How Night Vision Problems Can Sabotage Your Driving

by Guest Author Aaron Barriga  on Jun 27, 2025 12:48:50 PM

Driving is a privilege and one that depends heavily on your eyesight. Your eyes provide an astounding 90% of the information required to drive safely. Unfortunately, vision problems while driving, like difficulty with night driving or blurry vision while driving, are more common than you might think. Also, their impact on road safety is profound.

This article is here to explore which vision problems affect driving, how they translate to real life behind the wheel, and what you can do to protect yourself and your loved ones.

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What is Clear Lens Replacement?

by The Rochester Eye & Laser Team on Jun 12, 2025 7:15:00 AM

What is Clear Lens Replacement?

Clear Lens Replacement, also referred to as Refractive Lens Exchange (RLE), is a procedure performed on an outpatient basis, aimed at minimizing or completely removing the need for glasses. RLE serves as an alternative to laser vision correction and other refractive surgeries. It addresses nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism, and even presbyopia by utilizing advanced intraocular lens implants (IOLs). This procedure involves replacing the eye's natural lens with an artificial lens (IOL) to enhance vision clarity, thereby reducing or eliminating the necessity for reading glasses, or bifocals. And, you will never develop cataracts.

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CONTOURA® Vision LASIK treatment

by The Rochester Eye & Laser Team on Jun 3, 2025 10:35:14 AM

CONTOURA® Vision is a topography-guided LASIK treatment that is the latest FDA approved LASIK eye surgery technology available in the U.S.

This new technology has unique capabilities that provides Ophthalmologist, Ken Lindahl at the Rochester Eye and Laser Center, a greater degree of personalization.  No other LASIK procedure available in the U.S. is this precise and individualized.  The procedure is redefining the term “quality of vision” with studies showing that many patients experienced better vision than they ever did with glasses or contact lenses.

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