Glaucoma and LASIK are totally separate issues, not related in any causal way. What you may be thinking of is the issue of measuring intraocular pressure after LASIK. High eye pressure is one of the more important diagnostic signs of glaucoma. So in patients with...
Continue ReadingI am not sure what you mean exactly by "sensitive eyes" but I am assuming you may be referring to chronic irritation, redness, or perhaps dryness. Any laser vision treatment of the your eye's cornea is going to change it permanently. Most of these changes are very...
Continue ReadingNo, in my opinion. Only one of the LASIK lasers approved by the FDA are labeled for treatments up to -12 Diopters. But most all responsible LASIK surgeons I know recognize that the upper limits of safely treating nearsightedness (myopia) with either LASIK or PRK is...
Continue ReadingThere would be no need to do this, even if it were possible! The cornea is only one of two "focusing elements" in the human eye, the other being the natural lens (just behind the iris and pupil). LASIK works by decreasing the focus of the cornea through thinning it...
Continue ReadingYou are referring to Vuity®, a 1.25% solution of an old glaucoma eye drop called pilocarpine. Realize this is NOT going to help myopia (nearsightedness) or most kinds of astigmatism at all. It is only going to (possibly) help people in the process of losing their near...
Continue ReadingVitreous floaters can be quite annoying as you have apparently discovered. They consist of tiny condensations of the vitreous, the transparent jell that fills the eye. Since the vitreous has no purpose after childhood, it just serves as a source of such side-effects in...
Continue ReadingMost people think LASIK = Any ocular surgery to correct the need for wearing glasses. This is not actually the case -there are a number of different ocular procedures to "get rid of glasses" of which LASIK is the most well-known. Some of these involve lasering the cornea...
Continue ReadingMore annoyance than real ocular or visual problems. People who experience posterior vitreous detachment often must deal with the floaters, blobs, and "lint" they see sloshing around their field of view. These are actually suspended vitreous condensations and will...
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