Mishank Jain

An eyelid lump can be uncomfortable, unsightly and frustrating—especially when it refuses to disappear. A chalazion, also known as a meibomian cyst or eyelid cyst, is commonly called a stye by patients. For simplicity, this article uses “stye” and “chalazion” to describe the same type of persistent eyelid lump. Most styes improve without an operation. However, if you have a persistent lump despite regular warm compresses, it keeps returning, or it is affecting your comfort, vision or...

Laser vision correction offers a life-changing opportunity to reduce dependence on glasses or contact lenses. Two popular procedures, LASIK and LASEK, reshape the cornea to improve vision. While both deliver excellent results, the recovery process differs between them. Knowing what to expect after surgery helps patients manage their healing and return to daily activities safely. At Lumivision, every patient is seen on Day 1 after surgery to check initial healing. LASEK patients have a...

If you have astigmatism, your eye isn't perfectly round — it's shaped a bit like a rugby ball instead of a football. This means light entering your eye doesn't land on one clear point at the back of your eye. Instead it lands in more than one spot, which is what makes things look blurry or stretched. Laser eye surgery fixes this by gently reshaping the surface of your eye. But here's the important part: it's not enough to reshape the right amount of eye. The laser also has to work in exactly...