates some sort of damage…
Vision correction for kids
Why vision is important Obviously it doesn’t need to be stated how much we value our eyesight. Conducting any type of basic or simple task is extremely difficult when our vision is impaired. Having better vision for longer periods…
Suitable cataract candidates and conservative approach
Intro on what is cataracts (link to previous article) As mentioned in the previous article here(link) cataracts are another cause of vision impairment amongst the elderly. Cataracts appear as protein in the eye starts to degenerate due to age,…
Presbyopia and Cataracts
Intro Have you ever wondered why when you show somebody something in a book, or on your phone, they take the screen and recoil their head while extending their hand far out ahead of them? As if you handed…
Eleven Options at B&VIIT
What people think of when they hear vision correction – Lasek Most people when thinking about vision correction still think of LASEK. As it was the first widely adopted and reliable procedure, it’s the go to very any type…
Why is One-day PIOL possible in Korea?
What is PIOL? Before we can understand the ‘why’ we have to comprehend the ‘what’. So what is PIOL? PIOL or, Phakic intraocular lens, is a modern vision correction surgery technique that was developed for patients who are not…
Precautions before and after surgery
Need to know Precautions to vision correction procedures are just as important as the actual procedure. Having vision correction surgery done is joint responsibility by the clinic, the doctor and YOU, the patient. The way you take care of…
How lasers have changed vision correction
Brief history of vision correction Vision impairment is a problem that has plagued mammals for millennia. The first solution to fixing vision problems was to use glasses in order to rectify poor vision. The first glasses were developed as…
Astigmatism
Astigmatism is also one of those confusing medical terms that people don’t know the meaning of and also don’t dare ask. In actual fact if you have read our article on Myopia and Hyperopia then you are already halfway…
Myopia and Hyperopia
When discussing matters of eyesight, it is common to hear phrases like: Myopia, Hyperopia, Retina, lens etc. thrown around. But does anybody actually know what any of these terms mean? The real truth is that most people just nod…
Vision correction – Why some people can choose their procedure and other can’t
How vision correction helps us and common misunderstandings Vision correction is an extremely confusing topic for most people. Regardless of what country you come from. From the examination process, to the choices available and even the down time and…
COVID-19 Prevention System
Korea’s Coronavirus response has been heralded as one of the best globally, particularly when it comes to how swift the country’s reaction to the virus has been. Korea wasted no time in implementing strong measures to curb the spread…
Avellino Universal DNA Test
We conduct more than 60 types of precise examination in 15 stages over a period of 2~3 hours to ensure safer surgery. Also, we implement 100% Avellino corneal dystrophy test (universal DNA test) for all clients. Avellino corneal dystrophy…