Eye Health

The Essential Guide to Contact Lenses: Everything You Need to Know

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Are you considering switching to contact lenses or looking to improve your current eye care routine? Contact lenses are a popular and effective way to correct vision problems without the need for eyeglasses. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll cover everything you need to know about contact lenses, including their benefits, types, and how to choose…

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Understanding the Retina: The Key to Clear Vision and Eye Health

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The retina is one of the most crucial parts of the eye, playing a central role in how we see the world around us. Despite its importance, many people are unaware of its function, structure, and how to keep it healthy. In this blog post, we will explore everything you need to know about the…

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Managing and Treating Glaucoma at Center for Excellence in Eye Care

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Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide, yet it often goes unnoticed in its early stages. At Center for Excellence in Eye Care, we are committed to helping you manage and treat glaucoma effectively. Our team of experienced specialists is dedicated to providing the highest-quality care to preserve your vision and improve…

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Understanding Refractive Lens Exchange: A Comprehensive Guide

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Refractive Lens Exchange (RLE) is an innovative eye surgery designed to correct vision problems and improve the quality of life for people with refractive errors such as nearsightedness, farsightedness, and presbyopia (age-related near vision loss). Also known as Clear Lens Exchange (CLE), RLE involves removing the eye’s natural lens and replacing it with an artificial…

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Ditch the Glasses: How EVO ICL Can Transform Your Vision for Life

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Let’s be real—glasses and contacts have served their purpose, but isn’t it time for something better? We’ve all been there: fumbling for your glasses in the morning and dealing with dry, irritating contacts by the end of the day. You deserve more freedom, and if you’ve been told that LASIK isn’t for you, there’s a…

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From Consultation to Recovery: Your Complete Guide to PRK at CEEC!

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For many people, wearing glasses and contact lenses is part of their daily routine. Whether it’s the first thing you reach for in the morning or something you’re constantly adjusting throughout the day, eyewear can be a hassle. But what if there was a way to live without them? PRK surgery, powered by modern technology,…

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How Contact Lenses May End Up In Our Food: STOP FLUSHING Your Contact Lenses!

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As Contact Lens Health week continues here at the Center for Excellence in Eye Care, we wanted to share some very interesting contact lens 411 with our patients! Question 1: Q: How many people in America do you think wake up every day and put contact lenses in their eyes? A: 45 Million people Take…

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Lost Contact Lens Stories from OUR office!

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Continuing to pay tribute to Contact Lens Health, here are some REAL stories from our office: Good at Numbers (by Frank Spektor, MD) 33 years ago, a patient with very deep-set eyes showed up to our office and complained to me about some mucus discharge coming from his eyes.  This patient was a contact lens…

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Ever fall asleep in your contact lenses and wonder where they went in the AM?

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It’s Contact Lens Health Week and we at The Center for Excellence in Eye Care promised to share this next crazy contact lens story with you last week.  If you read our last contact lens blog, we went from a lens being lost for 28 years to 27 contact lenses here. We constantly get the…

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Mysteriously lost a contact lens? The truth behind what could have happened.

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A recent article published in Australia really made us think we needed to share some information with our patients and our followers about contact lens safety.  We get calls and questions about patients who believe contact lenses may be stuck in “backs of their eyes”.  None of these stories are meant to frighten you, they…

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