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It is certainly a fact that if both parents are myopic (nearsighted), the chances of their child growing up to be myopic is much higher than if only one, or neither, parent is myopic. But this is not necessarily evidence of a genetic cause for myopia. Higher levels of...

Yes, it can. But the real question is should it be? Most experienced LASIK surgeons (who offer other treatments as well as laser vision correction) would say that is probably too high an attempted correction. The more the amount of myopia to correct, the more corneal...

Laser Vision Correction (LASK and PRK) is probably the most common and best known method. ICLs (Intraocular Collamer Lens) can be used and offer the advantage over LASIK of being reversible. Contact lenses, of course, are also a possibility. I wonder, though, if you...

Yes, floaters (and other vitreous debris) can be surgically removed. But the real issue is: How safe is it to remove floaters from the eye surgically. A surgical vitrectomy is the most definitive treatment that can do this (along with the entire vitreous). But...

If you only have one good eye, it is truly a scary decision to consider having an operation of any kind on the other eye. After all, there is no "back-up" should there be a serious complication. And nobody can tell you honestly there will not be a complication, small or...

There is a great need for glasses with just about any prescription in most of the 3rd World countries. The Lions' Club has a wonderful program of collecting these in special boxes usually found at most optical shops and eye clinics. They forward them to International...

"Floaters" are the out-of-focus silhouettes of tiny protein granules and threads suspended in the vitreous. The vitreous is the gel that fills most of the globe (eyeball) that starts to degenerate into its liquid and solid components with age. The vitreous has no purpose...

It shouldn't keep progressing really. There are a number of things that your ophthalmologist would want to know to determine the cause. One (which LASIK patients seldom remember) is: How much myopia was treated at the time of your surgery in diopters (your glasses...