Posted by: Carolinas Center for Sight in LASIK Surgery
If you’ve been exploring the idea of LASIK, there’s a good chance that you’ve seen a variety of prices advertised in your local area. Sometimes specials will grace your television that claim to offer complete LASIK for only $500 or even less, so why would anyone else charge more? The idea of laser eye surgery […]
Read MorePosted by: Carolinas Center for Sight in Cataract Surgery
Undergoing cataract surgery is a big decision, but it’s one that will offer immense improvement in one’s vision immediately after the procedure. Before committing to surgery, you and your ophthalmologist will discuss a range of topics including your visual expectations after surgery as well as what type of surgery you will have. However, one important […]
Read MorePosted by: Carolinas Center for Sight in LASIK Surgery
If you were born after 1999, then you’ve never known life without LASIK. However for the rest of us, this laser surgery was a completely revolutionary idea several decades ago. LASIK, which stands for Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis, is a procedure that reshapes the cornea and as a result, changes one’s prescription. People have gone […]
Read MorePosted by: Carolinas Center for Sight in Cataract Surgery
Now that’s school’s back in session, life naturally tends to get a lot busier. Waking up early to head to your 8 am lecture coupled with working a part-time job and trying to maintain a social life can be a major balancing act, so everything you can do to streamline and simplify your life would […]
Read MorePosted by: Carolinas Center for Sight in Eye Health
Asking how old someone used to be an incredibly taboo question – the concept of aging, in general, was something that was always looked down upon. In a society that practically worships youth, getting older doesn’t exactly seem like a welcome process. However, there are plenty of people trying to change that, and the creation […]
Read MorePosted by: Carolinas Center for Sight in Cataract Surgery
Florence, SC – Carolinas Centers for Sight, a leading eye care practice in South Carolina was the first practice in the Pee Dee Region to offer the new AcrySof®IQ PanOptix® trifocal lens to patients undergoing cataract surgery. The PanOptix® lens, clinically shown to deliver an exceptional combination of near, immediate, and distance vision, is the […]
Read MorePosted by: Carolinas Center for Sight in Macular Degeneration
Our eyes are incredibly complex and if any one of their parts isn’t functioning properly, it can have a huge impact on our day to day lives. One such example is that of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), where the macula deteriorates over time. The macula is the small central portion of the retina. Early signs […]
Read MorePosted by: Carolinas Center for Sight in Macular Degeneration
Macular degeneration affects vision in several different ways. Blurred vision and loss of central vision are the two most common problems. Everyone experiences different degrees of vision loss. Some may be at the beginning stages with just slight blurriness and a need for additional light while others with more advanced macular degeneration have large scotomas […]
Read MorePosted by: Carolinas Center for Sight in Cataract Surgery
Having to wear glasses or contacts for the rest of your life isn’t exactly the most fun idea, and for some, the decision to get LASIK is one of the more exciting events in one’s life. Whether you’ve struggled to see well with contacts for years or you’ve finally gotten tired of having glasses on […]
Read MorePosted by: Carolinas Center for Sight in Eye Health, Uncategorized
Depending on the type of job you have and how you spend your free time, the number of hours that you’re in front of a digital screen can be shocking. Most adults spend at least several hours per weekday on a computer at work and then come home to play games on their tablet or […]
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