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March 16th is National Lips Day! Whether your lips are heart-shaped, thin, top-heavy, round, wide, or perfectly proportioned, lips come in all shapes and sizes, and all of them are beautiful! Since our lips are one of the most delicate parts of the body, it deserves some extra love and …
Written by Manuel Chaknis, M.D. Presbyopia is the natural aging process we all develop somewhere between our late 30s and early 50s. This happens to everyone, regardless of whether they have had eye surgeries. In this age range, many people either start wearing reading glasses or change their single-vision glasses. …
The focus on aesthetics and achieving a youthful appearance has been on the rise in the past decade. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), over 18 million Americans underwent surgical and/or minimally invasive cosmetic procedures in 2019. With this increase in the volume of cosmetic procedures, a …
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 …
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. …
Even though it is the middle of spring, it is never too early to begin prepping for summer! You hear it all the time, swimsuit season is coming! It is the final stretch to improve your general health and get into shape. While that is important, don’t forget to guarantee …