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It shouldn't keep progressing really. There are a number of things that your ophthalmologist would want to know to determine the cause. One (which LASIK patients seldom remember) is: How much myopia was treated at the time of your surgery in diopters (your glasses...

Since a cataract is a cloudy natural lens, every cataract operation involves replacing it with a new, artificial lens implant: an IOL (Intraocular Lens Implant). The cost of the "entry level" IOL is included in the packaged fee that Medicare pays to the ambulatory...

A cataract/IOL or PreLex™ procedure typically takes about 15 minutes of the surgeon's time once he sits down. The time a patient spends in the OR is usually about 20-30 minutes including prep. Most patients should plan on spending about 2-3 hours total from arriving to...

"Optically empty vitreous" means that there are no visible floaters, veils, opacities, or rings suspended within the vitreous gel filling the eye behind its natural lens. It is not a problem and indeed is actually a desirable state although rarely found in a...

There is no non-surgical way to get rid of floaters or other vitreous problems. Vitreous floaters are a normal part of aging and only rarely a sign of something vision-threatening. They are more common in nearsighted (myopic) people and often reported after cataract/IOL...

No. Wearing glasses only re-directs light to a different focal point. Using glasses does not make your visual acuity worse with time. Nor does not wearing them affect your underlying refractive problem (glasses prescription). Written by J. Trevor Woodhams, M.D. - Chief of...

These are actually two very different conditions. Presbyopia is the gradual loss of near vision due to the slow, progressive aging of the natural lens of the eye. The only definitive "cure" for this is a presbyopia-correcting lens implant (IOL). It is possible to "trick"...

Very likely. The answer to this question is not quite as straightforward as you might think, however. For example, the % of eyes achieving 20/20 or better depends upon how nearsighted the patient is, whether pre-op best-corrected visual acuity is 20/20, how much...