Any surgery that is used to improve the refractive state of the eye and decrease the need for glasses and contact lenses is referred to as refractive eye surgery. Refractive eye surgery is most often used to treat the common vision disorders myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness) and astigmatism. There are many determining factors in choosing [...]
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What is Refractive Eye Surgery?
December 27th, 2009 
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December 9th, 2009 admin An ophthalmologist diagnoses and treats eye diseases, prescribes medications, and performs surgery to improve or prevent the worsening of vision-related conditions. When many people refer to “eye doctors,” they might be thinking about an Optometrist. As a general rule, if you have anything actually wrong with your eyes or have a significant eye or general [...]
Optometrists and ophthalmologists
November 25th, 2009 admin There are three types of eye professionals: optometrists, ophthalmologists and opticians, the former two of which are eye doctors.An eye optician should only take an optician training program or a formal training. They are only licensed to fit and sell kinds of eyewear according to the prescription from an optometrist or an ophthalmologist.Equivalent to a [...]
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