Posts Tagged Refractive Error

  • Option for Less Dependence on Glasses Option for Less Dependence on Glasses

    By Richard Phinney, M.D. Eye Surgeons Associates The most well known procedure to eliminate or reduce dependence on glasses or contacts today is LASIK. By using laser energy to reshape the front surface of the eye (the cornea) nearsightedness, and some farsightedness and astigmatism, can be cor...

  • Why Dilate? Why Dilate?

    By James Wymore, M.D. Eye Surgeons Associates A trip to the eye doctor. It’s not always a favorite activity, and on top of that, one sometimes has to endure the annoyance of dilation. It lengthens the time in the doctor’s office, it makes the eyes sensitive to light, and it may blur at leas...