Am I a Good Candidate For LASIK Surgery?
Glasses and contact lenses can be quite an inconvenience in your everyday life. From glasses getting foggy to dirty contacts making your eyes irritated and red, they can be having you want to ditch them forever. With LASIK Surgery, now you can! What Is LASIK Surgery? LASIK surgery is the best and most popular way…
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What Is Thyroid Eye Disease?
At Longwood Eye and LASIK Center, our ophthalmologists can diagnose and treat a range of eye conditions and diseases that can impact eye health and function. This includes thyroid eye disease or TED. Our providers offer an evaluation appointment during which you can obtain a proper diagnosis of your condition and seek treatment to alleviate…
Read MoreHow To Improve Crow’s Feet Around the Eyes With Botox® Injections
At Longwood Eye and LASIK Center, we provide a wide selection of services for patients who require eye and vision care. We also offer some cosmetic services, such as Botox® injections. Botox® is a medication that has been used for years for both medical and aesthetic purposes. Our team offers Botox® injections to assist patients…
Read MoreWhat Is Uveitis?
At the Longwood Eye and LASIK Center of Massachusetts, we are available to new and returning patients in our practice who have concerns regarding their eyes or vision. When patients present at our office with complications such as eye pain, redness, and decreased vision, we will evaluate them to determine the cause of the problem…
Read MoreWhat Are Tube Shunts?
Trabeculectomy and Tube Shunts
Your eye doctor at Longwood Eye and LASIK Center will describe tube shunts as a surgical treatment used to reduce pressure in your eye. Tube shunts are small thin tubes that are surgically placed in your eye to create an alternative pathway for the fluid to drain and escape to help reduce intraocular pressure. This…
Read MoreWhat Is Blepharoplasty and What Can It Achieve?
At Eye and LASIK Center, our doctors visit with patients who are concerned about the appearance or function of their eyelids. Eyelid surgery, known in the medical field as blepharoplasty, is a proper choice for patients who want to address eye bags, drooping eyelids, or improve their field of vision. Continue reading to learn more…
Read MoreHow To Address Crow’s Feet With Botox® Injections
Botox® injections are a popular and effective method to reduce the appearance of crow’s feet. Crow’s feet, or wrinkles that form around the eyes when people smile can make you look older than you are. Botox® injections can help smooth out these wrinkles, so they are less noticeable. The doctors at Eye and LASIK Center…
Read MoreThe Benefits of Lasik Eye Treatments
At the Eye and LASIK Center, we serve patients in Greenfield, Gardner, Springfield, and Fitchburg, MA, communities and offer a wide selection of vision services to new and returning patients. A popular procedure performed today to improve eyesight is that of LASIK eye treatment, and many of our patients who want to eliminate the need…
Read MoreHow to Care For Contact Lenses
Contact lenses are considered a very convenient and easy-to-use alternative to glasses. However, because they come in direct contact with the eyes, proper care is needed to ensure that these lenses do not cause injury or infection. Our Eye and LASIK Center team in Massachusetts discusses some of the most important steps for caring for…
Read MoreUnderstanding Graves Disease
At Longwood Eye & LASIK Center, we work with patients in the community who are experiencing symptoms and concerns with their eyes and vision. One condition we work with is that of Graves disease. Graves disease can impact one’s appearance of the eyes, along with other symptoms that can affect their quality of life. Learn…
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