Tired of Your Myopia? Get a New Set of 3D Printed Eyes

If Italian researchers at research studio MHOX are correct, by the year 2027 you’ll be able to say goodbye to your contact lenses, eyeglasses, glaucoma, cataracts, and any other eye/vision condition. How? By replacing your natural eyes with a pair of completely artificially constructed, 3D printed eyeballs. While you may [...]

Tired of Your Myopia? Get a New Set of 3D Printed Eyes

If You’re Over 40, Say Hello to Presbyobia

With age may come wisdom, but it also brings an assortment of issues with your body: wrinkles, joint pain, age spots, even cataracts. And, when you pass 40, usually presbyopia. Presbyopia is a natural consequence of aging, this time of the eye. Presbyopia is not a disease; it is the [...]

If You’re Over 40, Say Hello to Presbyobia

You Are What You Eat — Can the Foods You Eat Improve Your Eyesight?

Since you were little, your Mom told you to eat your carrots. “They’ll help you see better,” she said. Is this true? Can you get Superman’s x-ray vision simply by eating enough carrots to make you feel like a character from Watership Down? Although not directly correlated to improved vision [...]

You Are What You Eat — Can the Foods You Eat Improve Your Eyesight?

Variations in How Our Eyes Perceive Color – The Dress That Nearly Broke the Internet

If you didn’t see the photo of the infamous dress, you probably heard about it. No, not the latest Kim Kardashian waste of time, but a simple dress worn to a February wedding in Scotland. It was a dress with bands of two colors. The issue isn’t the dress itself; [...]

Variations in How Our Eyes Perceive Color – The Dress That Nearly Broke the Internet

Advanced Technology Implants for Cataract Patients

There are many factors that can cause a patient to develop cataracts, a condition where the lens, found behind the iris and the pupil, becomes clouded: aging, eye trauma, excessive sun exposure, disease inside the eye, family history, smoking, diabetes, and poor nutrition. No matter the underlying cause, it is [...]

Advanced Technology Implants for Cataract Patients

Common Questions and Answers About Botox®

Botox Botox Cosmetic, first approved for aesthetic use by the FDA in 2002, is the most popular cosmetic procedure. It effectively turns back the clock on facial aging, particularly in the areas around the eyes and on the forehead, reducing or eliminating the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. How [...]

Common Questions and Answers About Botox®

Do You Suffer From Macular Degeneration?

The macula helps your eye focus on centrally located items. This includes things like television and faces. While central vision is only about 3% of vision, if damaged it can lead to blindness in a practical sense. Macular damage can prevent patients from being able to watch television, use computers, [...]

Do You Suffer From Macular Degeneration?

Facts and Risks Associated with Vision Correction Surgery

If you’ve worn glasses or contact lenses for awhile, you may be ready to get rid of them. One available option is vision correction surgery. Eye doctors first successfully performed vision correction surgery in the 1970s, and new technology is coming out regularly. Eye surgery can help with the following [...]

Facts and Risks Associated with Vision Correction Surgery

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