Category: Eye Diseases

  • Lake Austin Eye is performing Corneal Crosslinking

    Lake Austin Eye is excited to announce that we offer Corneal Crosslinking to those patients that suffer from Keratoconus or Post-LASIK Corneal Ectasia. Both conditions cause a thinning and bulging of the cornea, which results in suboptimal vision. Often, the only solution for these patients, if the disease is left to progress, is corneal transplantation. The FDA has…

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  • We Now Offer Lipiflow®, an Innovative New Treatment for Dry Eye Disease!

    Lake Austin Eye is excited to announce the LipiFlow treatment LipiFlow® is a new procedure designed to treat the root cause of Evaporative Dry Eye, blocked Meibomian glands. Opening and clearing these blocked glands can allow them to resume natural production of lipids (oils) needed for a healthy tear film. Some treatments attempt to add more liquid to…

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  • Measuring Tear Osmolarity for Dry Eye Disease

    A New Diagnostic Tool for Dry Eye Disease: Tear Osmolarity Do you suffer from Dry Eye Disease? Do you know the osmolarity of your tears? It’s essential! An elevated tear osmolarity can indicate dry eye disease even before you become symptomatic. Dr. Cottle and her staff at Lake Austin Eye now offer this test, which is quickly becoming…

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  • Eye Donor Appreciation Week

    Learn about the importance of being an Eye Donor Corneal transplantation is when the patient’s natural cornea is removed and replaced with a donor cornea from an organ donor. The first corneal transplant was performed in 1905 by Eduard Zirm in the Czech Republic. Incredible advances in corneal transplantation have taken place since that time. We can now…

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  • iPhone App for the Visually Impaired

    The US Bureau of Engraving and Printing has developed EyeNote™ a free, new iPhone app to aid the visually impaired or blind in identifying US paper currency. Essentially, the app is designed to allow the user to hold the bill in one hand and the iPhone in the other while scanning the paper currency. After a few seconds…

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