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When cataracts become an obstacle to your ability to live your life in your normal fashion, it's time to consider our cataract surgery in Waldwick. Mild to moderate cases of cataracts can usually be treated with a prescription for eyeglasses or contact lenses, but since it is a degenerative disease, the likelihood is that sooner or later that option will cease to be effective for you. Here at Wyckoff Ophthalmology, you can depend on our board-certified and fellowship-trained ophthalmologist to perform the procedure safely and restore your ability to see more clearly, free of the cloudiness and blurring that cataracts produce.
The reason that your vision becomes compromised is the buildup of proteins on the lenses of your eyes that is the most common trait of this eye disease. Unfortunately, this protein buildup cannot be successfully removed from the surface of your eye lenses. Therefore, our cataract surgery in Waldwick instead removes the entire lens from your eye. The procedure is done under local anesthesia and generally on an outpatient basis. There is little to no danger in having it done, and the benefits are undeniable. Freed of the blockage to your eyesight that cataracts had created, your vision will once again be clear. However, there is a drawback. Your eye lenses are responsible for letting your eyes focus on objects, so a replacement for them must be found in order to restore the full sharpness of your vision.
Once you have undergone our cataract surgery in Waldwick, our ophthalmologist will help you to achieve a higher level of vision again by prescribing eyeglasses for you. The eyeglass lenses will take the place of your natural eye lenses in offering focus to your eyesight. Depending on your individual situation, you may need simply a pair of single vision glasses, or if you have more than one refractive concern (such as farsightedness, nearsightedness, and astigmatism), you may need bifocal or multifocal lenses to do the job.
What is most important is that our cataract surgery in Waldwick will remove the obstacles that have been preventing you from doing what you want, such as reading, driving, golfing, quilting, or using a computer. Call us and schedule a consultation to find out if this is the right option for you now.
By Wyckoff Ophthalmology
July 14, 2016
