Life After LASIK Surgery

LASIK surgery itself only lasts about 15 minutes. The recovery process, however, can sometimes take up to six months; this is because a person’s vision takes time to stabilize. Most patients recover quickly, but there are variations from patient to patient.  Some...

Eye Anatomy: How Do Our Eyes Work?

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...

A Complete Guide to Strabismus

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...