Contact Lenses and Swimming
Myth: You can wear contact lenses while swimming as long as your eyes do not feel irritated. Fact: Although glasses are not ideal to swim with, contacts are also not…
Myth: You can wear contact lenses while swimming as long as your eyes do not feel irritated. Fact: Although glasses are not ideal to swim with, contacts are also not…
Myth: Wearing only a hat will protect your eyes from the sun. Fact: Although hats do provide some protection from the sun, hats shouldn’t be the only thing you rely…
Behind every good ophthalmologist there is a team of great ophthalmic assistants to lighten his or her burden. They perform preliminary eye function testing and eye scans and tests. They…
Myth: Sunscreen doesn't belong in your eye area. Fact: The skin around the eye is thinner and is more susceptible to damage from the sun’s harmful rays. I know that…
Myth: A cataract is a growth on the white area of your eye. Fact: Inside our eyes, we have a natural lens. The lens bends light to help us see clearly.…
Patients with Keratoconus can often just not get spectacles or contact lenses that they can see clearly with.
Fact: Modern LASIK does not affect night vision and may even improve it.
We see through the cornea, which is the clear front window of the eye. A normal cornea has a dome shape, like a ball. In Keratoconus, however, the structure of the cornea is just not strong enough to hold this round shape. The cornea bulges outward and downward like a cone.