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Acuvue rebates are now scheduled to expire on Sept 30th 2008. Now is a great time to begin planning for your next Acuvue lens purchase. Usually new prescriptions are required to take advantage of rebates. The details and (not that much) fine print are on  the forms on retailers sites and the Acuvue website. Some retailers like 1-800-Contacts.com use their own rebate forms. The forms need to mailed in along with receipts, box tops, and prescription.

Acuvue rebates, set to expire on April 30th 2008, have been extended to June 30th 2008. New rebate forms have not been published yet and Acuvue may have them ready by mid-May.

After contacting several several stores, the word is that they will send customers to the old rebate forms, until new forms are available. Current forms with the April expiration date are still valid.

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Find English and Spanish Acuvue rebate forms posted here.

LASIK (acronym for laser assisted in situ keratomileusis) and contact lenses both have risks. Without a full-blown set of statistics here, it is not appropriate to comment on risk factors. No doubt, a study is available from some organization or corporation. What’s troubling though, is that LASIK is probably irreversible, and you only get one chance to get it right. If it’s a case of getting what you pay for, don’t scrimp on LASIK.

About 700,000 people per year have laser surgery at an average cost of $2000. According to this article one in four candidates are not suited to receive LASIK treatment, and 1 percent or fewer experience serious side effects.

In the second eye-opening article in as many weeks, we are again reminded about the risks involved with LASIK eye surgery. On Friday April 25th in Washington, former LASIK patients who suffered unsuccessful eye surgery complained about lack of LASIK risk information to federal health advisors.

To summarize the federal health advisors recommended warnings to be more prominent:

• Add photographs that illustrate what people suffering certain side effects actually see, such as the glare that can make oncoming headlights a huge “starburst” of light.

• Clarify how often patients suffer different side effects, such as dry eye. Some eye surgeons say 31 percent of Lasik patients have some degree of dry eye before surgery, and it worsens for about 5 percent afterward. Other studies say 48 percent of Lasik recipients suffer some degree of dry eye months later.

• Make more understandable the conditions that should disqualify someone from Lasik, such as large pupils or severe nearsightedness.

• And spell out that anyone whose nearsightedness is fixed by Lasik is guaranteed to need reading glasses in middle age, something that might not be needed if they skip Lasik.

In a recent article on 10 News KWTX.com (April 15th 2008) entitled “Lasik for Soldiers”, the CDRAMC Refractive Surgery Center is ready to perform corrective eye surgery on 60-80 soldiers per week. The implication is that it doesn’t cost anything for active duty personnel.

In response to the article, DR Mark Shear former Capt. USAR MSC, and chief of Optometry Clinic WEED ACH NTC Fort Irwin, CA, warns of complications for soldiers and athletes should they suffer eye trauma after LASIK. He says “the ability to treat and/or reposition a cap dislocation in a field situation will be difficult if not impossible”. He goes on to say, “Caution should be exercised and Combat Soldiers / Athletes should be warned of the possibilities of complications.”

AClens.com just issued an exclusive coupon to Lenspricecompare.com. The coupon offers 10% off contact lens prices for new AClens customers. To use the coupon type in LPC10NEW into the special instructions box during the ACLens checkout process.

Volume discounts apply to popular lenses like Acuvue and Focus. ACLens also offers a free contact lens case with each purchase, free regular shipping over $89, and free shipping and handling.

AClens just introduced a Bill-Me-Later program, which defers payments for 90 days on orders over $100.

As a further incentive to visit their store, you can buy a pair of reading glasses for 10% off until the end of April 08 (11:59 EST). Use the coupon “READ” without the quotes to take advantage of the offer. Only one coupon code can be used at any time.

Limited Time Offer! Order reading glasses and save 10% off. Enter coupon code READ in the instructions section of our order form. Offer expires 4/30/2008.