Category: Cornea

Allergies can affect your body in many different ways, including your eyes. Essentially, when your body encounters an allergen, like pollen, it produces a chemical called histamine.  This chemical will trigger inflammation, causing swelling and itchiness. This inflammation can make an existing dry eye problem even worse.  As the eyes become inflamed, so do the… Read More

When you think of medical transplants, you probably think of major organ transplants. However, there’s one kind of transplant that involves an extremely small amount of tissue: a cornea transplant.  While a cornea transplant isn’t a major organ transplant, it may be medically necessary in order to restore your vision. There are a few situations… Read More

Keratoconus is an eye condition that is more common in younger people, unlike many other serious eye conditions. The highest-risk group for keratoconus is patients between the ages of ten and twenty-five.  Keratoconus is a progressive eye condition that can develop over a decade or longer. The eye condition can cause severe visual problems, including… Read More

Do you have an oddly shaped cornea that bulges off your eye? Keratoconus is the name for this eye condition where your cornea is an irregular shape. Most people with keratoconus only have a mild form of it, and few have severe symptoms. Keep reading to learn more about keratoconus and if contact lenses work… Read More

Do you have abnormally shaped or thinning corneas? Are you wondering what you can do to treat them? Corneal ectasia is the term used to describe abnormally shaped and thinning corneas. The most advanced way to treat corneal ectasia is with corneal cross-linking. Keep reading to learn more about corneal-crosslinking and see if it is… Read More

Do you have dry eyes? Have you been having trouble determining why your eyes are dry? Unfortunately, there are often many reasons that cause you to develop dry eye. You need to consider everything from environmental factors to your contact lenses. They can all affect how moist your eyes are. We experience dry eye when… Read More

Celebrities and their eyes have been in the news a lot recently. Both Taylor Swift and Kylie Jenner have gotten LASIK in the last month! But what you may have missed was something that happened back in April. This is when Warriors star Stephen Curry admitted he has a vision disease. The culprit? An eye… Read More

Drs. Randy Epstein, Parag Majmudar, and Rachel Epstein recently attended the Cornea 360 meeting in Scottsdale, AZ. This was a gathering of many of the major corneal specialists from around the world. They gave invited presentations on “Corneal Crosslinking (CXL)” and attended a number of important educational seminars .