Author: drthirion

Around the age of 40, we all start to lose the ability to focus on objects at close distances. Of course, reading glasses is the first option people think of to help but a lot of my patients just don’t want to deal with the hassle of glasses. Contacts could be a great option for you if […]

Our eye color is something that is written into our DNA, predetermined before we are even born! It is determined by the genes that we receive from our parents. We receive an allele from each parent. It isn’t as simple as you think, though. Children can have totally different colored eyes than their parents. Eleven […]

I am not exaggerating when I tell you I get this question ALL of the time! I love when my patients are curious and have questions for me during the exam, so I thought I’d take some time today to explain exactly what 20/20 means and why it is so important.  What Does 20/20 Vision […]

A lot of my contact lens wearers admit to over wearing their contacts. They tell me that they just wear them until they start to feel irritating and then will replace them. Would you wear the same pair of underwear over and over again without replacing it? I would hope not! Whether they are doing […]

Our eyes are one of the first places we begin to show the visible signs of aging. Undereye wrinkles can begin to form as early as your 20s. Dark circles, puffy eyes, and undereye bags can begin to form in your teens. To address these issues, you need to identify designated eye care products. This […]

I love Valentine’s Day! It is a great day to show everyone in your life that you care about them, but it is also a good day to pamper yourself, so why not start with your eyes? Smoking is horrible for you and it is especially damaging to the eyes. It raises your risk significantly […]

                February is low vision awareness month so today I wanted to go over what it is and what it is like to live with low vision. What is Low Vision?                 Low vision is a vision problem that makes it hard for patients to perform daily tasks. These vision problems cannot be fixed with […]

A dilated eye exam is the best way to check for eye diseases and catch them early. The earlier we catch diseases and start to treat them, the better the visual outcome typically so it is really important to catch things as early as possible! Some eye diseases will have no symptoms at the beginning […]

What will I see first? That is a question I get asked every day by patients when I talk about cataracts. The patient always wants to know what are the first signs of cataracts. We talk about treatment options. We will talk about surgery. Sometimes we even talk about cataracts in dogs and what their […]

Since I am just coming back to work from maternity leave, I thought today I would talk about ways to help your baby’s vision develop. To us, our vision seems automatic, but babies actually have to learn to see! Everything we do with our eyes is something that we had to learn as an infant. […]