During your eye examination, your doctor will review your medical history (both general and eye), your visual requirements (i.e.: computer, safety glasses, unusual working distance, hobbies), family medical and eye history and any concerns you have about your eye or vision.

Ocular health (both internal and external) will be evaluated with various types of equipment. Intra-ocular pressure will be measured to screen for glaucoma. Blood pressure will be taken. Pupillary reflexes will be evaluated to detect neurological problems. Your eyes may be dilated to allow the doctor a better look at the retina.

Eye muscles will be evaluated for alignment, teaming and binocularity.

The vision system will be evaluated to detect refractive errors such as near-sightedness, far-sightedness, astigmatism and presbyopia.

Your doctor will then summarize their findings for you and make recommendations for whichever treatment is appropriate.

If you haven't had a thorough eye exam in the past few years, your vision could be at risk. Too often we see the unhealthy consequences of neglected eye care. Permanent and needless visual impairment can result from diseases we can detect and treat- like glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy in adults, and amblyopia or lazy eye in children.

Don't take good sight for granted. If you or someone you love has put off regular eye care, call our office today and schedule an comprehensive eye health and vision exam.

A comprehensive eye examination is done to determine the amount of refractive error (prescription), general and eye health and pupil size. All of these factors help determine if Lasik may be an appropriate treatment for your eyes. This is included in our comprehensive eye examination and typically covered by vision insurance.

Additional tests are required to determine if Lasik is appropriate, a different procedure is more appropriate or neither are options. These tests include topography (mapping the contour of the cornea) and pachymetry (measuring the corneal thickness). there are additional fees for these tests and they are not covered under your vision insurance.

If the doctor determines you are a candidate for refractive surgery, we will schedule you for that procedure and provide the surgeon with our evaluation. You will follow-up with the surgeon 24 hours after the procedure and we can provide your remaining follow-up care in our office. Our refractive surgery follow-up care include six month of evaluations and report back to your surgeon. Typically, vision insurance does not cover the cost of the follow-up care.