A cataract is a clouding of the eye’s natural lens, which can eventually impact vision. If cataracts are making it difficult for you to engage in your normal activities of daily living, your eye doctor may recommend cataract surgery.
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Celebrate National Glaucoma Awareness Month By Understanding Your Risk Factors and Eye Health
Glaucoma is the blanket term for a group of conditions that damage the optic nerve and affect vision, typically due to high intraocular pressure (IOP). Often called the silent thief of sight, glaucoma can cause vision loss before you experience symptoms and can’t be restored.
Continue Reading →When Is Corneal Cross-Linking Recommended for Keratoconus Patients?
Keratoconus is a non-inflammatory eye condition that warps the corneal shape into a dome, causing the tissue to weaken and bulge like a cone. People with keratoconus struggle to see clearly, and treatments are offered to slow the progression and improve the corneal shape.
Continue Reading →Light Adjustable Lens (LAL) Offers Better Vision Correction with Revolutionary Implant
Cataracts form in the natural crystalline lenses of the eyes and cause them to harden and become clouded, leading to vision loss and other impairments. Cataract surgery is a highly successful procedure that replaces the cloudy natural eye lens with an intraocular lens (IOL) implant.
Continue Reading →Preventing Eye Injuries at Home: Celebrate Home Eye Safety Month
Almost half of all eye injuries occur in and around the home. Most of these accidents can be prevented. To help educate and prevent eye injuries at home, Bay Area corneal specialist Mark Mandel, MD, celebrates Home Eye Safety Month. Here he provides his top tips on how to prevent eye injuries at home.
Continue Reading →3 Benefits of Cataract Surgery for Early Cataracts
Your eye has a clear, natural lens which is crucial to vision. Over time, age and other factors can lead to your eye’s lens becoming cloudy. This cloudiness is known as cataracts. Cataracts can cause a number of issues, including blurred vision. Bay Area early cataract surgeon Mark Mandel, MD, recommends laser cataract surgery for patients suffering from blurry vision due to cataracts. Here, he discusses the three benefits of cataract surgery for early cataracts.
Continue Reading →ICL vs LASIK Surgery: Which Is Better?
If you find glasses or contacts hold you back, or they don’t offer the functional day-to-day vision that you desire, you may choose to undergo laser vision correction surgery (LASIK). Another alternative is to opt for a lesser-known treatment option: implantable contact lenses, or EVO ICLs.
Continue Reading →Your LASIK Options and How These Surgical Techniques Benefit You
LASIK has freed tens of millions of people worldwide from depending on corrective eyewear for good vision. The procedure offers a short surgery and quick recovery in the hands of a skilled LASIK surgeon. Advancements in laser technology have made this refractive surgery even more customizable.
Continue Reading →Does Refractive Lens Exchange Eliminate the Need for Reading Glasses?
Refractive lens exchange (RLE) is also called clear lens extraction and is essentially cataract surgery, except that the removed lens is healthy and crystalline and is not a cataract per se. More and more people in their 40s and older are looking to RLE to reduce the need for distance and reading glasses.
Continue Reading →Having Diabetes May Make You More Likely to Develop Cataracts Earlier
Systemic diseases, including diabetes, are linked to many other conditions and affect many body areas. Diabetes, cataracts and other eye conditions are closely related as your overall health affects ocular wellness. San Jose cataract surgeon and cornea specialist Mark Mandel, MD, explains how diabetes and cataracts are connected.
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