Dry eye disease, also known as keratoconjunctivitis sicca, is a prevalent condition that affects the eyes' ability to produce tears. This can result in dry, irritated, and uncomfortable eyes. Compared to men, women are more likely to have dry eye disease. The condition can be caused by age, certain medications, and underlying medical conditions.

Myopia is a refractive error that affects many people, especially young children. As kids' eyes tend to grow faster, their nearsightedness progresses quickly. Early detection is ideal for starting treatment to control the condition. Your optometrist may recommend various techniques for slowing or reducing its progression. 

Do your tears dry up too fast and leave your eyes feeling dry? If so, intense pulsed light (IPL) treatment can help you. IPL is a new type of light therapy that treats evaporative dry eyes. Evaporative dry eye is the most common type of dry eye. It occurs when your eyes’ oil glands (meibomian glands) swell and cannot produce quality tears that adequately cover your eyes.

PosEYEdon® contacts are FDA-approved gas-permeable lenses customized to fit the eye precisely. The intuitive contact lens provides clear vision, comfort, and ocular health. The lenses vault over the cornea, resting on the sclera, providing space for moisturizing saline solution.

Dry eye and seasonal allergies can be hard to distinguish. They share some symptoms like irritation, burning sensation, or scratchiness. If you are experiencing such symptoms but are unsure what the problem could be, read on to learn whether you have dry eye or seasonal allergies.

What if you knew of a way of improving communication between your eyes and brain? Vision therapy is a way of improving your visual system and ensuring that it operates at optimal levels. It is an individualized program that works on children, adults, and athletes.

Regardless of age, it is important that everyone gets the health of their eyes and their vision checked on a regular basis. As a parent or guardian of a child, you will be responsible for making sure that their eyes are in good health and that they have clear vision. Of course, the best way to make this happen is taking them for their regular routine eye exams.

Dry eye is one of the most common eye conditions, yet many people don’t even realize that they have it. The condition clearly takes its name from the main symptom that it causes, but it also has a range of other debilitating effects, from blurred vision and itchy, scratchy eyes, to redness and eye pain.

Tears are essential for your eye health as they lubricate the eye surface. Whenever you blink, a tear film sweeps over the surface of your eye. A thin layer of fatty compounds called lipids preserves the watery tear layer on your eyes.

If you are like many people, you’ll think there is a lot of mystery in an eye doctor's appointment. This is especially so if you have never been to an optometrist's office before. For starters, an appointment with an eye doctor is so the optometrist can run a series of procedures and tests on you in a comprehensive eye exam.