Articles on eye health: vision changes, cataract, glaucoma, dry eye and laser vision correction. Sudden vision loss, flashes or severe eye pain are emergencies; these articles say so clearly.
Retinal detachment surgery urgency depends on whether the macula, the center of the retina responsible for detailed vision, is still attached. Macula-on detachments are…
Astigmatism treatment options fall into three groups: glasses, contact lenses (including toric soft lenses and rigid or scleral lenses for irregular corneas), and surgery…
A so-called smart lens is not an electronic device. It is a fixed artificial intraocular lens, usually a multifocal, trifocal or extended-depth-of-focus design, implanted…
Robotic and laser-assisted eye surgery hand certain cutting and measuring steps to a computer-guided device, while the surgeon still plans and completes the operation.…
After LASEK surgery, sun protection means wearing UV-blocking, preferably wraparound, sunglasses outdoors from the first day, keeping them on through the weeks when the…
An intraocular lens replaces the eye's natural lens, usually after cataract removal, and is set to focus at a chosen distance. Most people see…
Sudden distortion in macular degeneration, where straight lines bend or ripple over hours to days, can signal that the dry form has converted to…
During a retinal injection appointment, your vision and eye pressure are checked, the eye is numbed with anesthetic drops or gel, the surface is…
SMILE eye surgery works by using a femtosecond laser to cut a thin, lens-shaped disc of tissue, called a lenticule, inside the cornea, then…
Before retina surgery, two imaging tests do most of the work. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) gives a cross-section of the retina, showing whether the…
A custom prosthetic eye is usually made by an ocularist over several visits, typically starting around six to eight weeks after eye removal surgery…
A vitrectomy is performed through three tiny ports in the white of the eye, usually under local anesthesia with sedation. The surgeon inserts a…
Before laser treatment for farsightedness, ask your care team which procedure they propose and why, how high and how stable your prescription is, how…
Strabismus surgery realigns the eyes by repositioning one or more of the six small muscles attached to the outside of each eyeball. A surgeon…
Laser treatment corrects myopia by reshaping the cornea, the clear front window of the eye. In a nearsighted eye, light focuses in front of…
No. Custom or wavefront-guided LASIK, often marketed as Super LASIK, is not reserved for complex prescriptions. It uses a detailed optical map of each…
A drooping eyelid usually needs surgery when the lid margin sits low enough to block the upper or central field of vision, when it…
LASEK and PRK are surface laser treatments that reshape the cornea without cutting a flap, so eye surgeons often suggest them for people whose…
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