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This is really your decision to make based on 1) how happy you are with glasses or contact lenses and 2) your tolerance for a) risk and b) cost. LASIK is never necessary in the sense we think of for medical treatment. For that reason, it is not covered or reimbursed...

If a cataract is truly not affecting your vision at all, you don't need to have anything done. Cataracts typically advance, but very slowly. So when it does become an issue for you, you can safely wait until then and still get the same good result. Are...

It would help to know more precisely what you mean by "corrective eye procedure." I presume you are referring to myopia/astigmatism correcting surgery (like LASIK) and not glaucoma or cataract surgery. If so, there are several procedures that can be done to correct...

Why do doctors put a lens in the eye after removing a cataract? Is it possible to remove a cataract without surgery? What are the chances of having a cataract again, after surgery? This question shows how we eye doctors could be doing a much better job educating our...

There are two conventions used among eye doctors on how to notate a typical glasses prescription: minus cylinder or plus cylinder. They are functionally the same (at least at the level of accuracy required in spectacle lenses). In effect, it depends on whether you...

There are two reasons eye doctors dilate your eyes. The more obvious one is to be able to see better to the back of the eye. A dilated pupil also allows your eye doctor to see further out to the sides and exam the peripheral retina. This is not easily observable through a...

Astigmatism is the lack of the eye having a single focal point. In an astigmatic eye, irregularities in the cornea or lens cause there to be a range of focal points, e.g. the eye might be -3.00 Diopters nearsighted vertically, but -4.50 D. horizontally. We would say...

It depends on what reason it is being performed and how long you expect the results to last. If it is to correct myopia (nearsightedness), laser vision correction can be done, but the results will not be as permanent nor as good as in a person under the age of 40. This...