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A Family Experience At The Braverman Eye Center By Sheldon Campbell - Aventura Digest
Introduction Many people that I know who need to wear prescription lenses, do so only out of necessity. The fashionable aspect of it is secondary, only because you need to wear them. I was diagnosed with myopia at the age of nine years. Wearing glasses has not been an issue until lately because of constraints within my professional career. I am a petroleum engineer from Trinidad and Tobago, and am required to wear safety glasses as part of daily field operations. Being a contemporary styled young man, I resented the use of those unsightly prescription safety glasses with side-shields, and the use of my regular prescription
glasses with pullover safety glasses was not a comfortable fit; nor was it convenient to wear my contact lenses daily in the field due to all the dust and debris that could get into my eyes and under my contact lenses. For me, the only solution was to have refractive surgery. Referrals – Why Braverman I have been researching the technology of refractive surgery and a reputable centre and surgeon for sometime before making a decision. I was first referred to the Braverman Eye Center in Trinidad through my sister Michelle Campbell, by Barry Davis and then by Alicia Codrington. With Lasik being performed by hundreds of surgeons, I wanted someone who was not only experienced but up
to date with state of the art equipment. Based on the reviews received of the Braverman Eye Center’s staff, equipment and surgeon, I decided to research for myself. The most influential point in my decision making in addition to the personal testimonies and many accolades about Dr. Braverman and his professional affiliations, was the state of the art “All Laser Z-LASIK Totally Bladeless System”, which is safer, cuts a thinner corneal flap, provides the highest quality customized cornea shaping; hence the best post operative vision possible, and has a faster recovery time with a higher success rate with minimal chance for complications. I have been on a work assignment to the USA, and I
Sheldon Campbell Petroleum EngineerBSC MSC Trinidad and Tobago recently has a great all Laser Z-LASIK experience at the Braverman Eye Center. thought it to be the perfect time and opportunity in which to have this procedure done. The research began by visiting their website which was loaded with information about the Center,
equipment, and surgeon. The second step was contacting the Refractive Surgical Coordinator, Rosemary Hartford. She was very
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