Holiday Eye Safety

Eye Safety Tips for the Holiday Season The holidays are a joyous time to celebrate the culmination of a wonderful year. However, this celebration can be thrown off-course in the event that an unexpected eye injury or accident occurs. These basic safety tips can help keep you and your [...]

Holiday Eye Safety

Benefits of Blepharoplasty

What are the Benefits of Blepharoplasty? Droopy eyelids are a common condition amongst patients over the age of 50. The eyelids are thin and prone to weakening muscles. As you age, the weakening muscles can contribute to droopy upper eyelids and the buildup of excess fat around the eyes. [...]

Benefits of Blepharoplasty

Styes: What Are They and When Should You Be Concerned?

A stye, or hordeolum, is an inflamed oil gland on the edge of the eyelid that is typically caused by a bacterial infection. A stye presents itself as a painful, red, and swollen bump on the inside of the eyelid or on the lash line. In the beginning stages of [...]

Styes: What Are They and When Should You Be Concerned?

Managing Your Diabetic Eye Disease

November is diabetic eye disease awareness month. Diabetic eye diseases are a group of eye complications that can develop in patients diagnosed with diabetes. While the body struggles to break down sugar naturally and glucose levels increase, the eyes can become susceptible to damaged blood vessels. As a result, [...]

Managing Your Diabetic Eye Disease

Is Lasik Eye Surgery Right For You?

The cornea typically bends light onto the retina at the back of the eye. However, in eyes with nearsightedness (myopia), farsightedness (hyperopia), and astigmatism, the light does not bend correctly, resulting in blurred vision. LASIK eye surgery is a common procedure to treat the visual problems associated with nearsightedness, [...]

Is Lasik Eye Surgery Right For You?

Understanding Flashes and Floaters

Flashes and floaters are painless phenomena caused by the shrinking of the eye’s vitreous (the gel-like fluid in between the lens and the retina) that occurs due to aging. They are common in adults over the age of 50. Flashes look like lightning or camera flashes, whereas floaters appear [...]

Understanding Flashes and Floaters

Entropion vs Ectropion

Eyelids that are functioning properly will seal tightly over the eyeball when closed. Not only does this allow the eye to stay moisturized by preventing tears from drying, but it also protects it from external harm. Entropion and ectropion refer to two different eyelid abnormalities affecting the eyelid’s structure [...]

Entropion vs Ectropion

What Can You Expect After Cataract Surgery?

Cataracts can cause blurriness in your vision as the lens becomes increasingly clouded. An ophthalmologist might recommend cataract surgery when this visual impairment affects your daily activities. Cataract surgery is a common and safe procedure in which an ophthalmologist will remove your clouded natural lens and replace it with [...]

What Can You Expect After Cataract Surgery?

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