by Dr. Michael Garin | Apr 4, 2019 | Eye Care, Optometry
Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lenses: A Consumer Guide Silicone Hydrogel contact lenses were a breath of fresh air for eye care patients when they were brought onto the market in 1999. They are made of high oxygen-permeable plastic that allows up to seven times more...
by Dr. Michael Garin | Mar 21, 2019 | Optometry
Eye Anatomy: How Do Our Eyes Work? When we are born our eyes are only 1.6 to 1.7 centimeters in diameter. Over the first three years of life, the eyes grow rapidly, reaching their full size (just shy of one inch, or 2.4 cm) by the age of 13. The visible part of the...
by Dr. Michael Garin | Feb 21, 2019 | Eye Conditions, Optometry
More commonly known as “crossed eyes,” strabismus is a disorder that causes the eyes not to line up in the same direction or look at the same object. With strabismus, the eyes can point in (esotropia, or crossed eyes), out (exotropia), up (hypertropia), or down...
by Dr. Michael Garin | Feb 14, 2019 | Eye Conditions, Optometry
Optic neuritis is the medical term used to describe inflammation of the optic nerve. Normally, the optic nerve sends signals from the retina to the brain. When the optic nerve is inflamed, these signals are disrupted and vision becomes impaired. This condition...
by Dr. Michael Garin | Jan 31, 2019 | Eye Conditions, Optometry
If you are one of the millions of Americans with eye allergies, then you know how annoying they can be. While allergies may affect only your eyes, more often nasal allergy symptoms are also present, such as sneezing, a stuffy nose, and respiratory symptoms. If you are...
by Dr. Michael Garin | Jan 24, 2019 | Eye Conditions, Optometry
Persons with this problem of the iris often have fairly good vision, but those with it involving the retina may have vision loss in specific parts of the visual field, which can cause problems with reading, writing, and close-up work or play. Large retinal colobomas,...
