Contact lenses can be great, especially if glasses cramp your style or get in the way of more important things. In fact, in some ways, contacts mimic clear, natural vision. It’s no surprise, then, that most people tend to forget or minimize how important it is to use them with care. Let’s face it. There …
Is LASIK for me?
As a LASIK surgeon in St. Louis, every day I get to be part of changing the way people see the world. Options like LASIK plus its six modern variations give them the freedom to wake up and see their alarm clock, or to dive into a pool without worrying about contact lenses. Laser eye …
Here’s the skinny on corneal inlays.
If you have been searching for LASIK in St. Louis, you may have heard of Kamra Inlay. This groundbreaking laser eye surgery are a new generation of vision correction developed to treat presbyopia, or over-40 vision. Unlike LASIK, referred to as a “subtractive” technology, which removes a tiny portion of the cornea to change the …
Here’s the Scoop on Refractive Lens Exchange (RLE) in St. Louis
Refractive Lens Exchange, often called RLE, is one of the most popular LASIK alternatives in St. Louis, although it isn’t unique to Missouri. This life-changing procedure often restores patients’ vision to what it was in their 20s or 30s, and as an added bonus, it prevents cataracts. So what exactly is refractive lens exchange? To …
Digital eye strain: 5 tips for saving your vision in a computer-driven world
Twenty years ago, it would have been difficult to imagine a world where everything we do is based on screens. From reading to research and from socializing to shopping, we now navigate our world from smartphones, laptops, PCs, and SmartTVs. All of that information at our fingertips is great, but it’s also tough on our …