- Glaucoma
- Macular DegenerationNot necessarily. The need for dilating your eyes depends on your age, your symptoms and on certain eye conditions that you may have (e.g., diabetes, macular degeneration, extreme near-sightedness, etc.).
- Laser Eye Surgery
- CataractsNo, but lasers are used for other procedures. Painless ultrasound pulses are used to gently remove the cataract.
- Cataract SurgeryNo, a cataract cannot grow back. Months or years after cataract surgery a film can form across the artificial lens which can blur vision. In the office a painless laser can remove the film restoring vision.
- Diabetes Care
- Diabetic RetinopathyDiabetic retinopathy is a potentially blinding complication of diabetes mellitus which causes abnormalities in the tiny blood vessels nourishing the retina. These blood vessels swell and leak blood damaging the retina, the light-sensitive tissue, which lines the back portion of the eye. Left untreated, diabetic retinopathy can result in severe loss of vision and ultimately blindness.
- Ultrasound