WILLIAM F. BAHL

                          LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
                        SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

     Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes
and appoints each of Craig P.R. Joffe, Charles G. Skidmore, and Bridget C.
Hoffman, each acting individually, as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described on
behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:

     (1) prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file or cause to be filed
Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any amendments thereto) with respect to the
securities of LCA-Vision Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities
exchanges or markets and the Company, as considered necessary or advisable under
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time (the "Exchange
Act");

     (2) seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities
from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators
and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release
any such information to such attorney-in-fact (or designated agent of such
attorney-in-fact) and approves and ratifies any such release of information; and

     (3) perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned
in connection with the foregoing.

     The undersigned acknowledges that:

     (1) this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each such
attorney-in-fact to act in his discretion on information provided to such
attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;

     (2) any documents prepared and/or executed by any such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such
form and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact,
in his or her discretion, deems necessary or advisable;

     (3) neither the Company nor any of such attorneys-in-fact assumes (i) any
liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirement of
the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to
comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the
undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

     (4) this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the
Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

     The undersigned hereby gives and grants each of the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about
the foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that each such
attorney-in-fact of, for and on behalf of the undersigned shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

     This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 27th day of March, 2006.


                                        /s/ William F. Bahl
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                                        William F. Bahl