Not that many decades ago, it would have been impossible to think that you could have any other eye color than the one you were born with. But since the invention and extremely successful use of contact lenses, we’ve been able to experiment with our eye color in ways our grandparents couldn’t have imagined. You…
Among families, there can certainly be eye color similarities, but contrary to what you may have learned in high school science class, there’s more than a single gene involved in determining your eye color. That’s why, for example, there can be different hues of brown eyes all within your immediate family. And whether your eyes…
There’s probably nothing more disconcerting than feeling like there’s something weird going on with your vision. Maybe things look oddly cloudy or distorted, or maybe you’re even having unusual eye pain. Anytime you feel like you’re not seeing things the way you normally do, you should come in and see us. You could have a…
When our patients over 50 come to us complaining of headaches from doing many of their normal activities, such as reading and watching TV or working on their computers, we will perform vision tests, including one that measures their peripheral vision. That’s because as we age, our eyelid skin can become saggy to the point…
For those who aren’t familiar, diabetic eye disease is actually several serious eye conditions that affect people with diabetes, including: Diabetic retinopathy – Causes changes to retinal blood vessels which can distort vision; it is the most common cause of vision loss in diabetics Diabetic macular edema — DME is a consequence of diabetic retinopathy that causes…
Most people who have diabetes and manage it properly are used to checking their blood, having insulin injections, following a strict diet – doing the things they know they need to do for the sake of their health. There is something, however, that many diabetics are not including in their disease management: having regular eye…
What if you could hop out of the shower, throw on your clothes and completely skip putting on your make-up? Yet still head out the door looking your best? You can. Here’s how: Rediscover your life with permanent make-up In the hands of a skilled professional such as those at Central Florida Eye Institute, your…
It’s a sneaky disease. It puts high pressure on your eyes that can affect your sight, but the damage is so gradual, you probably won’t notice until it’s too late. And there aren’t really any signs, not even pain, to signal that you’ve got a problem. In fact, around half of the people who have…
Procedures to get rid of cataracts have been described, in one form or another, throughout recorded history. But cataract surgery as we know it only began to evolve in the latter part of the past century. And today’s methods for cataract extraction are offering positive outcomes for more than 95% of the people who undergo…
In what might be considered nothing more than pop culture news, a sunscreen produced by actress Jessica Alba’s skin care company is being accused of not working as advertised. The company believes that the people who have gotten sunburned are not using the product properly, according to instructions — and according to U.S. Food &…
