Dr. JOHN WHITEHEAD
Ophthalmologist
1229 Madison St #1250 Seattle WA, 98104About
Dr. John Whitehead is an ophthalmologist practicing in Everett, WA. Dr. Whitehead specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Whitehead can practice medicine as well as surgery. Opthalmologists can perform surgeries because they have their medical degrees along with at least eight years of additional training. Dr. Whitehead can diagnose and treat diseases, perform eye operations and prescribe eye glasses and contacts. Ophthalmologists can also specialize even further in a specific area of eye care.
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Why is LASIK performed awake?
The LASER that performs the operation is working at the micron level and it has to track your eye precisely and it has to line up with the circle that is your cornea. When you are awake you help us do these things. When you are asleep your eye rolls up into the back of your head and it rotates, so if we tried LASIK with you asleep the LASER could not track your eye and the correction would not be on axis so it would not fully correct your glasses prescription. John J. Whitehead MD READ MORE
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