I've done a little boning up on this subject and on the larger area of
wave front optics.  I certainly am not an expert in this area. Also,
wave front optics is still a young area scientifically, and there
remains considerable variation in opinions among the experts.

I had a preliminary evaluation for PRK or Lasik.  I have about a -5.0
diopter correction.  After corneal topography I was told I have a
relatively flat cornea, my K value was about 42 and to do PRK they
would have to remove about 5 so I would end up with a K value of 37 (I

I went from a taller pair of glasses lenses to a more stylish shorter pair
of lenses about a year ago.  It wasn't until I starting taking a class where
posture was a part of the exercises that I noticed that these new glasses
made me point my head down to see, because when I try ...

I just started wearing contact lenses a few weeks ago, and was given
Biomedics 55 Toric lenses (for my left eye). It's all nice and good -
it feels comfortable and I don't even feel it most of the time
(although it takes me longer to put on this lens than the Biomedics 38

Thanks for the advice. I read the messages and got a pair of Maui Jim
polarized lenses. Ouch $$$$. Now, given the polarized coating, what is
recommended for maintenance of washing the lens when it gets dirty.
I have a spray bottle of Bausch and Lomb lens cleaner for my reading

If the specs (power, etc.) for the right eye are the same as left eye,
can I use the left lens in my right eye, and vice versa?
Or in different words, does contact lenses come dedicated for  a
specific eye or they could be used in any side that match their specs?

Several months ago, I experiences a virtual "floater" storm, the
notice in addition, almost by accident, that the vision in the ey
was cloudy and retaned a huge, hairy floater in the center visua
field.

Call me curious!
During the second week of May, I walked into my local eyeglasses place
("Eye DRx") and ordered replacement of scratched tinted lenses. Off
went the glasses to Texas headquarters of Eye Care Centers of America,

During the second week of May, I walked into my local (Bloomfield, NJ)
eyeglasses place ("Eye DRx") and ordered replacement of scratched
tinted lenses. Off went the glasses to Texas headquarters of Eye Care
Centers of America, Inc., the parent company (er...not exactly!).

I work for a publishing company and we recently published a book with 2
colors of type: red and black.  We heard from a number of people saying
they could not see the red type.  After reading up on the Internet, it
seems the safest color for people with color vision deficiency is ...

Dear Prevention Minded Friends,
Subject:  Vision clearing from -1.5 diopters (20/60) to 20/20 --
     by applying the "Pullman" scientific concept correctly.
RM-OD> Anyway, who cares if Francis Young believed plus lenses

From reading sci.med.vision, I have recently learned of a conditio
called pseudomyopia, aka accommodative myopia, which apparently i
common in young myopes and can be reduced or eliminated by a variet
of methods.  As a young myope, why wasn't I ever informed of this?

The nose pieces on an old pair of glasses have casued an irritation on
my nose; I had the nose pieces replaced but the sore area is still
there
Does anyone have advice on what to put on the sore area to prevent the

Can one purchase a spray to apply to eyeglasses to provide anti reflection?
I have Rx inserts behing sunglasses and Im pretty sure there is an issue
with light bouncing around off the Rx lenses.  So I though I could spray
something on them to help the reflection issue.  (this was ...

(I  gather it's called a refraction)
I got fitted for contacts.
I wanted bi/multi focals. I've been using +2.00
store bought readers for a couple of years now.