It is not true that your eyeballs are the same size throughout your whole life. It's easier to look at a sun during a solar eclipse because it's not as strong feeling, but the light rays hit you just as hard. We are more likely to take care of a baby if it looks like it has big eyes because it's cuter. Why are babies with glasses the best? I think anytime you see something that's out of the norm of like what you're expecting,. Also cute.
75% of adult Americans have wonky vision of some kind, your host included. Longtime pal and real-life eye surgeon, Dr. Reid Wainess answers all the questions that you never bring up during appointments. He and Alie chat about how eyes are just little cameras in your skull, glasses vs. contacts, Lasik, why we cry, some boggling ER stories, how marijuana effects eyeballs, floaters, cataracts, eye color, dogs in goggles and more. Also: what happens if you choke under pressure and pick the wrong options in an eye exam? HOW SCREWED ARE YOU?
Dr. Reid Wainess's practice
If you're in LA and and want Dr. Wainess to be your eye doc: 1-800-898-2020
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