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Does Myopia Prevention Exploit Your Anxiety? by Brian Chou, OD, FAAO, FSLS September 19, 2023 Have you noticed more eye care practices advertising myopia prevention? This emerging service is also called “myopia control” and “myopia management”. The longstanding treatment for myopia improves vision using traditional glasses and contact lenses, or laser vision correction. Myopia prevention goes…

Why do LASIK Doctors Wear Glasses? by Brian Chou, OD, FAAO, FSLS April 18, 2022   Do you find it odd that some LASIK surgeons wear glasses? It seems contradictory – as if these eye doctors do not believe in the very service that they provide. Yet like many things, appearances are often deceiving. The reality…

5 Things About Eye Drops for Blurry Reading Vision by Brian Chou, OD, FAAO, FSLS February 9, 2022 Have you learned about the prescriptive eye drops called Vuity (1.25% pilocarpine HCl, AbbVie)?  Vuity can temporarily help age-related blurry reading vision or presbyopia. Vuity received FDA approval in October of 2021. Here is what you need to…

The Beauty of Visual Deprivation by Brian Chou, OD, FAAO, FSLS January 9, 2022   A popular assumption is that depriving clear vision is bad. Yet why do some – particularly those that are highly dependent on eyeglasses or contact lenses – value taking off their corrective eyewear and relaxing in blurriness? Blurry Vision is Relaxing for…