Tired of wearing glasses and contact lenses? Laser vision correction may be right for you! Dr. Laurie Canham Kilby is an affiliate doctor with both TLC, and LasikMD in London, ON. She is able to answer your questions on candidacy, procedures, and pricing between the different laser centers, and she can refer you directly to one or both of them for your consultation. After refractive surgery, a specific schedule of follow-up appointments is necessary to monitor your healing during the first year. Why drive back and forth to the surgical center in London? Dr. Laurie can do your progress checks locally and will update your surgeon along the way.

An individual’s refractive error is created by the relationship between the shape of the cornea and length of the eyeball. A near-sighted eye has a steep curvature and a longer length, causing light to focus in front of the retina. A far-sighted eye has a flatter cornea and a shorter length, causing light to focus behind the retina. Astigmatism is a curvature that causes light to focus in two different places simultaneously. An eye with no prescription has a perfectly coordinated strength and length, allowing light to focus directly on the retina and create a clear image. We cannot alter the length of the eyeball. The premise of laser vision correction, then, is to reshape the curvature of the cornea so it focuses light accurately on the retina.