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March 17, 2023

Choosing to wear eyeglasses or contact lenses for vision correction generally depends on personal preferences, which includes lifestyle, comfort, convenience and budget. One is not necessarily better than the other; each has its advantages and disadvantages in terms of vision,…

March 14, 2023

Each day on job sites across the U.S over 2,000 eye injuries occur and one in ten of those injuries required missed days of work to recover. Of the total amount of work-related eye injuries that occur, 10 to 20…

March 10, 2023

LASIK Eye Surgery and PRK are types of refractive eye surgery. They treat vision problems like nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. Both LASIK and PRK use a laser to reshape the cornea, the clear outer layer of your eye that focuses light so you…

March 3, 2023

Many vision conditions that adversely affect a person’s ability to are related to the eyelids. And these conditions have many names. For this edition of Everyday InSight, we are going to study two terms: “ptosis” and “lazy eye.” Specifically, we…

January 18, 2023

We at SightMD receive many vision-related questions from our patients as well as the general public. One frequent topic of curiosity concerns the breakthrough operation in eye surgery known as LASIK eye surgery. And the question that is top-of-mind among people is…

January 17, 2023

Yes, you’re reading that title correctly. The condition of the term “drooping eyelids”or, to use the medical term—ptosis does indeed exist. Drooping eyelids can make you look tired and older, regardless of your energy level. Many people want to keep their…

January 11, 2023

One reason that people put off scheduling any kind of medical checkup is the fear of getting a serious diagnosis. While it is only human nature to have this concern, that’s the purpose of having health checks. Where eyesight is…

January 6, 2023

You may have heard of the term “eye floaters,” but may not be sure what they mean. Or, you may have seen (literally) what appear to be small dark spots or squiggly lines moving across your field of vision. If…

December 16, 2022

Cataracts, as SightMD has explained, is a not uncommon condition where the lens of the eye becomes clouded. And while there are a variety of causes that lead to a diagnosis of cataracts, many of our patients wonder about symptoms and side…