Dr. Steven Goldwasser, OD

• Can wear glasses more cause deeper degree?

  No. As long as you choose the glasses in a regular optical shop and the glasses are suitable for you properly, they won't cause deeper degree. However, you must pay attention to the daily visual health and yould wear them often , then your prescription strength will be stable or even reduced.

• What eye drops can pregnant woman use for pinkeye?

  Wash them with saline first. If it is serious, using some chloramphenicol eye drops will work. As you just got pregnant, i suggest you wash your eyes with saline for it can reduce the bacteria in your conjunctiva, which is helpful for providing immunity.

• How to prevent eye drops from coming down to my throat?

  Before puting eye drops, you should held your head up and place a towel along the side of your nose. After putting the eye drops, you should use one hand to press against the towel and then the towel will prevent the eye drops from coming down to your nose, mouth and then throat.

• Why does my anti-glare glasses stop to work?

  Yes.Your anti-glare coating may be marred by the spray. You should take your glasses back and tell them that you were only following instructions given by them and now there is something wrong with the anti-glare coating. I believe they will replace them for you.

• Can I get an eye infection by sharing eye drops?

  Only when your eye touch the eye drop thingy dropper, your eyes have the chance to get infected if you share other people's eye drops. If someone has done like that, you shouldn't use it any more and must thow it away immediately. If don't, then your eye won't get infected. However, you'd better not share eye drops with other people.

• How to make my rimless glasses last longer?

  When you choose rimless glasses, you should pay attention to the screw. You must choose the screw which is shorter than the nasal inner surface of the lens. Then your rimless glasses will last longer.

• Do polarized sunglasses work better than those with anti-glare coating?

  The purpose of an AR coating is to provide relief from glare off the back of the lens while polarized sunglasses are used to reduce or eliminate glare from passing through the lens. So work in different ways and we cannot tell which one is better.

• Why does the eye drops always come to my throat after using them?

  Because there is a tube called the nasolacrimal duct connecting your tear duct to your nasal passage. Hence your eyes, nose, and mouth are all connected. If you put too much eye drops into your eyes, then excess eye drops will went down to your throat.

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