Your eye doctor can correct your high astigmatism with toric lenses. Eye experts say that these lenses usually take more effort to fit than ordinary soft lenses. Usually, you may fit many types of toric lenses before you achieve the best level of comfort, fit, and vision. These custom-made toric lenses are for people who suffer from unusually high astigmatism. They may take longer to deliver and are costlier than the regular toric lenses. If you are considering these custom toric contact lenses, here are your available options.

Estimated to affect around 1 in every 2000 patients, keratoconus is a progressive eye condition that is most often diagnosed during the later teenager or early adult years. While it isn’t painful and will not cause total vision loss, it can cause significant difficulties with your eyesight that mean that you are reliant on a corrective solution in order to see more clearly.

Macular degeneration, also known as age-related macular degeneration due to its prevalence amongst older-patients or AMD for short, is a painless condition that causes the gradual loss of our central vision. Although total blindness is rare, patients who experience it can find that it makes many of their day to day activities much more difficult than they would usually be.

The United States has a myopia epidemic. The number of school age children wearing glasses is higher than ever before. Different theories of why more children are developing myopia are the increase in time spent indoors with near point activities, computers, cell phones, television and electronic games. Inherited myopia is but a small percentage of “ school myopia”.

Here’s what you need to know about just why routine eye exams are so important.

Many people have never heard of the ocular condition that takes its name from its primary symptom – dry eyes. Nevertheless, there are far more people suffering from dry eyes than you probably realize. You have likely experienced it yourself at some point during your lifetime, although it probably resolved itself without the need for professional intervention. Unfortunately, many people who experience dry eyes go on to become chronic sufferers of the condition. Their symptoms may get better or worse, but they never completely go away.

Many people don’t realize that when it comes to contact lenses, there isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach. Just like with choosing glasses frames and lens types, there are also a variety of different contact lenses to select from. To ensure that your lenses both work for you and are comfortable to wear, it is important to find the type that is best suited to your needs. This is where our expert team comes in. With expert knowledge and plenty of experience, we can help you to find the ideal contact lenses to fit your eyes and your lifestyle. In the meantime, here is what you need to know about some of the different types of contact lenses.

Orthokeratology – or Ortho-K for short – is a revolutionary new treatment that uses custom-designed gas-permeable contact lenses to reshape the eyes while you sleep. In doing this, it enables patients who would ordinarily rely on glasses or contact lenses to correct their vision to enjoy a whole day of clear vision without the need for prescription eyewear.

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Dry Romeu Eye Associates Offers Help for Dry Eye Syndrome Dry eyes have become a common problem that affects people of all ages. Computer work, contact lens wear and medications are..