5 Ways Clear Vision Will Improve Your Life!
Few things are better than waking up in the morning and being able to see everything clearly without scrambling to find your glasses. What a lot of people take for granted is the number one reward after LASIK surgery – clear, crisp vision. Aside from the little things like watching the bird outside of your…
Read MoreNew Year, New Vision! Getting LASIK in 2018
Every year around this time, there’s a frenzy as people are trying to decide what their New Year’s resolution is going to be. Are you committing to going to the gym every week? Committing to a new, healthy diet? Maybe you want to develop your skills in a certain area or save up your money….
Read MoreGive the Gift of Clear Vision This Holiday
This holiday, what are you planning on buying for your spouse? Sibling? Best friend? Now, think about how those gifts will benefit them over time. That book, kitchen appliance, or video game won’t last forever. Why not make an investment that will stick with your loved one for a lifetime? Give them the joy of…
Read MoreCan Cataracts Grow Back?
Getting cataract surgery, even though it’s a safe, effective routine procedure, can be scary to say the least. No one likes to know that they need eye surgery, but it turns out that most people will probably undergo cataract surgery at some point in their lives. People like to know that their pre-surgery anxiety was…
Read MoreWhat Did Myopic People Do Before Glasses or LASIK?
You probably know quite a few people who live with nearsightedness, or myopia. Maybe you even have it yourself! What many people don’t know is that myopia is increasing at an alarming rate. In fact, it is estimated that roughly 4.7 billion people will be myopic by 2050. That’s right – BILLION. That’s almost half…
Read More5 More LASIK Facts You Should Know
LASIK surgery is actually one of the most common elective procedures worldwide. It is used as an option to treat vision problems and has been approved since the mid-90’s. 80 percent of adults in the United States are candidates for LASIK surgery. Have you ever thought about getting LASIK surgery but something held you back?…
Read MoreGlaucoma Screening in the Aging Eye and New Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgeries (MIGS)
by Terrence Doherty, MD “How often should I have my eyes examined?” This is one of the most common questions that I hear from my patients. The answer, of course, depends on many factors. These include age, medical history, family history, and the presence of any ocular disease. Certainly anyone who has an…
Read MoreWhy Halloween and Your Glasses Aren’t Friends
During October, many people painstakingly curate items over the month that will become their perfect, award-winning Halloween costume. After all of that hard work, what a shame it would be to have to wear glasses to see, effectively breaking the illusion that you actually are Bram Stoker’s Dracula. (Everyone knows Dracula didn’t need glasses, you…
Read MoreAre Cataracts Really Unavoidable?
No one wants to hear those three, short words: “You have cataracts”. Yet, it is more likely than not that you will hear those three words at some point during your life. You may have heard before that developing cataracts is just as much a part of life as developing wrinkles and age spots. But…
Read MorePre-LASIK Questions: “What is a Laser?”
Thinking about LASIK surgery? We get it, there are a lot of questions. Aside from the common questions like “will it hurt?” or “how much does it cost?” there is a lot that people don’t ask about LASIK and how it works. You’ve heard all of these buzzwords and plenty of medical jargon, such as…
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