At Grange Eye Consultants we are not simply a laser centre but a comprehensive ophthalmic practice. That means we work with you to identify the very best procedure for your eyes and lifestyle.

With this aim, in early 2004 we introduced CustomVue™ wavefront-guided custom laser treatment. Although LASIK and LASEK surgery are both very safe, some patients have a more complex profile due to their pupil size, large refractive error, considerable higher order aberrations, a need for re-treatment or concerns over night vision. For these patients we recommend CustomVue, as it allows the surgeon to better accommodate the unique characteristics of your eyes.

Wavefront-guided laser treatment is an option for people who are short-sighted, long-sighted or who have astigmatism. It has been widely publicised recently as the latest advance in laser treatment and although it can offer significant advantages for certain patients we would not recommend it as necessary for everybody.

Wavefront laser technology was originally developed to measure distortions that occur to light when it travels through our atmosphere and enters an optical telescope. This same technology can now measure the imperfections in an eye's optical system 25 times more precisely than regular methods. It does this by measuring subtle variations which are known as ‘higher order distortions or aberrations’. These account for up to 10% of all optical distortions, even in normal eyes, and contribute to the ghosting, halos and starbursts that some patients experience after standard laser surgery.

With the standard methods for measuring a prescription many people may have the same refractive power. However, with VISX CustomVue no two laser treatments are identical. Each individual eye receives a very detailed personalised treatment designed to correct the unique imperfections in vision.

Conventional LASIK and LASEK eye surgery applies a symmetric sphere and cylinder laser eye treatment. CustomVue wavefront-guided treatment, performed on the VISX Star S4 laser, applies the full precision of the WaveScan wavefront analysis to the laser eye treatment pattern.

Following CustomVue laser vision correction, many people will see better than they ever saw with glasses or contact lenses. This we call your Personal Best Vision.

The goal of LASIK or LASEK is to reduce your dependence on corrective lenses, which for the majority of people is achievable using standard methods. The CustomVue wavefront-guided procedure aims to go one better than that in patients who may not otherwise achieve optimum results using standard methods.