Archive for October 2024

Many people getting ready to have cataract surgery ask me, “Do I have to have a physical before my cataract surgery?” Well, it really matters what one means by “have to.” There are numerous studies that indicate that, for the purpose of upcoming eye surgery, there isn’t much benefit to the physical. However, it is…

Does it ever make sense to use glasses that are “too strong”? In young patients whose eyes deviate out (instead of crossing in), eye doctors will sometimes use glasses that are designed to correct more near-sightedness than the patient actually has. The idea is that this stimulates patients to correct their own eyes against the…