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Our eyes naturally provide us with a protective tinting, known as the pigmented epithelium. It wraps around our eye, similar to saran wrap around a ping-pong ball. But sometimes our pigmented epithelium isn’t enough to filter out the light. Light sensitivity, also known as photophobia, tends to be a major …
As eye care providers, we often get asked, “What does 20/20 vision actually mean?” You might be surprised to find out the term comes from measuring the sharpness of your vision. The term “20/20 vision” refers to a person’s visual acuity, or in other words, their ability to read numbers …
Many patients with eye problems during the COVID-19 pandemic likely have had thoughts such as, “I’m concerned about how my Glaucoma is doing, but I’m scared to go to the eye doctor.” Such a feeling is totally understandable and rational. At Milan Eye Center, we understand and share this concern. …
At Milan Eye Center, the safety and welfare of our patients, team members, and community remains our top priority amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. As we carefully open back up, it will look a bit different around our offices, but we want to assure you, as our patient we are …
The year 2020 began with much fanfare as “The Year of Sight,” with eye care providers worldwide focused on bringing the life-changing benefits of LASIK, PRK, and Implantable Collamer Lens surgery to their patients. With so many new technologies, optometrists and ophthalmologists have more options than ever before to treat …
In these uncertain times, many patients are continuing to experience the symptoms of dry eyes but hesitate to seek an in-office consultation with their eye care physicians. Telemedicine has provided a platform for patients to seek quick and efficient guidance for their treatment, although it does have certain limitations. This …
When patients approach us about eye allergies, their symptoms typically include swelling (puffy eyes), redness, itching in addition to watery eyes and/or mild yellowish stringy mucous discharge from the eye. As eye doctors, the most common signs we see are erythema (redness) and edema (swollen eyelids), periorbital area, and conjunctiva …
When we are exposed to ultraviolet “UV” light, our body tissues change. This is why our skin gets darker or more wrinkly over time, and is the main reason why sunscreen is so important and stressed during the summer months. UV light can also cause short-term damage to …
Most of us have, or will have, eye floaters. Some people notice small gray or black spots, shadows, specks, “cobwebs”, or even small transparent like material that floats across the visual field periodically when looking at a bright, solid background. They are one of the most common conditions seen by …
Is Blue Light Really That Bad? One of the hottest topics in eye care today both from a patient and a physician standpoint is blue light and the effects on the human body. Before we dive into that, let’s take a little crash course through basic physics and human physiology. …