We've all been there. You realize too late that you've slept in day-wear contacts, or left town without bringing a contact case for your lenses. No big deal, we tell ourselves. Or is it? You probably won't suffer immediate consequences from neglecting your contacts occasionally. Many...
We've all been there. You realize too late that you've slept in day-wear contacts, or left town without bringing a contact case for your lenses. No big deal, we tell ourselves. Or is it? You probably won't suffer immediate consequences from neglecting your contacts occasionally. Many...
Vuity® is the brand name for a medical eye drop recently FDA approved to reduce the blurry near vision caused by presbyopia in middle-aged adults. The active ingredient in Vuity® is a very old ocular medicine once used to treat glaucoma: pilocarpine. But the concentration (1.25%) is much...
One's vision and one's glasses prescription have only a loose correlation. Of course, the higher the Rx number means in general the worse the distance vision. But there isn't any sort of "-3.00 Diopters = 20/400" and "-4.00 D. = 20/800" visual acuity relationship. Once...
Vitreous "floaters" are the annoying, slightly out-of-focus remnants of the once transparent gel that filled the eye as a child. Since the vitreous has no purpose in the adult eye, it degenerates over time, leaving the floaters suspended loosely in the eye. They typically settle with...
