Hi, I'm Dr. Franz Michel and I'm effectively a cornea surface specialist. I call myself a two-trick pony because basically all I do is laser vision correction (LASIK) and Pterygium surgery. When it comes to Pterygium cases, the history behind that was I found myself having a lot of patients in need of help. And it's something that most ophthalmologists shy away from.

They don't want to deal with Pterygium cases. It's been called the toughest thing in ophthalmology to treat and they’d rather deal with somebody with a heart attack or a retinal detachment than deal with the Pterygium because they can be very tough to deal with.

And, over the years, you modify your technique; you make little tweaks here and there and the next thing you know, all of these little adjustments that you make and suddenly you have great surgeries and you’re getting great outcomes. People are happy. And you do that for you know, well over 10, even 15 years out now. And we just have a wonderful streak and it becomes a sub-specialty niche. And now I've got docs who refer Pterygium patients to me basically from Los Angeles up to San Luis Obispo. So pretty much the Central Coast. And I have this very wide referral network of docs that refer to me. At the same point, you have the power of the internet. People are looking for things that they can spell and if they can spell Pterygium, they're pretty motivated and they're pretty far down that search pathway.

About Dr. Franz Michel
Franz Michel, MD, a UCLA-trained cornea surface specialist, specializes in Pterygium surgery and bladeless, no-cut LASEK laser eye surgery.

With offices in Ventura County (Thousand Oaks, Oxnard) and Los Angeles, Dr. Michel is referred to by other cornea specialists as the "king of Pterygium" and has the largest Pterygium referral practice in the US. His Pterygium recurrence rates are less than 1%, a remarkably low rate compared to the 10-50% recurrence rates of other Pterygium removal surgeons. In addition, 100% of Dr. Michel's LASEK laser eye surgery patients have been able to pass the DMV vision test without glasses and 94% have enjoyed 20/20 vision.

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