Welcome to the RU-vid Channel for Woolfson Eye Institute. We're headquartered in Atlanta, GA and have 8 convenient locations across the Southeast.
Dr. Woolfson has performed over 100,000 LASIK procedures, making him one of the most experienced LASIK surgeons in North America. A further testament to his expertise: more than 300 eye doctors have chosen him to perform their own LASIK. This distinction, along with his worldwide reputation, is why, when professional athletes, celebrities, business leaders, and people just like you decide to have LASIK, they choose Dr. Woolfson.
I inquired with a surgeon about bilateral lower lid blepharoplasty. She told me does not make the incision below the eye, she cuts a lateral incision on the outer corner of the eye. Have you heard of this approach?
I hope to have a lower bleph done in a couple of years and have heard wonderful things about Dr. Walrath. I'm scared but watching this video does help put me at ease and the drive to see him will totally be worth it!
My ptosis surgery was NOT cosmetic, but function gain. Right eye is 60-70% of vision, left eye 30-40%, left eye droop more pronounced & obstructed, but didn't matter due to vision so weak in left eye. So, had both eyelids levators 'shortened' to unblock vision by a surgeon 'specialist' as you are, south of Atlanta. Left eye came out fine, right eye came our WORSE. Has been 17 days since procedure. Entire game was to correct vertical double vision because of ptosis causing wrinkle in cornea, causing vertical double vision., causing loss of detail in all times. Now worse as max lift of right eyelid is LOWER than before surgery. This has been an emotional disaster. This can be "revised" or corrected? Probably result in inability to close eyelid, right?
Why choose Woolfson? How about not choosing Woolfson? They duped me into an unnecessary and expensive cataract surgery that left me with worse vision than before the procedure, and continues to degrade. They promised life changing results, and that I’d be able to throw my glasses away. It definitely changed my life…for the worse, and I’m now dependent on 3 different pairs of glasses to see. I cannot drive at night due to halos/glare/starbursts, and daytime driving is now becoming more and more difficult due to constant obstructions/gray areas in my vision. The IOL lenses they put in my eyes are awful: constantly uncomfortable, burning, strained, and always blurry/fuzzy/smeared vision. They‘ve offered no realistic solution, taken zero accountability, and now just flat out ignore me. Other doctors are surprised that Woolfson recommended the procedure in the first place. My only option now is to seek legal council, as my eyesight has been permanently damaged by the procedures Woolfson Eye Institute performed.
Had cataract surgery here 2 years ago at age 50. Wanted to be free of glasses. Got talked into premium IOLs, costing $8k. These implants suck. My vision is worse now than before procedure when I was wearing glasses/contacts. Vision continues to get worse. I am now dependent on 3 different pairs of glasses for reading and distance, which aren’t much help. Woolfson has not really offered a solution, other than more lasers, which after the way they’ve treated me and butchered my vision, I’m not letting them come near my eyes again. Overall awful experience with Woolfson. I regret ever letting them sucker me into an unnecessary procedure. I’m now seeing other doctors in hope to correct the damage caused to my vision by these procedures.
Comments from 2 unfit drs about sports ...is not that really valid only minimal advice that is actually Common Sense....no need for" dr.advice" when they make often huge mistakes in their profession and asking to sign a paper before surgery to disculp them if anything goes wrong so we "clean their hands" on us. 😢
Very informative for me I’m having lower Lid surgery due to medical conditions that effect my vision and watering and pus tuning out of my eye! I feel alit more comfortable after watching this video I’m very impressed with this Dr. Thank you for allowing all of us to see a video so I personally don’t feel better about surgery ! I like the Dr I. The Video and I will like him better when I see him ! ❤
Thank you so so much this give me hope,I had my surgery done two weeks ago and my eye lid has yet to move up ❤So I see that you said this takes a month for it to move up. I see my eye surgeon in six weeks, although my swelling has went down really really fast. My eyelid is still the same before prior to my surgery.😢
I have diagnosed with keratoconus recently, as martial artist I have to do push ups and hand stand in vertical position (down head position)can It increase intraocular pressure leads to keratoconus very faslty?
Blepharoplasty - superior or inferior - should be performed ONLY by Ophtlalmologist with Fellowship in Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery (also referred as Oculoplastic Surgery) as the author of this video. Results in the hands of General Plastic Surgeons is not always as good as in the hands of Oculoplastic Surgeons. Sorry, but it's true.
I got Lasik in June 2023 (50 yrs) to correct my vision after having my vision corrected for cataracts a year before - lens replacement IOL July 2022 (diagnosed at 48yrs). After cataract surgery my vision was terrible, not crisp/clear at any distance, blurry, full of obstructing floaters, and overall not great. I saw better before the surgery wearing glasses or contacts. Was told Lasik would fix this, but I see no noticeable difference. My vision still sucks. My advise is to do a lot of research...and I mean a lot. Don't be lured in by promises that the experience will "change your life" and don't expect a "wow" moment after surgery. If you choose to have it done and it works for you, wonderful; but be prepared to be disappointed in case it doesn't.
Got Lasik in 2013, was a perfect canditate. Was told this by 2 offices, Lasik Md and Eaglevue in Montreal, Canada. Had 20/15 vision, no complications and 3 years after my vision keeps going down every 6 months by about .25. Now stabalized for 2-3 years about at 2.00 and 1.75 which is about what I had originally. My brothers is still perfect 15 years after and my sister is wearing glasses again about 6-7 years after lasik.. My dad also perfect after 20 years. It sucks.. Loved not having to wear glasses..
Agree, it totally sucks. I had cataract surgery done at Woolfson in 2022 and my vision sucked afterwards. I saw better before the procedure while wearing glasses or contacts. Post surgery, my vision is not clear/crisp at any distance the halos and starbursts from lights at night is so bad that I can no longer safely drive at night. It took a year of complaining to get Woolfson to agree to perform a Lasik procedure to "correct" my already "corrected" eyesight. Nothing has changed. There is no consistency in my vision, it just sucks all the time. I now have to wear 3 different glasses (prescription distance, readers 1.25 & 3.0) after being told I could "throw my glasses away after surgery." There was no "wow" moment for me. My eyes always feel strained, they burn every night, and I always feel like I'm wearing irritating contacts that I just want to take out...but I can't because this is just my crappy vision now. It has been a frustrating year that has negatively impacted the enjoyment of my life. I feel like I've had some horrible accident or illness that has left me with impaired vision. I regret having the surgeries and I wish I didn't do it. I'm going to other doctors to hopefully fix this disaster. So many promises not fulfilled...I want my money back.
I wish I could come to you, but I live in Germany. I really need help! My problem is, is had mild ptosis in my right upper lid from birth, but 2 weeks ago I had surgery done to my neck (benign tumour removal) and they damaged the sympathetic nerve which resulted in Horner´s syndrome, and it affects the same eye. So now I have got "double ptosis" :(. Could you please tell me if it is the same muscle that is now double affected by two ailments (congenital AND post surgery neurologic problem) or if it is two different muscles that are affected (one congenital and the other one from surgery)? My pupil is only just free, depending on my state of tiredness. I am able to pull up the eyelid just enough to see properly without using the eye brow, but it is exhausting to the lid muscle when I try to open it really wide. Do you think I need the frontalis sling or might the usual procedure possibly be enough to fix this?
Oh God... Or anything for that matter!!!! A grain of saw dust or piece of metal idk but I could just.imagine how annoying a lil hair could be with a Ick lense in...
My vision has deteriorated these past few years badly to the point where I now always need glasses or I'm missing out.in so much crisp clean detail.... Ugh it sucks having any slight blurriness when you used.ti have 20/20 until bout ten years ago.... Idk why I feel safer with LASIK surgery but it's prolly just my ignorance or lack of research but I feel that'd be more.of a long term fix/solution... But to be honest weather.i.could even afford/budget for it being a possibility, I'm more.or less afraid of losing my vision or it being any worse after surgery then it is because.jd honestly rather just accept using glasses.thrn take a risk of becoming totally blind an or even more.vision impaired then I am/might be in the future...m ugh if just hate the fact of having to experience adjusting to blindness after 36years.of.life finding my way around with fairly decent vision compared to complete blindness.....!!! So yeah idk the risk is sketchy but more.or less.sounding like it's had.more.success then failures but idk the statistics... But honestly just imagine trying to correct.your semi shitty vision an it just gets worse or leads to like ridiculously blurry/blind vision? Ugh lol anyone know the success rate stats on these surgerys??? I know I could search it but just asking others opinions instead.cuz in being lazy haha 😂
Dr Hays did my eye surgery a couple years ago and I have nothing but good things to say. He did explain about the vision. I was given a chance to decide if I wanted to keep one eye for reading and one for distance or both distance. I chose distance. I have a contact lens for reading in one eye. Before surgery I wore a distance lens and a reading lens.
