“Managing astigmatism” sounds simple, right? You get the right pair of glasses or contact lenses to correct your eyesight, and you learn to live with vision that’s somewhat blurry whenever you’re not wearing them. Yet there are surgical options that can minimize or nearly eliminate astigmatism. With those, you may see well using simple nonprescription... Read More

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Corneas ideally remain clear and smooth, like the surface of an untroubled and unpolluted mountain lake. But sometimes fluid builds up inside the cornea, the clear surface that contributes to focus light onto the back of your eye, and you get a corneal edema. Sometimes bumps and lumps appear on the epithelium, the outermost of... Read More

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Most people who enjoy contacts wear them comfortably for years and spend minimal amounts of time thinking about them. But contact lenses and your corneas are related in ways you may not understand. If you’re careless about following rules for proper use, your vision could suffer. (Learn more at Horizon’s Cornea services page.) Contact lenses... Read More

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April is Sports Eye Safety Month, so it’s a natural time to think about corneal abrasions. Anything from a baseball to a basketball player’s elbow might scratch the protective outer layer of the cornea, the clear front surface of the eye that helps direct light rays to your retina. (You’ll find information on Horizon Eye... Read More

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What’s the most commonly transplanted human tissue and the one with the highest success rate? The cornea, the outer layer that’s the first contact between your eye and the world. Doctors perform more than 40,000 corneal transplants every year. Why do they have to? This five-layered surface of the eye takes a beating, often inadvertently.... Read More

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On Friday, February 10, 2017, Dr. Ravi Patel completed the first corneal cross-linking treatment in the Charlotte area. Avedro’s therapeutic system can help slow down or halt progressive keratoconus and corneal ectasia, and may eliminate the need  for a corneal transplant.

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Horizon Eye Care, consistently confirmed by peers as the most trusted eye practice in Charlotte, is now open in the one of the city’s most popular locations. Horizon’s new full-service, multi-specialty location features a state-of-the-art facility that includes 8,300 square feet of medical space. The staff at Waverly consists of four ophthalmologists, one pediatric ophthalmologist... Read More

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Horizon Eye Care will relocate to Waverly this fall. The current Arboretum location will close once this new space is completed. Read the full story from the Charlotte Business Journal. Detailed information about the Waverly multi-use development in south Charlotte is available at www.waverlyclt.com.

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