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Keeping Your Eyes in Good Health, Part 2

eye-michigan-post-9-16-13If you wear glasses or contacts, make sure that your prescription is correct and up to date.

Try to avoid glare on your screen from windows or lights. Computer screen manufactures have created screens that are anti-glare if your current screen cannot avoid a glare where it is located.

Follow the 20-20-20 rule. Every 20 minutes, look away from the screen at least 20 feet away for at a minimum of 20 seconds. It is important to get up every hour to two hours to stretch your arms and legs, too.

Wear Sunglasses

Not all sunglasses are created equal. It is important to wear sunglasses that protect your eyes from harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun. An excessive amount of UV exposure can cause you to develop cataracts and macular degeneration. The sunglasses you choose should wrap around your eyes from the side and if you drive, they should be polarized to help reduce glare. Although some contacts do offer a small amount of UV protection, it is important to wear sunglasses for added protection.

Always remember to visit your optician on a regular basis to check for diseases and to make sure the prescription of your eye wear is up to date.

By following these tips, your eyes will remain healthy and you will remain happy.

Keeping Your Eyes in Good Health, Part 1

Eye Michigan Eye Health is in overall health

The quote “Eyes are the window to the soul” holds heavy meaning. Eyesight is a huge part of communication and interaction with the outside world so having healthy eyes is extremely important. Getting routine eye exams at least once every two years is important but there are things you can do at home to keep your eyes healthy.

Healthy Eating

What you consume has an effect on every system in your body including your eyes. A diet that is diverse in colorful fruits and vegetables, low in saturated fat and low in refined sugars is ideal for healthy eyes. Also balanced diets rich in omega-3 fatty acids, lutein, zinc, and vitamins C and E may reduce the risk of age-related vision problems such as macular degeneration and cataracts.

Reduce Computer Use

Staring at a computer screen can cause many problems such as blurry vision, eye strain, headaches, neck pain and dry eyes. You can help reduce these problems by limiting the amount of time that you spend on the computer every day.

There are many jobs that require people to spend large amounts of time on the computer each day but there are tips you can follow to reduce problems with your eye health.

Promoting Good Health and Preventing Cataract Development

Eye-Michigan-Detroit-Cataracts-Lasik-Grosinger-Spigelman-GreyAn individual’s lifestyle can sometimes determine whether we contract certain illnesses as we mature. For those entering their forties, cataracts and other types of vision loss can become a concern. Other vision related maladies such as glaucoma, macular degeneration, and diabetic retinopathy can begin to affect our sight as we age; but there are steps you can take to help prevent vision loss and cataracts. [Read more…] about Promoting Good Health and Preventing Cataract Development

Carrot Night-Vision Myth Debunked by Historians?

WW1 Carrot Myth Poster
One of the many posters used in the carrot campaign during WW2.

While they may promote eye health in the form of vitamin A, the fact that people believe eating carrots actually improves your eye sight at night is a total sham, and historians believe they have finally found out where this myth all started. Historians at Smithsonian Magazine have found that during the times of World War 2, propaganda campaigns were seen all over claiming that carrots actually improved your night-vision. This in turn seems to be the root for what moms would eventually tell their kids to get them to eat their vegetables at the dinner table.

While they may not help you win your way out of a midnight dog fight, carrots do in fact pack a lot of vitamin A, which promotes good eye health. The fact that the truth had been stretched so thin goes to show how that kind of information spread in those days. The campaign was so successful that in fact pilots who were war heroes, having shot down multiple enemy planes, claimed that their success was due to their over-the-top appetite for the bright orange root vegetables.

Playing perfectly in line with the placebo effect, the pilots would have gone the majority of their lives believing this farfetched tale of vegetable enhancement. Nevertheless, they went into battle believing they had the upper hand, which in turn worked in their favor. Mothers everywhere would use this perfect leverage to get their kids to finish their vegetables whenever they were served. They might not have night vision right now, but they’ll surely have better vision.

It’s never too late to repair or start preserving your eyesight, call Eye Michigan (Grosinger, Spigelman & Grey) for more information.

EDIT: We have recently been informed that carrots DO in fact help you see better at night, through the help of a carrot historian. For more information, please read the comments under the Smithsonian article. Thank you.

LASIK is the key to regaining perfect vision

Lasik DetroitWe all know by now that LASIK surgery is a reasonable alternative for people wanting to ditch their glasses and contact lenses. The surgery alters the cornea of the patient, allowing them to better focus on objects, thus, reversing years of vision damage. While this surgery is available from a variety of eye professionals, it’s important to heal properly, so that you can recover quickly and efficiently. For a successful surgery, adhere to the following recovery tips.

Slow and steady wins the race

Don’t be in such a rush to get back to your normal life. When planning the surgery, be sure that you plan in a way that allows you to slowly ease back into things. Take some extra time off from work if necessary, or plan the surgery leading into an extended weekend. Make sure that you take a grocery trip prior to the surgery, so that you can spend some time indoors without worrying about necessities.

Hop in the tub

While most people are used to taking showers, you run a greater risk of irritating your eyes in the shower than you do in the tub. In the bath tub, you won’t have to worry about water splashing you in the face. When taking your bath, be extra careful to avoid getting shampoos, face washes and soaps into your eyes, as they can become particularly irritating following a surgery.

Follow up with your eye doctor

LASIK surgery has incredibly high success rates, but you should always let your doctor know if anything feels out of the ordinary. Plan to schedule a follow-up visit after the surgery so that you can address any problems, or make sure that you are properly healing.

Eye Michigan – Refractive Lens Exchange – Grosinger, Spigelman & Grey

Eye MichiganRefractive Lens Exchange is a type of surgery that takes the lens out of your eye and exchanges it with a synthetic lens to help sharpen your vision. It is typically performed on people with conditions like hyperopia or presbyopia, which develops due to old age. If you happen to have both, RLE is your only option. If an individual only has one of these, there are options like LASIK, PRK, and phakic IOL. Another name for RLE is clear lens extraction, and it is the most sufficient of all these surgeries for these particular eye conditions.

The clear lens extraction procedure is fairly quick. Each eye takes around twenty minutes, each eye done seven days apart. The eye receives drops containing anesthetics to avoid pain, and then the lenses are swiped. It takes about a week for a patient to recover and to be able to resume daily activities. The result of the surgery is clear vision, and the intraocular lens (IOL), which is the synthetic lens used to replace the natural one, is meant to last the rest of your life. Once the surgery is complete, the patient’s vision is typically fixed permanently.

The cost of refractive lens exchange is on average $4000 per eye. Since the results are effective, the surgery is worth it. During the week of recovery, one may experience blurred vision and glare, but these problems go away quickly. For patients with farsightedness and presbyopia, this procedure should be heavily considered because it is the best and most practical surgery for these conditions.

LenSx cataract surgery might be just what your looking for.

Eye-Michigan-Lasik-Detroit-Grosinger-Spigelman-GreyYou’re thinking about your options when it comes to cataract surgery, and you’re asking yourself what exactly is LenSx? Can I trust a computer into shooting a laser into my eyes to supposedly fix them? It would make sense to be hesitant when it comes to something, especially if you’re someone older, but believe you me, LenSx is the safest option when it comes to Cataract surgery in this day and age, and we’re about to explain to you why.

Traditionally done manually with a blade, cataract surgery has since had a technological overhaul when it comes to the equipment used in replacing someone’s natural lens. The problem with the old method was that even though the surgeons meant well, they couldn’t give each and every eye the precise attention they deserved. Every eye is different in terms of shape, and you can’t calibrate your hand and a scalpel to that.

With lenSx, you get a customized procedure that is tailored to exact specifications that are given the O.K. by your doctor, so you know you’re in good “hands”. Another upside to having the LenSx procedure over anything else is the amount of time it takes. Since the introduction of laser cataract surgery and LenSx surgery, the total procedure time has been cut down to a fraction to what it used to be. Patients have been noted as having better vision in as little as 6-8 hours after their surgery.

If you suffer from cataracts and cloudiness in the eyes, please take the time and do your research on cataract and LenSx surgery. It isn’t the most wide-spread procedure just yet, and it’s not available everywhere so if you have the option of going with LenSx, I would highly recommend it. Grosinger, Spigelman & Grey were the first doctors in Southeast Michigan to offer LenSx, so be sure to call today or visit our website for more information on the breakthrough procedure.

G, S & G – LASIK Eye Surgery in Metro Detroit

EYE.MI.POST.6.5.2013Grosinger, Spigelman, & Grey provide some of the most comprehensive LASIK Eye surgery in Detroit, and its surrounding areas. With such a level of expertise, they’ll have your vision back to 100% in record time. In many patients’ testimonials, nothing but high praise is given to the one-of-a-kind team that is “Eye Michigan”. Charlene T., a long time patient that moved to Chicago, said that she drove over four hours back to Detroit to get LASIK from Dr. Grosinger! According to her, it was worth every penny as she’s’ trusted the team at Grosinger, Spigelman & Grey for over 20 years. A follow-up consultation did in fact show that her vision was back to normal, and that there was no longer a need to wear corrective lenses.

Grosinger, Spigelman & Grey can deliver amazing results, however bad your eye condition is, with state-of-the-art custom LASIK eye surgery for the people of the Detroit –Metropolitan area. What that means is the ALLEGRETTO WAVE laser system they use has even more precision than its predecessors. This allows for a correctional surgery that is tailored to the unique shape of your eyes, giving you results you’ll be able to see for yourself in no time at all. In the end you’ll be happy you chose G, S & G for your LASIK eye surgery.

If you live within the Detroit area and suffer from nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism, cataracts, or glaucoma please visit www.eyemichigan.com or call (248) 333-2900 to schedule your appointment for corrective surgery today.

Regain your vision and your confidence with LASIK Laser Surgery!

Eye Michigan LASIK Eye SurgeryLASIK, or “laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis,” is the most common procedure used today to treat the following ailments: nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. The LASIK Procedure reshapes the cornea to allow light entering the eye to be properly focused, giving you better vision (this is similar to other refractory surgeries). The overall LASIK procedure takes no more than 15 minutes, and in most cases is absolutely painless. Surgery results (proper vision without the help of glasses or contacts) can be seen within 24 hours of your procedure.Imagine waking up in the morning and not needing your glasses or contacts at all. Wouldn’t that be nice? Not only would it be extremely convenient, but today it’s entirely possible thanks to LASIK.

Twice as Fast With Better Results – New Allegretto Laser

We now have the newer model of the Allegretto Laser. We had the 200hz but now have the 400hz. Twice as fast with better results. It is the first one in South Eastern Michigan. We are ablr to provide Dry Eye Laser Treatment.

The WaveLight® Allegretto Wave® Eye-Q Laser was designed based on an idea that was once only imagined: a system with shortened surgery times, innovative and reliable eye-tracking, and a clear ergonomic concept.

  • High-Speed 400 Hz Eye Tracking
  • Thermal Optimized Shot Distribution
  • Cross line projector provides precise centration

Together, these innovations allow the WaveLight® Allegretto Wave® Eye-Q Laser to provide improved patient comfort and excellent clinical results. [Read more…] about Twice as Fast With Better Results – New Allegretto Laser

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