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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.

LASIK and SMILE – What’s the Difference?

LASIK and SMILE: The Future is brighter with a new laser vision correction technology option. Whether LASIK or SMILE is the laser vision correction best

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Meet The Doctors at LaserVue Eye Center

By: Dr. Jay Bansal

Get to Know LaserVue Eye Center’s Passionate Eye Care Specialists Our doctors at LaserVue Eye Center offer comprehensive eye care to patients in the Bay

LaserVue Eye Center Doctors, from left to right: Francesca Sefton, OD. Jay Bansal, MD. Swati Singh, MD. Stephanie Wangyu, MD. Hannah Walsh, OD, MSC.

How Much Does SMILE Eye Surgery Cost?

By: Dr. Jay Bansal
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Is SMILE Eye Surgery Worth the Cost? If you are considering corrective eye surgery to improve your vision, you’ve probably heard of SMILE eye surgery.

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SMILE is Now Approved for Astigmatism

By: Dr. Jay Bansal
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SMILE Laser Eye Surgery Receives FDA Stamp of Approval for Treating Astigmatism SMILE surgery, the most significant advance in laser eye surgery in the last

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SMILE and LASIK What’s the Difference?

By: Dr. Jay Bansal

How is SMILE different from LASIK The technology surrounding laser vision correction surgery has made great strides in the past years and continues to move

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SMILE Laser Eye Surgery Featured on NBC Nightly News

By: Dr. Jay Bansal
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Watch the feature story on this LASIK Alternative Smile Laser Eye Surgery is the most significant advance in laser eye surgery technology in over 10

SMILE, LASIK or PRK Surgery: Which is Best?

By: Dr. Jay Bansal

Which is Right for Me: SMILE, LASIK or PRK? If you’re ready to live your life free from glasses and contacts, then you’ve probably decided

3 Generations of Laser Eye Surgery

How to Use Eye Drops Properly After Laser Eye Surgery

By: Dr. Jay Bansal

Aftercare Best Practices and How to Avoid Contamination Almost every laser eye surgery procedure at your local eye center will include aftercare with a prescription

How to Use Eye Drops Properly

SMILE Laser Eye Surgery: Explained

By: Dr. Jay Bansal

The Next Revolution in Laser Eye Surgery: SMILE Laser Eye Surgery Explained The ReLEx SMILE procedure is the newest and most advanced form of refractive