I had a great experience at Dr. Chynn’s office. Most importantly amazing results! I had my procedure in July 2011, and I couldn’t be happier. I am now seeing 20/20, and the best thing is LASEK is non cutting and no flaps! It’s a very safe procedure, and I was back at work in less than one week. Now I don’t need to worry about wearing uncomfortable contact lenses, or have my glasses slip off when treating my patients. This was one of the best decisions I have ever made.
Aside from the surgery, Dr. Chynn and his staff made the whole experience enjoyable and stress free. Everyone at PAL is very knowledgeable about LASEK, and can give you first hand experience about the procedure since all of his staff are LASEK patients.
I can’t thank enough Dr. Chynn, Dr. Puri, Dr. Villaroel, Liz and Victor for making this a fun and less scary experience!
I’ve had to wear glasses since I was in 1st grade. I then switched to contacts in Middle school, because then I thought glasses were “dorky”. My contacts, though, constantly caused me problems, like dry eyes, and I even developed (but was treated for) eye ulcers at18. I finally decided it was time to change my life and get laser correction surgery. I found out that Dr. Chynn is the only doctor in NYC to do SafeSight, which means they don’t have to cut the lens. I loved how that made the procedure much safer and non-invasive.
I got it done ONLY a week and half ago, and already there is a HUGE difference in my life. I can already see almost perfectly. It takes about 3-4 weeks to get perfect 20/20 (or even 15/20) vision, but each day I wake up and can see more clearly. I always wake up and think, “Oh, no I slept with my contacts in!”. I then remember that I’ll have perfect vision for the rest of my life.
The procedure itself was not scary at all. The assistants are all MD’s, and are super helpful and nice. Dr. Chynn is an expert at what he does, and made me feel totally safe. They also give you the option of getting laughing gas to calm nerves, which I said yes to, and that wasn’t so bad either!! I am really appreciative to everyone at Park Avenue Lasek, and am so happy that my life is changed forever!
Just wanted to let you know how happy i am with my surgery. it’s been three months and i fell a “a new and improved man”.. seriously, i feel great thanks to Dr Cynn and his wonderful staff who helped me a lot before and after surgery. I owe them my fast recovery, and all my gratitude goes to Dr Cynn and his great staff. Thank you again.
Dr. Chynn did my LASIK 8 years ago and when it was time for my enhancement, he remembered me. When I had my LASEK a couple of weeks ago, I was treated like royalty by his staff, and I’m tough to please. But what’s more, when I had a complication tonight having nothing to do with the surgery (a plug that stops my tears from draining came out), even though this was just an inconvenience that could have waited until Monday to fix, because everyone knew I was leaving for vacation, just to make sure I was in top form, at 11PM on a Friday night they opened the office just for me. As an attorney who often has to give exceptional client service, it was sure nice to receive it for a change!!!!!!!!!! Dr. Chynn is great but his staff completes him.
Hi, I’m not the type of guy to review Doctors online or anything for that matter and I’m NOT getting any kickback for this review however after reading all the other reviews and in appreciation to Dr. Chynn on a job well done here’s what I have to say:
1) I’m currently 3 months after surgery and thank G-D am 20/20 on both eyes. One eye took about a month to get there the other just recently. Right after surgery you see pretty well but it takes some time to get to 20/20.
2) It’s very tempting to do LASIK somewhere else being that recovery is much quicker but after all is said and done and once you’re seeing well you’ll be happy you did LASEK and know that you don’t have a flap to worry about for the rest of your life.
3) Most or all of the bad reviews are from people who didn’t actually do the surgery. I believe anyone that did the surgery has a different outLOOK.
4) I see some reviews berating Dr. Chynn on his manners with the staff etc. I can see what bothers them but when looking for a surgeon I was looking for talent not bedside manners. I personally like his style.
5) Standard PRK is also flap free but a friend of mine did PRK somewhere else, first of all most places that standardize in LASIK do not have much experience in PRK secondly this friend was in lots of pain for a full week after surgery and couldn’t cope whereas I had a some pain on day 2 but otherwise was coping well. The vision takes some time to be perfect but I’m thinking long term.
6) The office staff and all the other MD’s are all very courteous. The pre and post surgery exams are all very thorough and they give you all the time you need to explain your meds or any questions you may have. Even though your balance is paid in full they’ll give you all the post op appointments needed and make sure you’re happy. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the entire staff including but not limited to Dr. V., Dr. Puri, Dr. Almeida, Liz and King.
7) Another point that I haven’t heard anyone else doing (as a matter of fact the opposite is true) Dr. Chynn is very strict in making sure you follow all the post op directions. They’ll test you every time you come to make sure you’re getting everything right. It may be annoying but it definitely reduces error and hastens recovery.