Contact Lenses Care

The first step in restoring vision is to remove the cloudy lens surgically. This is one of the safest, most successful, and widely performed operations. Of the 400,000 to 600,000 cases performed annually in this country, over 90 percent succeed in helping to restore vision, thanks to improvements in surgical techniques and in the skills of ophthalmic surgeons. Read the rest of this entry »

Contact lenses are, in most cases, a far better solution once the aphake is convinced that the “newfangled” device is worth trying. Advantages are the normal appearance of the eye and crisp visual acuity. Since only 6 percent magnification of objects occurs, the images appear to be of normal size, fusion can take place, and excellent peripheral vision and depth perception will result. Therefore life can go back to normal, the cosmetic effect is far better, and most observers can’t tell that there’s ever been a cataract extraction. Read the rest of this entry »