myopia
Eye Care
Is Laser Vision Correction a Good Choice for Athletes?
While glasses, contacts, and prescription goggles offer vision correction, they can also get in the way, especially during training and competition. For cyclists and tri-athletes, glasses may slip. Goggles fog up when riding in humid…
Eye Care
Is Myopia Treatment Right for Your Child?
Your child may have inherited your charming freckles, but if you’re nearsighted, she may inherit your myopia as well. Also known as nearsightedness, this eye condition is caused by an…
Eye Care
SMILE: It's a Breakthrough in Myopia Treatment
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute played a major role in the approval of the ReLEx SMILE procedure for the treatment of nearsightedness. Since its initial approved in the mid-1990s, laser eye…