A cataract is a clouding of the eye’s natural lens, which leads to a decrease in vision. The most important factor in cataract formation is increasing age, however, there are additional contributors, including smoking, diabetes and excessive exposure to sunlight. Those with cataracts often experience difficulty in appreciating colours, changes in contrast, driving, reading, and coping with glare from bright lights.

In Australia more than 180,000 cataract operations are performed yearly.
While a comprehensive eye examination by an eye care practitioner can determine the presence of a cataract, there are a number of signs and symptoms which may indicate a cataract.

Laser vision correction is painless procedure that eliminates or reduces the need for eyeglasses or contact lenses to see objects clearly. Patients are usually able see more clearly within 24 hours of the procedure. Recent innovations allow many patients who were previously not candidates for laser vision correction to benefit from this life changing procedure.
Laser eye surgery or laser corneal sculpting is a surgical procedure that uses a laser to reshape the surface of the eye. This is done to improve or correct myopia (short sightedness), hypermetropia (long sightedness) and astigmatism (uneven curvature of the eye’s surface)

The cornea is a clear tissue that covers the front of each eye. Light entering the eye first passes through the cornea, then the pupil (the dark spot at the center of the coloured iris), and then the lens.

A corneal transplant is the process of removing all (Penetrating keratoplasty), or part of (DSEK, DSAEK, DALK), a cloudy or abnormally shaped cornea and replacing it with a healthy donor’s cornea.

Keratoconus is a progressive eye disease in which the normally spherical cornea thins and begins to bulge into a cone-like shape. The cornea is a clear organ that lies in the central portion of the surface of the eye. In patients with keratoconus, the cone-shaped cornea cannot focus light rays properly and causes distorted vision.
Keratoconus often begins to develop in adolescent years. A variant called pellucid marginal degeneration (PMD) affects patients in older years. Changes in the shape of the cornea occur gradually, usually over several years. The cause of keratoconus is largely unknown. Some genetic links which have been identified. While most people with keratoconus are otherwise healthy, patients with Down’s syndrome, connective tissue diseases, and certain retinal conditions are at higher risk of developing keratoconus. Allergic eye disease associated with eye rubbing is present in about 30% of patients with keratoconus.