When a patient sits across from me and hears the word “glaucoma” for the first time, I can see the concern on their face. It is one of those diagnoses that feels heavy — and understandably so. Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of permanent blindness worldwide. But here is what I tell every […]
Have you ever woken up on a Sunday morning with a red, painful eye — and realised that every eye clinic near you is closed? Or finished a long week at work only to find that by the time you are free, the hospital’s OPD has already shut for the day? This is one of […]
As soon as an eye issue affects your day-to-day life, it becomes essential to get proper treatment immediately. However, before seeking treatment, one of the main questions many people ask is, “What is the cost of the treatment?” Here, schemes of government healthcare systems such as ECHS & Ayushman Bharat could prove to be quite […]
This is one of the questions I am asked most frequently after a successful cataract surgery — usually at the one-month follow-up visit, when the patient is seeing clearly for the first time in years and is suddenly worried about losing that clarity again. “Doctor, can the cataract come back?” It is a completely understandable […]
Most people visit a dentist regularly. They get blood tests done when their doctor recommends it. They schedule annual health check-ups without thinking twice. But when it comes to their eyes — the organs they rely on more continuously than almost any other — they wait until something goes wrong. I see this pattern constantly […]
One of the first questions I am asked after a patient finds out they are a suitable LASIK candidate is: “How much will it cost?” It is a completely reasonable question. LASIK is an elective procedure — insurance rarely covers it, and you are paying out of pocket. You want to understand what you are […]
One of the most important decisions you will make before cataract surgery is one that most patients do not even know they need to make — until they are sitting in a pre-operative consultation. Their surgeon asks: “Which lens would you like?” The artificial lens that replaces your cloudy natural lens during cataract surgery is […]
Most people do not notice a cataract developing. That is the truth. It does not hurt. There is no sudden change. No alarm goes off. The lens inside your eye simply begins to cloud over — gradually, silently, over months or years — until one day you realise that the world looks different from how […]
If you wear glasses or contact lenses, you have probably had this thought at some point — usually on a rainy evening when your glasses are fogged up, or during a workout when your contacts feel like sandpaper. Is there a better way? The honest answer is: it depends on who you are, what your […]
I know exactly what goes through your mind when you start thinking about LASIK eye surgery. You are tired of reaching for your glasses the moment you wake up. You are done with dry, irritated eyes from contact lenses. You have heard that LASIK changes lives — and you want that too. But here is […]









