Monterey County Eye Associates Blog

To ensure the success of the LASIK procedure, our Monterey patients should carefully follow the pre-operative instructions provided by our doctors.

Our patients at Monterey County Eye Associates can follow these instructions to ensure a smooth recovery from LASIK.

iLASIK offers a number of benefits over traditional LASIK surgery. Most people aren't familiar with these advantages of iLASIK, which is why we'd like to go over them right now. This will give you a good idea of what to expect from the surgery.

Some of the most common vision problems that people experience are refractive errors. You may not have heard the term before, but you probably know what they are. In fact, you may have a refractive error and been treated for it. Let's briefly look at refractive errors right now.

Custom LASIK surgery provides a number of advantages over traditional LASIK surgery. Custom LASIK can easily treat both lower order aberrations and higher order aberrations, meaning better vision quality overall.

If you have cataracts, it's very important that you undergo surgery to have the clouded lens removed. This will restore your vision and allow you to see clearly again. Let's take a look at the different ways that cataract surgery can be performed.

Presbyopia is a common eye condition that affects people who are middle aged and older. There are many ways that it can be addressed, from corrective lenses to intraocular lenses. Let's look at the use of IOLs to treat presbyopia and why it may be considered.

Dry eye is a common side effect of LASIK surgery. It's for that reason that people with dry eye syndrome are not considered good candidates for LASIK. Let's look at this issue in a little more detail and examine why this is the case.

Patients may experience blurred vision, floaters or flashing lights in one or both eyes that lasts more than a few days.  You can significantly lower your risk of vision loss by maintaining strict control of your blood sugar.

Article to appear in the South County Newspapers Health and Fitness Tab July 27.

Diabetic retinopathy is a serious eye condition that affects many people who have diabetes. There are a number of treatments available for diabetic retinopathy which we’d like to cover right now.