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Do You Need Glasses Or Surgery? Colorado Springs Eye Doctors Can Help

Some vision problems can be corrected with lenses, while others may require surgical solutions; this is an excellent reason to have a comprehensive eye exam with one to the many qualified Colorado Springs eye doctors in the community. Only such a professional can determine the best solution for your situation. If it is the former, you’ll get a prescription from your eye doctor; Colorado Springs lens makers can then create your eyeglasses for you at a local lab, or even right there in the clinic of your eye doctor. Colorado springs also has surgical facilities nearby in case you have a more serious problem requiring such a procedure.

Various Eye Doctors in Colorado Springs, CO

There are two types of Colorado Springs eye doctors: the optometrist and the ophthalmologist. Conditions that can be treated by an optometrist include:

•    astigmatism
•    near-sightedness
•    far-sightedness
•    crossed eyes

In these cases, you can order your eyeglasses in Colorado Springs and in most cases have them ready the same day. It’s even easy to make an appointment with an optometrist Colorado Springs clinic the same day, and a basic eye exam can be completed in about an hour.

There are other vision problems that are beyond the qualifications and skills of an optometrist; Colorado Springs ophthalmologists are necessary in these cases, because they usually require surgery. These may be:

•    cataracts
•    age-related macular degeneration
•    detached retina

Such eye doctors in Colorado Springs CO that practice opthalmologic surgeries will schedule you for your procedure at a local hospital, or may have facilities in their own clinic. In either case, such eye surgery is an outpatient procedure and the majority of your recovery will take place at home.

You May Still Need Eyeglasses

In Colorado Springs, optometrists still play a part after eye surgery, because corrective lenses may still be required afterwards. Most commonly, Colorado Springs eye doctors recommend bifocals or even trifocals for cataract patients. The reason is that after cataract surgery, the patient loses the ability to change focus; the natural lens of the eye is replaced with an artificial one. For other surgical patients, eye doctors in Colorado Springs CO may recommend any number of low vision aids that will allow such patients to live as normal a live as possible.

Doing Business Locally

When you choose to purchase eyeglasses in Colorado Springs or obtain vision services from a locally-based eye doctor, Colorado Springs benefits as a community. Every dollar you spend here in town generates an addition two to three dollars for your neighbors – and that’s a good thing.

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I have bad eye site but I was wondering, if I eat carrots and wear my glasses is there a chance that my eyes will correct themselves a little? I’m 16 and I don’t want to get the eye surgery done when I’m 18 but if I have to I will. Is there a chance?
……wow at the first and second answers…

no. carrots don’t do anything. glasses are not “therapeutic”. on–> clearer. off–> blurrier. that’s it. they will not “correct” anything and your eyes are unlikely to “correct” thlasikves. glasses. contacts. lasik. ortho-k. thats it.

ok now onto correcting this diatribe by another answerer:

“Most optometrists however will lack any suggetion (sic)..”

or you could take your advice from this guy who doesn’t know English and can’t type…?

“Also when you look at them, some of these optometrists have bad eyesight themselves”

of course…since optometrists are part of the general population.

“Why trust any opinion from someone who chooses to have impaired vision?”

yeah, those people with vision impairment can be kind of iffy on their advice. what? you’re myopic also? of power -1.75 D at your last eyetest 2 months ago? you don’t say. so what you’re saying here is that your opinion is ALSO not trustworthy. good to know.

“Also these people all have a tendancy to regard an increase in prescription as positive and having to buy new stronger glasses as “cool”"

what that is absolutely not true.

“The fact is 100 years ago youd have a hard time finding someone with impaired vision. Now in any city area its hard not to spot someone with impaired vision”

thats true. however 100 years ago you’d also have a hard time finding someone WHO COULD READ.

“Just remember in most cases its not genetics that seals your doom”

FALSE.

“If you lived in an area of the world untouched by modern lifestyles then the likelihood is youd probably have 20/20 vision right now”

what? no. also false. those people just have UNREPORTED vision problems.
unexamined =/= nonexistent

“Also…..If you were living 100 years ago youd probably have 20/20 vision”

also completely false. you’re making stuff up. vision problems have been documented back to well before BIBLICAL times.

“The first problem for you (if you want to get good vision back) is to work against people in your family who think wearing glasses is positive, unlearning all bad psychological habits, and mending your socisl skills… This is so to go back to the mindset/habits of someone who has 20/20 , (rather than someone who is myopic)”

yeah you’re right. bucking the trend will make you see better (crazy emoticon)

“Getting mad at your eyes and giving them a hard time will only make your eyesight worse”

yeah diabetics are probably the same way…they got to be diabetic by getting mad at their endocrine system.

“Youd be good to check your face and eye muscles are 100% relaxed and functioning”

thats interesting. how would one know if your eye muscles are “functioning”. eye exam, maybe?

“Try without glasses and without moving your head to move your eyes in a full circle , (do it smoothly without cutting corners.) If you chose to do this at a time/place that you are comfortable and happy with no distractions then you should be able to achieve this comfortably. If not , then change whatever needs to be changed, avoid being places that undermine your eye muscles. If your extraocular eye muscles (the muscles that turn your eyes left/right, up/down) are not able to move in all directions comfortably then you’re not in a normal situation and you are making your eyesight worse in the long term”

ah the Bates method. figured it’d come to this. repeatedly debunked. old, bad science.

“i had -2.75 last summer. but i started to change things inorder to use my natural vision again and i got -1.75D in my last eyetest (2 months ago.)”

still getting “eye tests?” why? haven’t you beat myopia yet? plus this is anecdotal evidence. what if i told you last summer i couldnt run a 4.50 40 but now i can? this is a worthless claim.

“By the way the other stupid thing about having impaired vision/wearing glasses is that your socialising nature had become underminded. And practically all wearers of glasses i know have become accustomed to stress in their lives and having unnecessary tension all around their body.”

i dont even know what to say about this. uhhh yeah none of that is true.

“Theres a book “secret of perfect vision” i only mention it because the author went from something like -4.00D to 20/20 over a 10 years. (this was certified by eye tests)”

another anecdotal story.

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