These are actually two very different conditions. Presbyopia is the gradual loss of near vision due to the slow, progressive aging of the natural lens of the eye. The only definitive "cure" for this is a presbyopia-correcting lens implant (IOL). It is possible to "trick" presbyopia...
Many of us rub our eyes when we're tired, but the risks of rubbing your eyes aren't worth it. Not only can it lead to infection, it can also damage your vision. So why do we do it? Rubbing your eyes can feel good when...
Yes, it is. Contact lenses are approved as safe by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) but only when used according to your doctor’s instructions. Ignoring proper contact lens care precautions puts you at risk for a wide range of eye complications that can cause...
An implantable "contact lens" (ICL) is a kind of intraocular lens (IOL), like in cataract surgery. In the latter case, a new, artificial lens implant replaces the natural lens which has become discolored and hardened with age and (cataract) . In the case of an implantable "contact...
All doctors, and especially eye doctors, encourage patients to live an active lifestyle. Exercise is important to overall health, and sports are one of the best forms of exercise. But what if you wear corrective lenses? Should you take your contacts out? Is playing sports...
A contact lens expiration date is marked on every individual lens package. Chances are high that you rarely look at that date, for a few reasons: it's just one of a bunch of numbers on a small package, it's not clear why it matters, and generally the...
Cataract, the gradual hardening and clouding of the natural lens of the eye, typically takes many years to develop. It may be a decade or more from the time of diagnosis before the effect on vision gets bad enough to need surgery. There are, however, some...
LASIK and PRK both routinely treat sphero-cylinderical refractive errors (poor focus needing glasses). It would be a mistake, though, to think of sphere+cylinder as equivalent to refractive error just because the former are overwhelmingly the cause of that error . The eye's focus is mostly done by...
Since 1983, the experienced Ophthalmologists at Woodhams Eye Clinic offer personalized vision correction surgery procedures to the residents of Sandy Springs that are safe, comfortable and effective. The doctors at Woodhams use the most advanced technology available, including the latest diagnostic tools, to thoroughly assess vision problems and determine...
Multifocal IOLs (Intraocular Lens Implants) are the most popular and successful of the various IOL designs meant to provide good uncorrected distance and near vision after cataract surgery. So why wouldn't every ophthalmologist suggest them to their patients? There are two main reasons: 1) Multifocal IOLs work...