We’re all guilty of rubbing our eyes occasionally.  It’s a natural reaction to itchy eyes, particularly around allergy season.  It may seem harmless, but persistent eye rubbing can cause some potentially dangerous eye conditions, and should be avoided. For those interested in LASIK or PRK laser vision correction, here’s the most compelling reason of all to stop rubbing your eyes:  persistent eye-rubbing can injure your cornea,  change your prescription and make it difficult for your eye doctor to determine if you are a candidate …
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Is LASIK Eye Surgery Covered by Insurance?  This is a question we hear frequently from our New York LASIK patients here at Mandel Vision. The answer isn’t as straightforward as you may think. Although for most patients the answer is no, as most insurance companies consider LASIK a cosmetic procedure, there are a few financial services companies that offer insurance coverage for LASIK surgery as a perk for their employees. They each have unique plans which offer either partial or …
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Blog 2:  Top Manhattan LASIK FAQ’s Post-LASIK Eye Surgery This is blog 2 of a 2-part series on the most frequently asked questions about LASIK eye surgery from our patients.  This blog will focus on the LASIK FAQ’s we hear from patients after (post) LASIK eye surgery with Dr. Mandel at our Manhattan LASIK center.  If you have questions about the free LASIK consultation, scheduling, or what you can expect prior to LASIK eye surgery, you’ll want to check out …
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Blog 1: Top Manhattan LASIK FAQ’s Pre-LASIK Surgery: At Mandel Vision’s Manhattan LASIK center, laser vision correction is all we do. That singular focus is what has made us the premier LASIK center in New York. In our more than 30 years helping patients see more clearly, we’ve heard a lot of questions from patients considering LASIK. This two-part blog series is a compilation of some of the most frequently asked questions from our patients. In this blog, part one …
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Omega 3 Supplements and Dry Eye Syndrome Burning, stinging, redness, light-sensitivity…these are just a few of the annoying symptoms of dry eye syndrome (DES).  The increased use of digital devices, which exacerbate dry eye symptoms due to a decrease in the natural blink rate by more than 60%, has caused an increase in DES over the last several years.  That, combined with the chronic nature of this syndrome, has fueled a lot of research in this area which has revealed …
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Happy New Year! If you’re going to make a New Year’s resolution, why not choose one with the added benefit of it being eye healthy too?! Luckily, there are many things that you can do to improve or maintain your eye health.  To make it easy for you, we’ve made a list of our top four eye healthy resolutions: 1.  Make a commitment to your eye health.  Routine, annual eye exams are just as important as annual physicals.  And, they’re …
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Amblyopia, or lazy eye, is a condition in which the visual acuity in one eye doesn’t fully develop, usually beginning from birth towards early childhood. Once the vision is lost, glasses or contacts cannot correct it. The amount of potential vision loss in the amblyopic eye varies from patient to patient, but at the least, the vision is worse than in the other eye. If undetected and left untreated, the vision in that eye will never fully develop as the …
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There’s a lot of confusion about which eye conditions are correctable with LASIK eye surgery. As a result, we’ve heard a lot of myths over the years about who can benefit from LASIK and who can’t. We’d like to clear up the confusion! Below you’ll find the eye conditions that are treatable with LASIK. Myopia (AKA:  Nearsightedness): In this eye condition, near objects are clear and distant objects are blurry. To see clearly, the light rays from an object need …
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