I am 20/100 on vision and a friend of mine said that some contact
lenses exist that will permanently correct your vision to 20/20.
Supposedly you go to an eye doctor and with corneal mapping, he scans
your eye then issues you some contacts that you wear everyday.  After

I had Lasik almost four years ago and everything is nearly perfect,
except for my dry eyes.  I can't say that my eyes have ever been
overly moist, but now they seem unusually dry.  That's not the bad
part.  Every once in a while (about once or twice a month), I wake up

I have been set an assignment to do about how an autorefractor works.
I would be grateful of any help you can give me.
Regards,
Alistair

In this article
(http://www.optometry.co.uk/articles/20021018/edwards20021018.pdf) it states
that:
"One of the advantages of the higher modulus of silicone hydrogel lenses is

I am interested in the relationship of accommodation and myopia. I
wonder how infrared optometer works and where to buy infrared
optometer if I want to do some research on it.

To:  Mike Tyner OD
From: Otis Brown
We should all double check our measurements
as Mike suggested and I support.

Has anyone here had any success with this method?  Especially for a
"reading glasses" correction and astigmatism?
                Jack

I wonder if anyone has any advice / experience about this procedure.  I
have -8.5 in both eyes and am over 50 years old.  The options for corrective
surgery seem to be LASIK, refractive lens surgery or phakic lens implants.
It has been suggested that the procedure best suited for ...

I've been wanting to switch to Night&Day lenses for a while now.  (I'm
on Acuvue2 at the moment)...I was wondering if I should see my eye doc
before switching brands, or if I could go ahead and order the other
brand online. (since my vision hasn't changed)  I don't have vision

Dont know if this is the right place, but I have a very bad case of
conjunctivitis. It seems to get worse under bright lights and in front
of the computer screen and is limited to one eye. unfortunately I am
unable to resist the temptation to pick gunk out of my eye. As such I am ...

I had been using Voltaren for CME for only six weeks when my doctor
recommended discontinuing it, although the condition had not been fully
resolved. Another doctor, who participated in this forum, stated that his
CME patients ordinarily continue using such drugs for several months. ...

I just got my first pair of contacts last year which are torics
because of my astigmatism.  Problem is that when I use my computer my
vision is blured and no where near as clear as when I'm wearing my
glasses.  As a result I have to wear my glasses which defeats the

I'm tinkering with a possible Wikipedia article about the optics of an
eyeglass prescription, and I think I need to come to grips with the
slippery issue of defining "ophthalmologist" and "optometrist." Anyone
care to critique the following language?

Ref: High index lenses
I've had very vague responses from high street opticians on this stuff
and would very much appreciate any advice you can offer on the topic.
Apologies for length but the more info the better seamed appropriate

The American Heritage dictionary defines "oculist" as 1. A physician who
treats diseases of the eyes; an ophthalmologist. 2. An optometrist.
The Wikipedia article on ophthalmology,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophthalmology