Eyeglasses of all types can be divided into two groups according to the function of their lenses. One main group is prescription eyeglasses, which are equipped with lenses with a power or certain powers. The other basic group is non-prescription eyeglasses. It is absolutely true that there are many ways...

Thanks to continued advances in laser eye surgery, refractive surgery tools and techniques, glasses and contact lenses are fast becoming obsolete for many patients with astigmatism. Patients with undetected astigmatism often experience headaches, fatigue, eyestrain and blurred vision at all distances....

If you dream of freedom from glasses or contact lenses laser vision correction may be the solution for you. LASIK is the most well-known vision correction procedure, but there are several other types of laser vision correction. By reshaping your cornea, your ophthalmologist can correct nearsightedness,...

Myopia is commonly known as nearsightedness. It means you have difficulty seeing things that are far away. With myopia you can see clearly up close unless you have another condition that affects your close vision, such as presbiopia or astigmatism. Most myopia begins in childhood, but some factors can...

Once upon a time, the visually impaired had to rely on glasses or contact lenses to see clearly. In the last few decades, however, laser eye correction procedures have restored millions of people’s vision to its former glory. When ‘laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis’ (LASIK) was developed initially,...