It has been 101 years since Dr. Eduard Zirm performed the first successful penetrating keratoplasty (PKP). He operated on the eyes of an itinerant farm worker
who had been blinded by alkali. In the ensuing 50 years, technical advances by
such greats as Filitov, Castroviejo, and others have brought us into the era of successful corneal transplantation, […]

Your Eyes
According to the Merriam Webster dictionary cataract is defined as – “A clouding of the lens of the eye or its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light.” Studies say that cataract is the most widespread problem that occurs in the eye and affects most as we grow older.

Your eye is one […]

The principle of laser hair removal
The main principle behind laser hair removal is selective photothermolysis. The laser is used to damage the local area of hair growth without affecting or heating the other areas of skin. Thus the dark area on the skin which is melanin gets most of the concentrated light or heat. This […]

What is Keratoconus? To understand Keratoconus, one must first understand the anatomy of the eye. The eye has a clear dome on the front, kind of like the crystal on a watch. This clear dome is called the cornea and works as a lens to the eye, to focus images in the […]

What is IntraLase Enabled Keratoplasty? Keratoplasty is an operation on the Cornea. The Cornea is the clear dome on the front of the eye, like a watch glass that covers the front of a wristwatch. It is normally clear and transparent (about half a millimeter in thickness) and functions as the window […]