Contact lens options appear to be limitless. While soft contact lenses are the most popular among patients and eye care professionals, numerous other contact lens options can provide comfortable, clear vision. Rigid gas permeable lenses, as well as newer scleral or hybrid lenses, are commonly used to provide visual correction for those who struggle with […]
Dry eye and allergies are common eye problems. If you’ve ever typed your symptoms in a search engine, you’ve likely noticed similarities between these conditions. So, is the link more than a coincidence, or can allergies lead to dry eye? Unfortunately, allergies can contribute to dry eye. But the conditions are different. Knowing the difference […]
Chances are, if you are reading this you’re like a couple of our doctors and are over 40. (It’s hard to believe that we’re here, but it’s happened.) Along with needing a standby fire truck when we blow out our birthday candles, in our 40s we tend to start showing our age. Fine lines start […]
Contact lenses can be a great vision correction option for years, even if cataracts start to cloud your vision. But as the cataracts continue to develop, they’ll get to a point where surgery is your best route for clear vision. For some patients, cataract surgery allows them to see at all distances without vision correction. […]
Vision therapy is an incredible tool that has been used for decades to help adult and child patients with a multitude of visual disorders. It also helps improve learning, memory, thinking, executive functions, and attention. Vision therapy is well-researched and the brain science helping us understand how it works keeps getting better and better. The […]
The prevalence of myopia or nearsightedness is increasing in the United States and globally. In the U.S. alone, one in four parents has a child with myopia. It’s a common eye problem in children, but many may not even be aware they are experiencing eye issues. How do you then know if your child has […]
Planning for IPL When you have dry eye, you deserve treatment that can help you feel relief. Finding an appropriate dry eye therapy for your unique eyes can involve a combination of treatments, from artificial tears to in-office technology. One option for severe dry eye is IPL. The treatment can improve symptoms for patients with […]
Dry eyes can be irritating and uncomfortable, but your eye doctor has ways to help relieve your symptoms. One way to do this is with IPL therapy, an innovative treatment for inflamed eyes. If you’re interested in IPL treatment, how does it work? Continue reading to learn more about dry eyes, what IPL is, how […]
There is so much more to your vision than clarity. Behind the scenes, dozens of intricate systems work together to support your sight, track objects, and support coordination. Each system is essential to how you use your vision, but what happens when you have an eye issue like amblyopia? How might your vision change? And […]
When we think of an eyeball, we generally imagine it being perfectly round. However, there are many corneal irregularities that can change the shape of the eye, like keratoconus. Irregularly shaped corneas change how the eye looks, and how light is refracted to the back of the eye, which creates the crisp image we see. […]
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