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30 Jan Do I really need to wear my glasses even when I’m doing simple tasks in my house? Why or why not?

Posted at 18:42h in Uncategorized by woodhamseyedev

No, in general you can wear your glasses in those situations where you really need to see better than you do without them. Not wearing glasses will not cause any damage to your eyes nor will this worsen (or improve) your uncorrected vision. While there...

16 Jan Why are multifocal lenses for cataract surgery not suggested to some people?

Posted at 18:51h in Uncategorized by woodhamseyedev

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...

16 Jan New Relief for Chronic Dry Eyes?

Posted at 18:44h in Uncategorized by woodhamseyedev

Millions of people suffer from chronic dry eye, blepharitis, meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) and meibomitis. Treatment of these patients has been a difficult task for optometrists and ophthalmologists. Indeed, a significant number of patients who seek relief for these chronic and debilitating conditions will bounce from doctor to doctor...

02 Jan Ophthalmologist Sandy Springs

Posted at 18:53h in Uncategorized by woodhamseyedev

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...

02 Jan What should I do, Contoura Vision or Relex Smile, when having dry eyes?

Posted at 18:50h in Uncategorized by woodhamseyedev

If you really have dry eyes, it is probably not a good idea to have either one done -or PRK or any other kind of LASIK either. Dry Eye is by far the most common undesirable side-effect with any laser vision correction. It is rarely more than a temporary issue...

19 Dec How quickly do cataracts progress?

Posted at 18:57h in Uncategorized by woodhamseyedev

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...

05 Dec Playing Sports in Glasses or Contacts: Read This First

Posted at 19:01h in Uncategorized by woodhamseyedev

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...

05 Dec Does the PRK surgery solve the cylinder problems too in a case of a patient who has myopia and cylinder issues?

Posted at 18:55h in Uncategorized by woodhamseyedev

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...

21 Nov Is the Contact Lens Expiration Date Important?

Posted at 18:58h in Uncategorized by woodhamseyedev

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...

21 Nov Is it possible to have better than 20/20 vision with LASIK?

Posted at 15:21h in Uncategorized by woodhamseyedev

Yes, it is. This is not so much a matter of how far you "push" the LASIK, though, it is about how well your eye has the potential to see. 20/20 is average good visual acuity, not perfect vision. Most young people can actually see better than...