For three decades, LASIK eye surgery has been the gold standard for patients under 45 who want to correct refractive errors without spectacles or contact lenses. For even longer, cataract surgery has been the best option for people over 65 who want clear vision restored. But what about patients between 45 and 65 who want… Read More

For the first five-and-a-half centuries of vision care, after an Italian invented spectacles that sat on the bridge of the nose around 1390, eyeglasses addressed all ocular defects. Contact lenses worn directly on the eye provided a second option soon after World War II.