Eye health

Real Contact Lens Stories from OUR office in Houston!

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As Contact Lens Health Week comes to an end, we wanted to share some personal stories from one of our surgeons. Dr. Bennett Walton shared with us that he has had several patients come in for “a contact lens lost in the eye”. What I’ve found when these patients come in: – Some patients have…

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How Your Old Contact Lenses End up in our Waterways and our Food!

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Continuing to honor Contact Lens Health week here at Slade & Baker Vision, we decided we needed to share this information with our patients! Did you know how many people in America stick contact lenses in their eyes daily? 45 Million. That’s a lot of contact lenses… Next question. Have you ever thought about what…

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Ever “lost” a contact lens? You may find it 28 years later.

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It is Contact Lens Health Week according to the American Optometric Association and in this week’s honor, we are kicking Monday off with an incredible story about one very mysterious contact lens. Have you ever “lost a contact”? If you have, this story that made big news in AU may make you think twice… After…

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I fell asleep with my contacts in. What do I do?!

Corneal disease,Eye health,Ophthalmology houston

I fell asleep with my contacts in and both of them have moved to the back of my eyes. How do I remove them?  What do I do? This is actually a question we got on our website from a patient just 2 weeks ago. Have you ever wondered any of the following questions? Lucky…

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Why do my eyes twitch?

Eye health,Ophthalmology houston

Why do my eyes twitch? Have you ever felt like your bottom eyelid is having spasms?  Do you feel like everyone can see it happening if they look at you? Myokymia is the medical term for what we call “eye twitching”. The muscle that closes the eyelids is called the orbicularis oculi.  It is a very…

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Major League Baseball gets a superstar thanks to Corneal Crosslinking CXL!

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After hitting 14 home runs in his first 136 games in the major leagues, Tommy Pham hit 23 last season in 128 games.  But did you know he almost didn’t make it out of the minor leagues due to a disease? In a recent article, an ex Arizona Cardinals farm director shared how insanely important…

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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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Eye Tattoos: A Follow-Up

Eye health

On October 5th, we shared a story about a Canadian model who decided to get her eyeball tattooed. Since October, she has gone through so much and not only have many of you asked us, but we ourselves have been very curious about her status. Here is the latest article about her in the Washington…

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Flying Eye Hospitals? Jetting vision care around the world!

Eye health

Classified as “the world’s only flying eye hospital” the Orbis aircraft was featured at the Dubai Airshow this November. The new Boeing MD-10 has been converted into a working hospital and flies to developing countries to provide training for doctors and nurses, as well as delivering sight-saving surgeries. Orbis International is a non-profit non-governmental organization…

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New LASIK statistics show patients are better WITHOUT glasses than with! We agree!

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A new article published this month looked at the FDA’s official approval data for the 3 common modern LASIK platforms in the US. There were 718 total eyes that were examined, and many of them were the eyes of our very own Slade & Baker Vision patients! What was found? If you ask us, this…

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