
Ophthalmology (EYES) with Reid Wainess
Ologies with Alie Ward
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Cataract Surgery - What's the Difference?
Cataract is the lens itself getting cloudy. So we take out the old one and put in a new plastic artificial one that's clear so people can see better again. The amount of melanin in your eye changes what it looks like. If you grew up along the equator, you're going to have much darker skin because there's more light. It's the same thing as why we have dark skin versus light skin.
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