Patient Education

Your ophthalmologist has recommended you use a type of medicine called a beta-blocker. This kind of medicine is helpful in treating glaucoma. Glaucoma is a disease that affects your eye’s optic nerve, possibly leading to blindness. The optic nerve connects your eye to your brain so you can see. Glaucoma

Black eye is a phrase used to describe bruising around the eye due to an injury to the face or the head. Blood and other fluids collect in the space around the eye, causing swelling and dark bruising in the tissue. When there is trauma or injury to the face, the skin around the eye — which is very

Blepharitis is inflammation of the eyelids. Warm compresses and sometimes antibiotic ointment or eye drops may be used to treat blepharitis. Blepharitis is an ongoing (chronic) condition. You can keep its symptoms under control by keeping your skin, hair and eyelids clean every day. If you have any questions

As you age, it is normal to get wrinkles around your eyes, forehead, cheeks, and lips. Botulinum toxin injections can reduce the appearance of these wrinkles by relaxing certain muscles in the face. This effect lasts about 3–6 months. For most people, botulinum toxin injections work to make certain

Medicines for enlarged prostate (BPH) can affect eye muscles during cataract surgery. Before having cataract surgery, tell your ophthalmologist if you take, or have taken, prostate medicine. If your eye surgeon knows this, he or she can take steps to avoid certain complications during surgery. If you

Branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) is when a vein in your retina is blocked. The retina, including the macula, will swell, causing vision loss. Often the cause of BRVO isn’t found. Sometimes it is caused by problems from hardening of the arteries. The blockage from BRVO cannot be removed. Instead,