Macular degeneration is one of the leading causes of blindness in the world. Most often, it’s an age related disease, and is often referred to as Age Related Macular Degeneration. This disease affects over 13 million people in America. What does it do? Macular Degeneration slowly breaks down the macula, the light-sensitive area of the retina, which gives [...]
You can buy contacts at your local eye doctor’s office, but that office gets lenses from somewhere. Do you know that you can buy contact lens direct and just bypass the local place where you get contacts? You can and there’s no reason why you shouldn’t. If you’ve noticed, often the contacts your eye doctor [...]
Being able to buy your contact lenses by mail is a real plus for a busy person. However there are some risks so you should be sure to research the process thoroughly before you decide to get your contacts by mail. Some opticians will set you up on a schedule to receive contacts by mail. [...]
For many people, laser eye surgery doesn’t seem to be much of an option because they are worried or afraid of what the treatment entails. Naturally, it may seem frightening at first – and it isn’t the most inexpensive venture, either – but the benefits can outweigh the cons by far and undergoing this elective [...]
Vision changes With aging, the quality of vision worsens due to reasons independent of aging eye diseases. The area of the pupil governs the amount of light that can reach the retina. The extent to which the pupil dilates also decreases with age. Because of the smaller pupil size, older eyes receive much less light [...]