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Dr. Jay Bansal, LaserVue Eye Center medical director

Dr. Jay Bansal

With decades of expertise, Dr. Jay Bansal uses his blog, Ophthalmologist Explains, to shed light on vision care and advancements in vision correction treatments.

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Your First Internship and 4 Ways Your Contact Lenses Could Blow It

By: Dr. Jay Bansal
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The Hidden Cost of Contact Lenses Welcome to the real world, fam. It’s a world where working 9-to-5 really means 8-to-6:30, where coffee > blood

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I’ve Got Astigmatism, Can I Get LASIK? (Spoiler alert: yes)

By: Dr. Jay Bansal
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LASIK Surgery and Astigmatisms For those of you impatient types who like to skip to the end of an article before reading the beginning, we’ve

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Am I A Good Candidate for LASIK?

By: Dr. Jay Bansal
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Is LASIK Right For Me? When you know you want to get LASIK, there are a million questions swimming in your head. What’s the process?

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I’ve Decided to Get LASIK. Now What?

By: Dr. Jay Bansal
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So you’ve made the decision to get LASIK surgery. Right on! The first step is admitting you have a problem. A vision problem. Now what?

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Can I Use an FSA for LASIK? How to Plan for LASIK Next Year

By: Dr. Jay Bansal
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The end of the year can be a super confusing time of year for medical planning, especially if you’re in the middle of your employer’s

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Why We Use All-Laser LASIK

By: Dr. Jay Bansal
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In your research on LASIK, you may have come across the terms “blade” and “bladeless” LASIK. Below, we explore why we use bladeless LASIK. Blade

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Does LASIK Hurt? Your Questions Answered

By: Dr. Jay Bansal
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Does LASIK Eye Surgery Actually Hurt? And How Much? You’ve been thinking about LASIK surgery for years, but something is holding you back: the fear.

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4 Ways Your Contacts Try to Undermine Your Office Life

By: Dr. Jay Bansal
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Look at you! You’ve got your nine-to-five office job. You’re on your grind. You’re proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Spanish (at least according to

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An Open Letter to My Contact Lenses

By: Dr. Jay Bansal
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Dear contacts, We had a good run. I appreciate all of the work you’ve done over the years, really I do. Hell, you gave me

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How Can I Pay for LASIK?

By: Dr. Jay Bansal
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Does LASIK eye surgery costs one bajillion dollars? Well, no. It can’t be that much. “Bajillion” isn’t a number. But it’s not cheap, that’s for

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