The lightweight, unobtrusive nature of contact lenses has made them a popular choice for vision correction. If you've ever had a pair of eyeglasses fly off during a gym workout, or had them fog up on a cold day, then you can appreciate the freedom...
Your question illustrates the unintended consequences of using what is arguably an outdated term: "cataract." Being 1) a noun and 2) requiring surgical removal to fix, a "cataract" seems similar in nature to a "tumor" or a "gall bladder." But "cataract" is the word we inherited...
Contact lenses have come a long way since the late 1800s, when the earliest models were made from blown glass. New contact lens technology is constantly being developed, resulting in more comfortable, safe, and effective lenses made from better materials. Check out a few of...
What vitamins are good for your eyes? Some vitamins and minerals may help maintain good eye health, and getting extra amounts of these won't hurt you. Most of us living in the United States are fortunate enough to enjoy a quality diet and don't have...
We see with our eyes, right? Surprisingly perhaps, but the answer is "No." We see with our brain, the part with the most neuronal connections, by the way. The Occipital Cortex is dedicated to assembling the most useful virtual image of all that sensory data coming...
It shouldn't keep progressing really. There are a number of things that your ophthalmologist would want to know to determine the cause. One (which LASIK patients seldom remember) is: How much myopia was treated at the time of your surgery in diopters (your glasses prescription)? This is important...
If everything goes well, there is really not much difference at all in the safety or visual outcomes. Do you have trouble seeing at night? Night vision problems, such as trouble adjusting different light conditions, are called night blindness. WebMD explains that night blindness can be caused by...
Irregular astigmatism is by definition any astigmatism not correctable with a spectacle lens. [This assumes the spectacle lens is spherocylindrical which almost always the case.] It is usually caused by asymmetrical irregularities of the corneal surface. A contact lens, however, seated on the eye over the cornea, can...
Not all contact solution is created equal. You and your eye doctor have likely spent considerable time choosing your ideal contact lenses, so be sure to spend a little time choosing what products you will use to care for them. This one may have a higher risk...
Nobody can truly say why we become myopic (nearsighted) as occurs during the growth years (mostly the teen years). Many people have theorized that stressing the focusing power of the eye muscle that controls near vision at an early age contributes to a person becoming myopic. It is a...
