The condition people don’t realize they can get from wearing contacts — it can make your vision worse if you ignore it
Are your eyes feeling itchy or irritated? Do they look red? Those might be symptoms of a little-known condition caused by ...
verywellhealth14d
Scratched Cornea vs. Pink Eye: How to Tell the Difference
It can be hard to tell a scratched cornea (corneal abrasion) from pink eye (also known as conjunctivitis) as they have similar symptoms, such as eye redness, tearing, and sensitivity to light. Though ...
Harvard Medical School15d
Stem Cell Therapy Repairs Cornea Damage Thought Irreversible
Surgeons restored corneal surfaces in the injured eyes of 14 patients in a small clinical trial. Stem cells from each patient’s healthy eye were cultivated in a lab to grow healthy tissue that could ...
verywellhealth15d
How to Heal a Popped Pimple Fast
It's important to avoid popping pimples because it may make them worse, cause inflammation or infection, and leave a scar. You can try to prevent future breakouts by washing your face before bed and ...
bjo.bmj21d
Extending the utility of anterior corneal buttons through refrigeration and glycerol cryopreservation: utility rate and outcome analysis
ntu.edu.tw Background/aims To evaluate the utility rate, indication, outcome, and cost of refrigeration and glycerol cryopreservation for storing anterior corneal buttons during endothelial ...
Frontiers22d
Management of delayed corneal epithelial healing after refractive surgery: five case reports
Laser ablation of the corneal epithelium, Bowman’s membrane, and the stroma can effectively correct refractive errors. Thus, the complete healing of the corneal epithelium post-surgery is essential ...
Gulf News27d
UAE: Robotic surgery helps 120kg Emirati man lose 35kg, reduce obesity
“Compared to conventional laparoscopic procedures, robotic bariatric surgery offers quicker recovery, reduced pain and scarring, faster return to routine, fewer complications, lower infection ...
The Independent28d
An expert says these are the best ways to get rid of acne scars and ‘brighten the skin’
Scarring can present as raised, bumpy texture, pigmentation and indents, and in the most severe cases, can be permanent. However, for some types of acne scarring, there are some specific ...
Medscape1mon
Contact Lens Fitting in the Refractive Surgery Patient
They provide good visual acuity and tear exchange, they move well upon the cornea, and they allow high oxygen transmissibility to the underlying cornea. [9,46] If the central flattening is not ...
Medscape1mon
Contact Lens Fitting in the Refractive Surgery Patient
Their corneal topography presents similarities with the corneal topography of patients with keratoconus. The center of the ectasia lays in the pupillary zone and causes a multifocal keratoconus ...
Frontiers2y
Effect of keratometric astigmatism on visual outcomes following small incision lenticule extraction
The best-fitting circle and central grid were superimposed on the optical zone to determine the location of the optical zone center with reference to the corneal vertex (CV). Vector analysis was ...