There are companies that claim they can surgically change your eye color to blue. I’ve read that people with dark brown or black eyes have a lot of retinal melanin, those with green eyes less, and those with blue eyes none at all. The claim is that a 30-second laser operation can affect the pigment of the retina and change the color of the eyes. It is a process that takes a few weeks, where the eyes gradually brighten and turn blue. Is this a good idea?

I don’t think so. Dispersion of the pigment may result in damage to the trabecular meshwork, that is in turn involved with glaucoma. While you may now have blue eyes, you have a nasty problem, as well. But we live in an era of plastic surgery and Botox, hence why so many dream of having different-colored eyes. Another option is implanting an artificial iris in the upper part of the original. This procedure has been done recently in Africa, but it has dangerous potential complications, like cataracts or glaucoma. Colored contacts are much safer, if someone is that determined. The problems associated with them can be reduced to a minimum if they are quality lenses from an experienced ophthalmologist. Just remember that changing eye color can be at the expense of your health, even on a psychological level… What if you find out that blue eyes do not suit you? Now you are the hostage of an impulsive decision. Think about it seven times, or even better, seventy-seven.

Now the second question. When we become acquainted, the first thing we do is look each other in the eyes, and only after that to the clothes and whatever else. When they are red, it is obvious to everyone (that is, without cataracts). When should we start to worry, and what causes this?

The eyes turn red for a variety of reasons. It could be a manifestation of serious diseases like glaucoma, keratitis, scleritis, blepharitis, conjunctivitis, uveitis, etc., which may also result in (or originate from) asthenopia, astigmatism, corneal problems, dry eye syndrome, or injury. Redness can also be caused by pregnancy, air conditioning, dust, eyelashes, sunlight, humidity or cold air, soap, diet, allergies, the sauna, poorly-chosen eyeglasses, cigarette smoke, contact lenses, insomnia, alcohol, marijuana, or just fatigue from sitting in front of a computer for hours, especially in the dark.

Dust is understood, we have talked about that before. But what if it’s glaucoma? Is this something you can diagnose yourself, or do you need to see a doctor?

You must go to an ophthalmologist immediately, especially if you’re over 40. Glaucoma is insidious, so even if you do notice symptoms, you may not know what’s going on. They can be explicit, like pressure in the temples or brow, burning eyes, blurred vision, constricted pupils, decreased visual acuity, or a reaction to bright light. But it can also develop completely asymptomatically. As it can lead to blindness, it is better to err on the side of caution.

I once accidentally gave myself the correct diagnosis – conjunctivitis. It had to be treated, but the doctor (you) didn’t tell me what caused it. 

The causes of conjunctivitis aren’t a medical secret. It’s usually adenoviruses, bacteria, chemical irritants (including cosmetics), and dry eyes. The viral and bacterial varieties are contagious, so that’s something to keep in mind.

Since you mentioned dry eyes twice, I remember having an attack in Las Vegas, which ruined the whole day. And then I read on an internet forum how to treat it. 

I wonder how people understand that treatment for cataracts cannot be found on an internet forum, but it’s somehow ok for dry eyes. It can lead to a breakdown in the production of tears. The surface of the eye is covered with a protective film of tears, which prevents it from drying out or becoming inflamed. Household fans, driving for long periods of time, contact lenses, corneal distortion, carbohydrate-heavy diets, and a reaction to medication can lead to dry eyes, as well as factors like age or menopause.

This isn’t the first time I’ve heard the word “uveitis” in my life. A friend of mine, tired of having red eyes, finally went to the doctor and learned that he had uveitis. It wasn’t just fatigue, as he was accustomed to think. 

Uveitis isn’t just one thing, but a group of ailments related to inflammation of the uveal tract, a vascular layer of the eye. This is a very serious topic, as well, because 25-30% of all cases lead to sharp deterioration in vision or even blindness. Glaucoma can be a complication of uveitis, as well as cataracts, damage to the optic nerve, corneal problems, changes in the vitreous body, or retinal detachment.

Viral infections (herpes, chlamydia), diabetes, rheumatism, arthritis, and injury. The symptoms all come from the same “deck” – redness, photophobia, decreased visual acuity, constricted pupils, various distortions, pain, increased intraocular pressure, and particles in the eye, which we have already talked about. Based on the particular combination of symptoms and a thorough examination, we can determine what kind of uveitis you have: peripheral, anterior, posterior, or general. Treatment is often needed immediately.

So in conclusion, a few words about blepharitis. Is this reason to run to the doctor? 

Blepharitis is an inflammation of the eyelid, which by itself causes redness. It cannot be ignored because it will lead to inflammation of the conjunctiva and cornea, or keratitis. Symptoms include thickening or swelling of the eyelids, scales on the eyelids, itching, loss of eyelashes, or again photophobia. Blepharitis has diverse symptoms, but I won’t go into all of them, because I don’t want to tire our impatient Facebook readers.

Red eyes cannot become blue. It’s interesting that the last name of the owner of the company that performs these eye-color operations is Homer. 

При знакомстве мы вначале смотрим в глаза, а потом уж на одежду, прическу и тайком на туфли. Ибо глаза не лгут. Но когда они налиты кровью – это бросается в глаза любому не слепому собеседнику. Нет человека, у которого хотя бы раз в жизни не покраснели глаза. Все, что знает обыватель, – «у тебя расширились сосуды». Симптом встречается столь часто, что хорошо бы знать, когда у владельца единственной пары глаз есть повод волноваться. На вопросы ответил д-р Артур Бенджамин.

 Что является главной причиной этого явления?

– Глаза могут покраснеть по самым разным причинам. Не исключено, что это проявление серьезных заболеваний, таких как глаукома, кератит, склерит, блефарит, конъюнктивит…

 Названия болезней, похоже, сочиняли поэты от медицины. Или как минимум художники слова.

– Тогда добавьте сюда увеит и все, выпадающее из рифмы: астенопию, астигматизм, проблемы с роговицей, синдром сухого глаза, травму. Могут вызвать покраснение беременность, кондиционер, пылинки, ресницы, солнце, воздух и вода (холодный ветер, например), мыло, диета, аллергия, баня, плохо подобранные очки, сигаретный дым, контактные линзы, бессонница, алкоголь, марихуана и, наконец, просто переутомление как результат многочасового сидения перед монитором, особенно в темноте.

Про соринку можно и самому догадаться, к бабке не ходи. Но как дома-то определить, глаукома ли это?

– Дома вы это не определите, и ходить нужно не к бабке, а к врачу, тем более, если вам за сорок. Глаукома коварна, ее симптомы приметит не каждый, а и приметив, не знает, с чем имеет дело. Они могут быть явными: давление в области висков и бровей, жжение в глазах, затуманивание поля зрения, его сужение, снижение остроты зрения, реакция на яркий свет. Но глаукома любит развиваться и бессимптомно. Поскольку в перспективе она чревата слепотой, лучше в обоих смыслах подстраховаться.

 Как-то раз я себе правильно поставил диагноз – конъюнктивит. Пришлось, правда, лечиться, но о причинах тогдашний врач (это были не вы), ничего внятного не сказал.

– Причины конъюнктивита не являются врачебной тайной. Обычно это аденовирус, бактерии,  химические раздражители, включая косметику, тот же «сухой глаз». Вирусный и бактериальные варианты заразны, это нужно помнить.

 Раз уж вы дважды упомянули «сухой глаз», помню, поехал я в Лас-Вегас, и на меня там напал этот синдром, отравив весь праздник жизни. Потом читал на форуме, как лечить.

– Человек понимает, что не стоит лечить на форуме катаракту или увеит, но почему-то лечит форумом сухой глаз. В Лас-Вегасе к нему располагает климат. К «сухому глазу» приводит поломка механизма слезообразования. При каждом движении века поверхность глаза покрывается такой спасительной слезной пленкой, которая и предохраняет его от высыхания и предупреждая воспаление. Вызвать сухой глаз могут также вентилятор, длительное вождение автомобиля, контактные линзы, деформация роговицы, углеводная диета, реакция на лекарства, ну и такие факторы, как старение или климакс.

 Слово «увеит» слышу второй раз в жизни. Один мой товарищ, устав от красноглазости, пошел в конце концов к врачу и узнал, что у него запущенный увеит, а не просто «усталость», как он привык лениво думать.

– Увеит – не одно, а целая группа заболеваний, связанная с воспалением увеального тракта, т.е. сосудистой оболочки глаза, и я бы не шутил на эту тему, потому что в 25-30% случаев оно может вести к резкому ухудшению зрения и даже к слепоте. Глаукома может оказаться осложнением увеита, другие его возможные последствия – катаракта, поражение зрительного нерва, роговицы, изменения на стекловидном теле, отслоение сетчатки.

– Вирусные инфекции (герпес, хламидии), сахарный диабет, рефматизм, артрит, травмы.  Симптомы – все из той же «колоды»: покраснение, светобоязнь, снижение остроты зрения, сужение зрачка, различные искажения, боль, повышение внутриглазного давления  и «мушки» в глазах, о которых мы с вами толковали в прошлый раз. В зависимости от конкретной комбинации симптомов и путем тщательного исследования глаза можно определить, какой именно у вас вид увеита: периферический, передний, задний или общий. Лечение иной раз нужно начинать немедленно.

 И пару слов о блефарите.  Повод ли это бросить все и отправиться к офтальмологу?

– Блефарит – это воспаление края век, что, само собой, ведет к их покраснению. Игнорировать нельзя, потому что в запущенных случаях он может привести к воспалению конъюнктивы, о чем мы уже толковали, и роговицы, т.е. к кератиту.  Симптомы:  утолщение и отечность век, чешуйки на веках, зуд, опять же светобоязнь, выпадение ресниц. Блефарит многолик, но приводить всю его классификацию я здесь не буду, чтобы не утомить глаза читателей, что тоже может вызвать покраснение.

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Red and Blue, pt 2 - Benjamin Eye Institute

Can you surgically change your eye color to blue? Very bad idea. Meanwhile, it is very important that your eyes are not red. Experiencing red, itchy, dry eyes? It is time to give Dr. Benjamin a visit! 

Насколько многолики очи красныe и сколько диагнозов может скрываться за этим симптомом. Внимание: диагностика и лечение через Google не ведёт к сохранению и улучшению ни ментального, ни физического составляющего вашего здоровья. Берегите свои глаза.



Red and Blue

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Staff was very personable and accommodated my needs.  Dr Benjamin was very professional and great bedside manner.  I would highly recommend the office to friend and family

An awesome experience as is the norm for our visits to Dr Benjamin. We have trusted him and his office with our multiple surgeries and care for many years, and plan to continue forward. Thank you Dr Benjamin, and your staff.

Great front desk and tech staff. The doctor was super nice and I’m so pleased I found this eye institute! Everyone was great and happy to finally have taken care of an appointment I had been putting off for a while. Great check-in process also for first time patients.

⭐️ My review of LASIK after one year ⭐️I told Dr. Benjamin I would do this a while ago, but I kind of feel like it says a lot I have kept this on my checklist for a year. I feel like a year is a good amount of time to review a procedure like this and give my honest thoughts and recommendation.So, let me tell you about my journey to getting LASIK and how I ended up in the amazing care of Dr. Benjamin. After going to an optometrist for years and him advising against LASIK because of my genetically dry eyes, I finally got a second opinion from an ophthalmologist (Dr. Benjamin). I didn’t know the difference between an optometrist vs. opthalmologist, but once I learned it kind of made sense why my optometrist didn’t want me getting LASIK lol. Because he couldn’t sell me on contact lenses or glasses for the foreseeable future if I got my vision corrected :) I mean, who knows, but I am glad I got a second opinion.I figured being in Los Angeles with some of the best doctors in the world… if anyone is going to touch my big, blue eyeballs, might as well get it done while I’m here. I found this business due to the reviews and they seemed to really know what they were doing and how to talk to clients.Upon meeting Dr. Benjamin he told me that I wasn’t a candidate for LASIK with my dry eyes, but he could put me through treatments for dry eyes and reevaluate after; and that these treatments had a good success rate for most.So, I started doing two treatments every other week for about 2.5 months - IPL laser treatment and Lipiflow. Lipiflow, especially, was a weird painless experience but highly recommend anyone with dry eyes to ask about it regardless of LASIK. I could tell my eyes felt way less dry a couple days after each treatment. There are videos on YouTube that talk about this treatment… Who knew this stuff existed. I’m not gonna lie, it’s an investment to do all these treatments on top of LASIK, but my eyes rarely feel dry anymore so if you’re going to get it done - do it right.Finally, I was approved for LASIK. I ended up waiting until the end of year to make sure I saved up the funds to do it and had some time to heal. I also took advantage of an end of year deal they were offering. $1000 off was a pretty nice forcing function to get me to finally do it after prepping my eyes with the treatments. The procedure itself I couldn’t feel anything even though I was awake the entire time (medicated). Even the scary part when bubbles form on your eyes Dr. Benjamin let me know about in advance so when it happened I just went with the flow. I think the worst part was the recovery the few days after and coming home drugged up lol. I remember day 1 thinking omg what did I do to my eyes. My eyes just hurt and felt weird, but omg I could see 20/15 immediately. And then, day by day it gradually got better. It took a few weeks for my eyes to heal, but after 1 month you couldn’t even tell I had surgery. One eye was a bit more bloodshot than the other.I can see 20/15. It’s been life changing for the past year not having to worry about contacts or glasses. I just got married and was able to walk down the aisle with clear vision. I only wish I had the means to have done this earlier in life. If you’re considering it - do it! And definitely consider Dr. Benjamin to do it right.Lastly, to continue treating my dry eyes, Dr. Benjamin gave me an extra LipiFlow treatment, and also recommended I try punctal plugs (painless plugs inserted into your lids that help your tears last longer). He placed the plugs in my eyes under 5 mins. Wild.I heard from people during the LASIK process they have been nervous to get the procedure so I wrote this to help and because I think highly of this business for changing my life. And, some of the dry eye treatments I would’ve never known about had it not been for them. Again, I wish I would have had been able to do this years ago. It is so, so worth it!Thank you, Dr. Benjamin (and staff!)

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The office staff were kind and considerate. The technician that assisted me explained everything she was doing. The Doctor was very nice and explained everything. He was definitely knowledgeable about my condition.

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