Eye doctor houston

Healthy Eyesight Habits

Eye health,Ophthalmology houston

Have you ever been told that taking off your glasses and giving your eyes ‘a break’ will help your eyesight or vision get better?  FALSE. Do Carrots help your eyesight? TRUE. In a recent New York Times article, the best and worst habits in eyesight were tackled by experts. We know we get a lot…

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Can Popping Bottles Poke Your Eye Out?

Eye health,In the news

We all heard it from our parents as kids “careful not to poke your eye out!” Whether it was playing with BB guns or slingshots, or whatever the toy was, we were raised to be careful with anything that could potentially fly near or into our eyes – for good reason. Let’s fast forward to…

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What a Hot Summer Means for Your Eye Allergies

Dry eyes,Eye health,Ophthalmology houston

Have you noticed itchier eyes?  Redder eyes?  Could they be due to a longer allergy season? It’s been a warm 2019, and the results are an earlier flowering season than normal for spring allergies, and a high pollen count due to the hot summer.  A hot, hot summer will mean a longer allergy season. If…

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Pink Eye: What You Should Know vs. What You Think You Know!

Eye health,Ophthalmology houston

Pink Eye, probably something that all of us have had the pleasure of encountering at some point.  When it comes to eye health, you probably don’t know exactly how LASIK works but most of us feel like we know when we have pink eye.  You know the feeling; you start to feel that itch in…

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Did You Know You Have a Blind Spot? Find Out Where!

Eye health,Ophthalmology houston

Many of us have never noticed or tested out our blind spot. We encourage you to find your natural blind spot.  It’s a very compelling way to see why blind spots in our vision are NOT things people notice.  So it’s dangerous. In this short video blog or “vlog”, our very own surgeon Bennett Walton,…

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I can see it in your eyes: Diseases that we find through eyes

Eye health,Ophthalmology houston

According to a recent, very interesting article, your eyes are the window to more than just your soul. We know too many of you haven’t seen an eye doctor in…HOW long?!?! Healthgrades.com listed 8 diseases which can all affect your eyes and vision.  In fact, some of their symptoms are making ophthalmologists the FIRST in…

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