I'm 29, and I started wearing contacts at age 15. At first I wore 1-year
soft lenses, but after a couple of years I changed to soft monthly
lenses. At age 23 I woke up one morning with bloodshot eyes, and had to
receive medical attention (I was prescribed something called

As a followup to my question last week about 'visitint' and
'aquarelease' in  new Focus Daily lenses, the new lens seems to be
thicker and more rigid than the old one.  Can anyone verify whether or
not lens geometry changed, along with the addition of PVA and a blue

Today I got my prescription glasses for astigmatism (-0.75 in righ
eye, -1.50 in left)
I was told to wear them while watching TV and using the computer (i.e
all the time for me)

Some of you were thinking I am a doctor because I know so much about
the eye and vision. Well just to clear up the confusion, I am not a
doctor nor have I ever claimed to be one. I like reading and
researching, mostly because I have vision problems on my own and its

Hi, After watching my girlfriend sprawl out of bed each morning to
find her glasses, I convinced her to consider lasik eye surgery! I
told here if she saved the money for one eye I'd kick in the rest for
the other. I am however afraid that if she sees me well in the morning

Is Tetrahydrozoline HCL an analog of Epinephrine or just another
vasoconstrictor?
Is it true that Long-term use of Tetrahydrozoline products is not
recommended?

Today I got my prescription glasses for astigmatism (-0.75 in righ
eye, -1.50 in left)
I was told to wear them while watching TV and using the computer (i.e
all the time for me)

I was just thinking about it just now. I know they remove the
epithelium in PRK, laser your cornea then let the epithelium regrow. If
the epithelium regrows thicker than usual, you regress and end a bit
myopic instead of plano. This is why they sometimes overcorrect you

Today I got my prescription glasses for astigmatism (-0.75 in righ
eye, -1.50 in left)
I was told to wear them while watching TV and using the computer (i.e
all the time for me)

I have created an online support group specific to blepharitis. It is
located at http://www.blepharitisforum.com
There is just the forum for now, with more to be added later..

Thanks to Michael Lachman of Lachman LLC, and his just published EyeQ
Report #6, here is the latest updated information on the use of both
Lucentis and Avastin for treating AMD.
I have excerpted parts of his report in my web Journal (link:

here is an interesting and highly speculative article that I was
alerted to by dr. judy.  I believe someone posting here a month or two
ago gave reference to this theory but a link was never posted.
perhaps, after reading this, many of the people who are so frustrated

I need advice on brands and types of progressive lenses.
My prescription for a first pair of progressive is as follow:
OD: -1.25 (-0.75 at 90°) add +1.5
OG: -1.25 (-1 at 60°) add +1.5

I want to try DISPOSABLE contacts.  
I have been wearing glasses since I was 4, daily wear contacts since I was 12
(I’m a 34 year old female) with severe nearsightedness at:
Left Eye: BC: 8.3 - DIA: 13.8 - POWER: -8.00

Has anyone ever heard of visual disturbances (ie flashes, static, snow,
floaters) coming from the use of anti-depressants?  I was using Lexapro
for 2 weeks and I suddenly got all of this.  I went to a doc, neuro and
a neuro-opth.  Nothing.  They said it could be a side effect of the ...