Cataract Experts in Long Island New York

At North Shore Eye Care, we strive to give each patient the very best attention and the best eye care experience possible.  Our board certified eye surgeons specialize in cataract surgery and use the very best in technique and technology.  When is comes to cataract, a cataract is a natural clouding of the lens of the eye that occurs as we age and sometimes occurs for other reasons such as medications, sunlight overexposure, smoking and other situations.  When a cataract grows, it begins to cause visual symptoms for the patient.  The symptoms of cataract are blurred vision, glare with sunlight and oncoming headlights at night among others.

When is it time for surgery?

It is time for cataract surgery when the symptoms from the cataract interfere with the patient's quality of life.  That point is different in different patients.  Some patients that may not be as active are perfectly comfortable allowing a cataract to become worse before addressing it.  Others that have greater visual needs, like those that drive at night, often need to have cataract surgery earlier because they are more affected by the symptoms.  Most patients go through a stage of behavior modification prior to considering cataract surgery and the eye doctors at our eye care practice know that it is the patient that makes the final decision, not the eye doctor.  When the time is right for you, our eye surgeons give you the choices that you desire such as premium intraocular lens implants so that you can have the ability to use glasses less or not at all.

Cataract Surgery in Special Settings

It is also important to know that the eye doctors at North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown and soon to be Riverhead are experts at addressing difficult cataract surgery settings.  For instance, some patients that take Flomax for prostate issues can have difficulty during dilation in cataract surgery.  Knowing exactly how to handle that is very important.  Also, some patients have to remain on blood thinners for surgery and we are know how to approach cataract surgery without injections or stitches so that the entire process is safer in someone on blood thinners.  Our typical cataract surgery takes just a few minutes and our patients do not wear an eye patch so that they can use their vision right away.

When it comes time for cataract surgery, North Shore Eye Care has been on Long Island since 1960 and our new modern facility in Smithtown as well as our brand new Riverhead location will be available for you.  We have a kind and courteous manner and an extremely professional office staff.  In one visit, you will know that you have arrived in the right eye care practice.