Glass Lewis Recommends Shareholders Support LCA-Vision Board of Directors and Reject All Three Proposals by Dissident Joffe Grou

Urges LCA-Vision Stockholders to Vote GOLD 


CINCINNATI, Feb. 27  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LCA-Vision Inc. (NASDAQ: LCAV) announces that Glass Lewis & Co., LLC, a leading independent research and proxy advisory firm, today recommended that LCA-Vision stockholders vote to retain the Company's current Board of Directors and reject all of the proposals, including the removal of the current Directors and election of replacement Directors, in the Joffe Group's consent solicitation.

In short, Glass Lewis recommends that LCA-Vision stockholders vote the GOLD card on all three proposals.

  In its report, Glass Lewis concludes that:

  --  The incumbent directors of LCA-Vision are in the best position to
      guide the Company during a turnaround period.
  --  The current management team has articulated a plan to enhance
      shareholder value by: 1) preserving cash through cash and expense
      management; 2) enhancing marketing strategies; 3) expanding the
      Company's marketing presence into new domestic markets; and 4)
      expanding the existing business model into other complementary medical
      procedures and services through a new Lifetime Vision model.
  --  The Joffe Group's operations plan and business strategy as presented
      are "particularly thin."
  --  Glass Lewis cannot support the appointment of Stephen Joffe as a
      Director, in light of accounting discrepancies at the Company during
      the tenure of Joffe Group members Stephen Joffe, Craig Joffe and Alan
      Buckey as senior executive officers of the Company.
  --  The Company, under Stephen Joffe's leadership (and while Alan Buckey
      was CFO), "was not effectively managing its financial reporting
      practices or lacked internal accounting expertise."
  --  Edward VonderBrink, as chairman of the audit committee at Streamline
      Health Solutions, "has not performed that responsibility to the
      satisfaction of the Streamline shareholders."
  --  The remainder of the Joffe Group's nominees do not "provide any unique
      or necessary experience" that would benefit the Company.
  --  LCA-Vision's performance has been, on balance, in line with the
      Company's closest competitor.



"We are delighted that Glass Lewis has recommended that our stockholders reject all three Joffe Group proposals, as it is consistent with our belief that current management and the Board of Directors are diligently working in concert to build stockholder value," said Steven Straus, LCA-Vision chief executive officer.  "We have undertaken a multi-initiative plan that encompasses all aspects of our business with the goals of transitioning to a sustainable growth model, while managing our cash.  We are realizing tangible results of our plan as evidenced by our increase in market share to 11.9% in the fourth quarter of 2008 from 10.5% in the third quarter.  We believe we are on the right track and urge our stockholders to vote for our current Board and management team."

Due to the nature of the Consent process, your voting instruction is extremely important and time sensitive.  LCA-Vision urges all stockholders to vote their GOLD cards to REVOKE CONSENT on all three proposals.  Please discard any proxy card that you receive from the Joffe Group.  If you have already voted to consent and wish to change your vote, you have every right to revoke your consent and vote the GOLD proxy.  Only the latest dated card counts.

LCA-Vision filed its Definitive Consent Revocation Statement ("Consent Revocation Statement") with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, February 9, 2009, and copies of the Consent Revocation Statement with a GOLD Consent Revocation Card were mailed to stockholders beginning February 10, 2009.  The Consent Revocation Statement can be obtained immediately from the SEC's website at the following link:

http://idea.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1003130/000114420409006021/v139094 _defc14a.htm

or from the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at http://www.lasikplus.com/ and http://www.lca-vision.com/ .  Copies of the Consent Revocation Statement and consent revocation card may also be obtained from Georgeson Inc.

Additional Information:

Georgeson Inc. has been retained by LCA-Vision as consent revocation solicitation agent. Stockholders with questions are encouraged to call Georgeson toll-free 1-800-457-0109. Copies of the Company's Consent Revocation Statement, and any other documents filed by LCA-Vision with the SEC in connection with the consent solicitation can be obtained free of charge from the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov/, from the Company's website at http://www.lasikplus.com/ and http://www.lca-vision.com/ , or from Georgeson.

About LCA-Vision Inc./LasikPlus(R)

LCA-Vision Inc., a leading provider of laser vision correction services under the LasikPlus(R) brand, operates 75 LasikPlus(R) fixed-site laser vision correction centers in 32 states and 57 markets in the United States and a joint venture in Canada. Additional company information is available at http://www.lca-vision.com/ and http://www.lasikplus.com/.

                   Earning Trust Every Moment.
                                      Transforming Lives Every Day.



  For Additional Information

  Company Contact:
  Barb Kise
  LCA-Vision Inc.
  513-792-9292

  Investor Relations Contact:
  Jody Cain
  Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates
  310-691-7100


DATASOURCE: LCA-Vision Inc.



CONTACT:  Barb Kise, LCA-Vision Inc., [phone]; or Investor

Relations, Jody Cain, Lippert-Heilshorn & Associates, [phone]



Web Site:  http://www.lca-vision.com/ 

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