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What Chemicals Burn the Eye?
Many chemicals, including several commonly found around the house, can cause severe injury if they get into the eyes. Acids vs Bases Both acids, or chemicals with a pH lower than 7, and bases, chemicals with a pH higher than 7, can injure the eyes. Most...
What is a Posterior Vitreous Detachment or PVD?
A posterior vitreous detachment, or PVD, is an eye condition that is quite common with age. This condition is a natural part of the aging process but can cause other, more problematic conditions. What is the Vitreous? Inside the eye, there is a jelly-like...
Why Should I Buy Glasses From My Optometrist?
Why Should I Buy Glasses from my Optometrist? Today a patient has more options than ever to purchase a new pair of glasses. Many patients wonder if they should buy glasses from their optometrist if they sell glasses in an optical. This is certainly a fair question!...
What Causes Bumps on Your Eyelid?
Any bump on or around the eyelid is abnormal but most are not cancerous. These bumps are often cysts, inflammatory responses, or buildup of substances in the eyelids. Where Eyelid Bumps Can Occur Bumps on the eyelid can occur anywhere on the lid, lash line, or...
How to Protect Your Eyes from UV Light
As summer approaches, more time will be spent outdoors enjoying the longer days, warmer weather, and, especially, lots of sunshine! While time outdoors is a great way to get active and can be a benefit to health, protecting your eyes from the UV light of the sun...
What is an Ocular Migraine?
You are sitting at home one quiet Sunday afternoon reading the paper, and suddenly the words you are trying to read blur. Nothing you do helps the situation, reading glasses, rubbing your eyes, artificial tears—the words are just blurred out, almost as if they never...
New Eyedrops Can Treat Droopy Eyelids (Ptosis)
Another new eyedrop sweeping the nation is the “eye lift drop” better known as Upneeq. Upneeq is a prescription strength eye drop used to lift the eyelids higher, giving a person the appearance of being more awake or “brighter eyed”. More specifically, Upneeq is...
What is a Stye?
Most people have heard of, if not experienced for themselves, an eyelid stye. The painful, red, swollen lumpy bump that always seems to appear at the most inconvenient time. What is a Stye? Why do they occur? A stye is better known in the medical community as a...
Vuity Eye Drops: Do the Eye Drops Actually Work?
In the past few weeks, you may have seen a commercial or an add for a new eye drop targeted to improve near vision in presbyopes called Vuity. But what is Vuity? Does it work? We’re here to answer all of your Vuity questions! Presbyopia Presbyopia is the...
How to Keep Your Eyes Healthy
When it comes to the eyes, you only get two! This means we need to do our best the keep them happy and healthy. Before we get into our tips for keeping the eyes healthy, we’ll go over the different ocular structures and how the eyes work. Ocular Anatomy The...