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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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Why Aren’t My Arms Long Enough? The Frustration Of Presbyopia

Near vision,Presbyopia

About a year ago, a great article was published on wired.com about the deep frustrations that come after the age of 40 when people end up feeling forced to have to buy reading glasses. Seems like just another sign of “aging” or life passing right? Well it isn’t for many who get there. The medical…

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Glasses for Fashion? Do Glasses Make You Look Better?

Lasik surgery

Did you know that some patients like to wear glasses just for fashion reasons? Did we ever think we would see that day? If you have LASIK, PRK, SMILE, ICL, refractive lens exchange, or modern laser cataract surgery and you aren’t as dependent on glasses as you were before, you can still get plain glass…

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Happy Valentine’s Day: LOVE yourself and break up with your Glasses!

Lasik surgery

If you only got to keep one of your senses, which one would it be? Which one do you love more? Smells? Tastes? Sounds? Touch? We may be biased but what would you do if you couldn’t SEE?! This is what we do for a living, so we are all too familiar with how patients…

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Slade & Baker Vision Supports The Eye Stroll for Vision

Eye health,Ophthalmology houston

This past Saturday, our team at Slade & Baker Vision spent their day at the Eye Stroll for Vision! What is the Eye Stroll for Vision? This family-friendly, fun-filled event allows families, friends and coworkers to enjoy a leisurely stroll around the zoo on Saturday morning. This is not a timed event, allowing everyone to enjoy…

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All SMILES after the first SMILE with Astigmatism procedure in TEXAS!

Smile procedure

We were all SMILES at Slade & Baker Vision yesterday! Dr. Slade performed the FIRST SMILE with Astigmatism procedure in TEXAS yesterday post FDA approval, and our patient, Jenny N. was very happy! We were also the one of the top ten sites to have the astigmatism technology for SMILE in the entire country! You…

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Is Epithelial-On Crosslinking (CXL) the Way to Go?

Cxl,Cxl houston,Keratoconus

If you or someone close to you has been diagnosed with Keratoconus, you have probably done what most patients have done in the last 10 years. Googled it! When most patients look up their options online, they stumble across a million articles about corneal collagen crosslinking otherwise known as CXL. Now, luckily, the FDA has…

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New Custom Dry Eye Treatment at Slade & Baker: Serum Tears Treatment

Dry eyes,Ophthalmology houston

SERUM TEARS Treatment  This August, our doctors at Slade & Baker Vision began offering an exciting revolutionary new treatment for dry eye at our clinic. Everyone’s dry eyes are different, from the severity to the cause!  We can now create a customized treatment for you, from your own blood plasma. Christina, a phlebotomist, joined our…

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A New LASIK option – the Toric ICL – is FDA Approved!

Icl,Lasik options,Lasik surgery

Last week marked an exciting moment in ophthalmology, the FDA approved a new version of the previously approved Implantable Collamer Lens or “ICL”. The new version that just got approved is a TORIC ICL which is used to treat patients that have an astigmatism along with myopia. The Visian toric implantable Collamer lens, which is…

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Are Eyelash Extensions Safe?

Eye health,Ophthalmology houston

We love to focus our blog articles on questions we get every day at our office.  And this is definitely one of them. Since they are the windows to our souls, ladies know the importance of making sure their eyes look beautiful.  What better way to do that than with long, thick, beautiful eyelashes? If…

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