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LASIK is approved by the FDA (in various lasers) up to -12 Diopters of myopia (nearsightedness) over the age of 18. It should only be performed in patients with normal corneas and in people without serious dry eye conditions or systemic disease that might create...

Unfortunately, there really is no way to "organically" improve eyesight in the way I suspect you mean. Certainly if there has been poor nutrition with vitamin deficiencies/inadequate calorie intake, correcting these will help restore what should have been the...

Cataract surgery, like any surgical procedure, is subject to complications. These can occur even if the surgeon has done a perfect job and the patient is 100% careful and compliant with post-op meds, limiting activity as directed. The "big 3" potential problems...

It depends how accurate you want to be. There are a number of on-line glasses retailers that offer home-based, internet vision testing and refraction (which is better:#1 or #2). This can be done, but not to the degree of accuracy that can be achieved under the...

The doctors and staff at Woodhams Eye Clinic are excited to be the first clinic in Atlanta to use the AcrySof®IQ PanOptix® Trifocal Intraocular Lens (IOL). PanOptix® is the first and only trifocal lens for patients undergoing Prelex® or cataract surgery....

The decision of whether LASIK is "worth it" depends on how unhappy you are with your current vision. You might imagine the out-of-pocket cost of LASIK would be directly related to how nearsighted you are: you would be getting more "value" for the money treating a higher...

Is the Earth a sphere? More or less. It depends how accurately and detailed you want to measure them. The globe (eyeball) is shaped more like a pear: It has a "bulge" on the front where the cornea, iris, and natural lens are. The curvature of the corneal surface is...

This is actually the same question as "Why do we have to physically age?" Presbyopia and "cataract" are the inevitable effects of aging in the natural lens of the eye. The gradual loss of function is similar to what age does to our skin, hair, bones, and joints....