The technique we pioneered has changed the way glaucoma is approached for patients on one drop to those on four or more! Previously, the risks and slow recovery of surgery made doctors hesitate to recommend it. The lack of long-term pressure lowering and drop independence for the effort endured by the patient was disappointing. Glaucoma treatment doesn’t need to be like that.

With our procedure:

• Pressures are most often better when off medicine than on medicine after surgery.
• Patients can see immediately afterwards and don’t need a patch or shield.
• Glaucoma medicines are stopped.
• Only one medication drop is used for a few weeks operatively.

Family history dramatically increases your risk of having the disease but doesn’t mean you will definitely get it. Research indicates that African American people fare worse with glaucoma than Caucasians. Additional factors like smoking makes battling glaucoma more difficult.

Vision loss is common, but it is often preventable. Early glaucoma treatment is key because what vision you lose doesn’t come back. It is often said that it’s like running toward a cliff. It doesn’t actually hurt until you fall off. Glaucoma treatment slows you down, so hopefully your vision doesn’t fall off that cliff!