With the winter season comes beautiful decorations, the smell of fresh evergreens, and a surge in eye injuries. These, unfortunately, do not make for happy holidays. Most of these unhappy accidents take place in ways that you would never suspect. Young children who...
There are many different infections and illnesses that can affect our eyes. Some of these are minor, while others are a symptom of a much larger issue. Protecting your vision is one of the best ways to safeguard your long-term health and independence. Despite being...
Halloween is a fun fright-filled time of the year where you get to flex your costume creation skills to their fullest. But if you’re not careful with the cosmetics, things might get scarier and more serious than you want. It may be hard for you to imagine how a...
June is in full swing and stores are starting to stock fireworks in preparation for the Fourth of July. While fireworks can be fun and festive, they can also cause injuries to those who mishandle them, especially to the eyes. Approximately 19% of injuries from...
If you have extreme farsightedness or presbyopia, which is the inability to see objects within close distance or close-up, you may be a candidate for refractive lens exchange surgery, or RLE. RLE is a surgical procedure that is an alternative to LASIK. In RLE, the...
Not everyone is a candidate for LASIK surgery. Factors ranging from age to eye health can affect your candidacy. If you want better eyesight and are open to going through a procedure to get long-lasting results, there may be LASIK surgery alternatives that you can...
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