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Greetings Dr. Chynn!, Would you able to correct amblyopia in a 58 year old male patient, who was treated briefly as a young child with patching and not provided corrective lenses as the vision correction needed at the time as considered at the time to be borderline. Eventually, the corrective lenses were provided at the […]

Hello, My name is Christian, I was hoping to find out if your practice has done any work to remove or reduce corneal scars caused by ulcers due to extended contact wear / abuse. Kindly let me know. Thank you, Christian Dear Christian, I have removed THOUSANDS of corneal scars, and used to do this

Dr.Chynn’s Answer to a Question about Nystagmus Q: I have nystagmus. I’m near sighted and far sighted. The last time I went to the eye doctor I believe my vision was 20/200. A: I’m the only eye surgeon in the NE United States who’s got extensive experience lasering & fixing people with nystagmus, amblyopia, strabismus & albinism.

Doctor LASEK’s Anecdote Park Avenue LASEK shared today the person behind the continuity of the exuberant NYC Restaurant Week for all these years: Emil Chynn. New York restaurant week is one of the most famous institutions for food enthusiasts in the United States. It provides the opportunity for the average person to enjoy and experience

If you have keratoconus (KC) or the related keratoglobus or pellucid marginal degeneration (PMD), you need to see a cornea specialist. This is an ophthalmologist or eye surgeon, who is not only a MD, but also did an extra 1 or 2 year Fellowship in Cornea (and maybe also Refractive Surgery). You need to see

Q: List, I am a member of the large keratoconus group on Facebook.  I dont really post much, but its interesting to read what patients with this condition are writing about.  Granted these are lay people, but often someone with a disease learns a lot about it. There is a constant ongoing debate about epi-off

Travel Plans? Pack Lighter After LASEK Looking to get away and escape the urban bustle of New York City? Nowadays, you can find fantastic flight fares to almost everywhere in the world, especially if you travel light and limit your luggage. But this can be tricky for anyone who wears contact lenses or needs multiple

All cornea/refractive surgeons/experts will admit that not cutting a corneal flap is safer than cutting one, because 90% of the potential complications involve cutting the flap, putting it back, and letting it heal. The ONLY advantage to cutting flaps is a faster recovery.  This is the ONLY advantage to the LASIK and SMILE procedures. Dry

Q: Is there any evidence that Riboflavin-soaked epithelium (or just plain old intact epithelium) blocks UV A to the stroma? Dr. P A: Why are so many people so averse to removing epithelium for CXL? Is this a religious prohibition or something?;) I remember assisting retina surgeons at Harvard/MEEI (including my uncle) and they’d remove