Trompe L ‘ Oeil 

EYES: OUR WINDOW UNTO THE WORLD
     HOW DR.SOMCHAI GAVES ME THE REAL VISION   
By Dr.William H. van Ewijk,M.D.*

 We all take for granted that our bodies are self repairing except when it concerns our eyes.  Everyone knows from experience that the body automatically heals bruises, cuts, some cancers and even broken bones. But when it comes to our eyes, we are programmed that we need to wear glasses, contact lenses or undergo laser surgery.  Most people are unaware that it is the brain that actually sees and not the eyes.  The latter are a portal for light to pass that will be eventually interpreted by the brain, forming an image in our mind. Experiments have shown that when someone hangs upside down for a long time, the brain will automatically recalibrate itself to show the images as they are perceived when in a upright position. Of course when the person goes back to standing on his feet, he will see everything upside down until the brain recalibrates.

By getting older, however, this psychosomatic imbalance does not correct so easy, and the people escape from their vision problems by wearing glasses.  If one observes closely, people wearing glasses in general are stiffer physically and tenser on the inside emotionally. Glasses block the emotions that originally created the vision problem and we see that most people keep needing stronger and stronger prescriptions with the passage of time. They use glasses as a mask, to hide their emotions. Glasses also take away the true nature of color and present reality in a deformed manner. Recall how you felt when you wore glasses for the 1sh time, it didn’t seem right and everything started looking funny. And outside (disposable) contact lenses or the latest fashion of just laser, LASIK surgery as a panacea for eye vision problems is not the answer. From the last the long term effects have not been fully understood and most people require a second surgery in about 10 years time or so.

 The Baby Boomers creates the demand for anti aging medicine and life extension. The silent revolution of anti-ageing medicine is so gradual yet pervasive that many of us have not even noticed that ageing ain’t what it used to be. In 1796 the average life span was but 25 years and in 1896 almost to 48 years. In 1996 the expected average life span in the U.S. was 75 year. Many reputable anti-ageing scientists, like Dr.William Regelson (The Melatonin Miracle) predicting average life span of 120-150 years before 2045!!

So quite logically Supersight operation must be seen as a part of rejuvenating therapy. In my case all over the place in my house were reading glasses. In each and every room, bathroom included. Later I realized how handicapped I really was: I could not open the house door with the key, could not read the menu in restaurants, Labels on wine bottles. It was my Swiss Colleague Dr. Olivier in Pattaya who put my attention on the scientific work of Dr. Somchai. And we both agreed that he is a brilliant researcher who was able to transform or adapt and “translate” the technique original intended for cataract surgery.  This means that the technique of  Dr. Somchai is incomparable with other  “super” eye operations ,  because these procedures only changes the  shape of  the cornea, and Supersight works on the lens inside the eye. As a bonus: you will never need any cataract operation in your later life.