The Popularity of IntraLase

IntraLASIK or All Laser LASIK is a 100% blade-free approach to creating your LASIK flap – the thin flap of tissue that the doctors at Vista Eye Specialists, VA fold back in order to perform your LASIK procedure for corrective eye surgery. IntraLase is the name of the first manufacturer to achieve Food and...

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Recovery from Cataract Surgery

After you have had cataract surgery performed at Vista Eye Specialists, VA you’re on your way to better vision! Before a patient is discharged, the team of eye doctors at Vista Eye Specialists will always share what a patient should expect after cataract surgery and the care he must take. Before you leave...

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PRK Surgery-The Right Option to Correct your Vision

 Vista Eye Specialists will always suggest the most accurate, safe and long term solution methods to correct vision problems. Photo refractive keratectomy or PRK, is a type of laser eye surgery used to correct mild to moderate nearsightedness, farsightedness, and/or astigmatism. This procedure has helped...

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Eyelid Rejuvenation—Look better, See Better

Are you annoyed with the sagging, droopy, tired look of your eyelids? Excessive hooding of ones lower eyebrows and excessive upper eyelid skin can not only make you look older and unattractive but can limit your visual fields, blocking your vision in the upward and outward direction. At Vista Eye Specialists,...

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Save upto $ 500 on LASIK at Vista Eye Specialists this April

LASIK or Laser in-situ keratomileusis costs around $2000 per eye in private eye clinics. But Dr. Jani spearheads Vista Eye Specialists to be an eye care center with a heart. This is the reason why this April of 2014 brings with it a compassionate saving of upto $500 on this Laser Vision Correction Surgery. LASIK...

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When your Eyes are Exposed to Chemicals in the Home

As we go about our daily chores at home, we may experience irritation or burning in the eyes. This happens when eyes are exposed to household cleaning solutions, fumes or paint. Most household cleaning products and pesticides come with instructions for proper usage and if used as directed, they are safe to be used. In instances like when your home is being painted with latex paint, the formaldehyde...

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Save upto $200 on Lipiflow Treament to Treat Dry Eyes

Have you had enough of that scratchy and dry sensation in your eyes? Is it tiresome to keep coping with blurred vision or sensitivity to sunlight? Have you been diagnosed with Dry Eyes because the water in the tears evaporates faster than normal, due to an insufficient lipid or oil layer on the tear film? You...

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Do you Suspect your Child is Color Blind?

What is Color Blindness?: Color blindness or Color Vision Deficiency is the inability of fully ‘seeing’ red, green or blue light. This condition affects approximately 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women in the world. People usually have three types of cone cells in the macula of the eye. Each type senses either red,...

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Affordable Eye Care at Vista Eye Specialists

The world, despite its advancement in medical science, has seen an increasing trend in blindness. It has been seen that an eye disease, if not treated properly and professionally by qualified ophthalmologists, can transform quickly into failing vision, making the patient unable to perform daily functions...

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Eye Drops: Your Partner in Eye Care

Eye drops are a solution containing saline and several eye problems are treated using them. Eye drops might not  contain medication and may just serve to lubricate or may have steroids, antihistamines, sympathomimetics, beta receptor blockers, prostaglandins, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory...

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Visual field Test at Vista Eye

To find out if there is a sign of glaucoma damage to the optic nerve; for detection of central or peripheral retinal disease, macular degeneration, eyelid conditions such as ptosis or drooping, optic nerve disease, and diseases affecting the visual pathways within the brain, a special kind of testing is required...

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Preventing Asthenopia-Eye Strain

Eye strain is a common complaint because of the kind of lifestyle we have in this day and age. Spending uninterrupted hours in front of the computer screen at work is what most jobs require today. Many people commute for hours regularly, their eyes, alert on the road before them. Children gaze at TV screens...

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Thorough LASIK Evaluation at Vista Eye

Laser Vision Correction--LASIK (Laser-Assisted in-Situ Keratomileusis) is the latest and preferred procedure to treat nearsightedness, farsightedness, and/or astigmatism and reduce the dependency on contact lenses and eye glasses. However, making sure that this procedure is done at the meticulous hands of...

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Caring for Your Contact Lenses with Vista Eye Specialists

Contact lenses are preferred by a majority of people around the world as they are an aesthetically pleasing option and even more convenient than perching spectacles upon your nose. However, the eye experts at Vista Eye Specialists VA, solemnly recommend that one must know the risk which comes with wearing...

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When the Eye becomes Pink

All is not rosy if you are suffering from ‘pink eye’ which indicates that your eye is inflamed. The cause of your eyes appearing pink may be a virus (often quite contagious), allergies, or bacteria. Also referred to as conjunctivitis, pink eye occurs in case the conjunctiva, the mucous membrane that lines...

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Do you have a Family History of Eye Diseases?

The genes which you possess not only determine your physical traits and skills but also cause inheritance of diseases or disorders.The most common vision problems among children and adults are genetically determined like strabismus (cross-eyes), amblyopia (lazy eye) and refraction errors such as myopia (nearsightedness),...

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How to tell if your Child needs Glasses

It is up to the parent, care-giver or teacher to spot signs of a child having trouble in his vision. This includes noticing minor tell-tale signs like if your child sits too close to the TV screen or if he squints while reading. The pediatric ophthalmologists at Vista Eye Specialists, VA recommend regular check-ups for your child. These doctors at Vista Eye are trained specialists who deal compassionately...

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Is Reading in Dim Light Bad for your Eyes?

Reading into the wee hours of the night in the soft glow of your bedside lamp is something most people enjoy after a long day but after a while one feels a strain on the eyes. Many children too, read under the covers in the beam of a torch when sleep evades them, but parents keep rebuking them to go to...

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Eating your way to better Eyesight

Your diet and lifestyle can help ward off the onset of many diseases—every wise person knows that. But those who eat healthy do so particularly keeping in mind the health of the heart, brain and bones. Vista Eye Specialists urge not to take the well being of your eye for granted and thus promotes eating healthy...

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Watch out for Dry Eyes in Winter

It’s common enough to feel your eyes water when you are outdoors for a long time in the cold winters. This is because the harsh winter wind has dried them out and our eyes begin to overproduce tears due to excessive dryness. Those who suffer from dry eyes throughout the year, feel this discomfort intensely this time of the year due to lower humidity. Dry eye are a result of exposure to harsh...

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The Importance of Wearing Sunglasses in Winter!

Summer might be synonymous with the searing heat, the blazing sun and donning fabulous designer sunglasses while lazing on the beach, however, wearing sunglasses outdoors is important all the year around. The sun might not seem as intense or as hot in the winter and people make the mistake of not paying heed to wearing protective sunglasses. But the experts at Vista Eye Specialists, VA exhort that...

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