If you’re a wearer of glasses or contacts, you’ll probably know that hauling eye care supplies around on holiday can be a bit of a task. The time of year when people start to go away is approaching, and your holidays are likely to involve sea, sand and sports.
We get lots of questions from prospective patients about different eye conditions, and whether or not we’ll be able to help them achieve clear, natural vision again. We’ll be able to determine your suitability for different procedures if you book in for a consultation.
We know that choosing to have laser eye surgery is a big decision and it’s something that people spend years putting off for a whole host of different reasons. But when we speak to our patients after their procedures, the thing most of them say is “why did I wait so long?”
Keratoconus is an eye disorder which affects around 1 in 2,000 people. A person’s cornea, the transparent front part of the eye, gradually becomes thinner, weaker, and begins to bulge forwards in a conical shape.
A cataract occurs when the lens inside your eye becomes cloudy, interfering with your vision and getting progressively worse. They usually affect people in their seventies, but can occur at any age.
Our Medical Director at Optimax, Balasubramaniam Ilango, has been busy pioneering a new technique for cataract treatment. He believes that the issue of negative dysphotopsia, or arc shadows, can now be significantly reduced by a modification of capsulorrhexis (CCC), which he is pioneering.
It’s no secret that the UK has an ageing population; the median age of the people living here is rising all the time. In fact, the largest age group in in 2017 was made up of people aged between 50 and 54 years old, totalling over 4.6 million out of 66 million people.
Love Your Lenses Week runs from 23rd to 30th March this year and encourages discussion around all things lenses – from looking after your eyes and getting regular check-ups, to understanding the long-term health effects of contact lenses.
For organs so small, it’s amazing how fascinating our eyes are; there’s so much to know.
Optimax Clinic Leicester has now re-opened after an extensive refurbishment and the addition of a state of the art Lens Surgery theatre.
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