Archive for May 2026

On almost every patient that I see, I start my exam by instilling yellow drops in their eyes. Many patients wonder what purpose they serve. The yellow color comes from fluorescein, a dye that allows me to look at the tears in the eye. Normally, the tear film is clear, so it is harder to…

“My eyes aren’t good anymore because I’m getting old.” I hear this all the time, but I don’t really think that it is true. There’s always a specific issue decreasing the vision that, while it may be more common at older ages, is not something that affects everyone. There are certainly very elderly folks who…

I tend to dilate basically all patients who are new to me. That drives some people crazy!! “Why dilate my eye when I’m just here for this bump on my eyelid?” Here is, in my opinion, one of the fundamental truths of medicine: generally, the earlier that a disease is detected, the easier it is…

Any visitor to this website probably knows that I do eye surgery and specifically cataract surgery. Sometimes, what patients and others don’t realize is that the surgery is done through a microscope. So, I am sitting throughout every surgery with my eyes pointed straight ahead into the eyepieces of the microscope. The light that enters…