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  • Ophthalmologist Ashley Brissette, MD joins WIRED to answer your ocular enquires in a tech support all about eyes. How does LASIK eye surgery work? How does an eye doctor know if a baby needs glasses? What are ‘eye floaters’ and how do they work? What does an eyeball feel like? Dr. Brissette answers these questions and more-it’s Eye Support! 👀
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  • @HeroesOfPepsi
    @HeroesOfPepsi 9 месяцев назад +3923

    I respect WIRED for still calling twitter for twitter

    • @stonent
      @stonent 9 месяцев назад +156

      Though this video could have been recorded weeks or months ago and it's been being edited.

    • @HeroesOfPepsi
      @HeroesOfPepsi 9 месяцев назад +13

      @@stonent true

    • @MaxIronsThird
      @MaxIronsThird 9 месяцев назад +217

      only stupid people call it X, or even acknowledge the name change, it's always going to be twitter.

    • @ataraxia4526
      @ataraxia4526 9 месяцев назад +62

      I call it dead.

    • @shield_maiden_
      @shield_maiden_ 9 месяцев назад

      I'd respect it more if they changed the site they used, but I'm glad they at least don't call it X. God Elon is such an idiot.

  • @eriglaser
    @eriglaser 9 месяцев назад +544

    Fun facts: cataract surgery was one of the first successful surgeries done under local anesthesia and when the painter Claude Monet got his cataracts fixed he had to repaint almost all of his famous waterlily paintings. The cataracts had made him paint them with a red tint!

    • @therexbellator
      @therexbellator 8 месяцев назад

      Gonna piggyback on your comment to add another fun fact: "Carrots improve your eyesight" is a myth that was developed during WW2; unbeknownst to the general public at the time the Brits had rolled out a new radar system to detect German fighters, which gave their fighters a huge advantage in intercepting them. When asked by the press what the secret was to the Brit's success, they said it was their pilot's diet of carrots.
      Yes beta-carotene and the vitamins she listed are necessary for good eye health, but they will not "improve" vision beyond what it is at baseline. She kinda goofed on this.

    • @wilson2455
      @wilson2455 Месяц назад

      😎

  • @prettifulmuffin
    @prettifulmuffin 9 месяцев назад +617

    She speaks very easily and smoothly about complex subjects. Do more videos with her!

    • @jeffreyweng9326
      @jeffreyweng9326 8 месяцев назад +15

      well that happens when you're confident and very knowledgeable about your job!

    • @paulhellawell5920
      @paulhellawell5920 2 месяца назад +2

      She also speaks very fast.

  • @mihirkumar2887
    @mihirkumar2887 9 месяцев назад +1790

    She is a great teacher. Any concept she explains is literally understandable to a 5 year old kid. She looks gorgeous by the way. ; )

    • @Ezio470
      @Ezio470 9 месяцев назад +115

      That's also how you know someone really is an expert in the field. They can make even the most complex stuff sound simple.

    • @mihirkumar2887
      @mihirkumar2887 9 месяцев назад +17

      @@Ezio470 Very true she's gorgeous, smart as well. She must be teaching somewhere Idk hopefully she does so we get smart doc as her in future

    • @Apollo440
      @Apollo440 9 месяцев назад +4

      yeah, I've learned that 100% all of us get bad sight and probably need an operation, at her clinic if possible.
      Why recover eyesight with simple eye muscle relaxation like Bates taught in the early 1900s?

    • @gagemollett9899
      @gagemollett9899 9 месяцев назад +2

      I deleted the comment because she covered it in the video but thanks for the explanation!!

    • @dinnae
      @dinnae 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@Apollo440- You want people to use ineffective methods which are based on a wrong understanding of how the eye focuses? His methods were disproven immediately and were never taken seriously.

  • @Words-.
    @Words-. 9 месяцев назад +762

    Insane how complex the human eyes are. Much respect.

    • @elmojackson6621
      @elmojackson6621 9 месяцев назад +9

      Now think about the complexity of the mantis shrimp's eyes.

    • @wizcombo
      @wizcombo 8 месяцев назад +2

      That’s just one part of the body! We are truly blessed to have this body

    • @DylRicho
      @DylRicho 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@elmojackson6621 Jumping spider eyes are pretty freaking cool too, especially the two anterior median eyes.

    • @DARQAURA
      @DARQAURA 8 месяцев назад +3

      Much respect to God, yes.

    • @Greystorm1619
      @Greystorm1619 8 месяцев назад

      Thank you eyeballs 🙏🏾

  • @TheKitsuneOnihane
    @TheKitsuneOnihane 9 месяцев назад +900

    This is one of the most brilliant, informative, concise, and professional videos in this series.

    • @TheMightyAgency
      @TheMightyAgency 9 месяцев назад +4

      Nah, call me morbid but I like the mort guy. I mean this is informative so don't get me wrong.

    • @sntslilhlpr6601
      @sntslilhlpr6601 9 месяцев назад +3

      I'm not here for a professional presentation... Would much rather have someone with some kind of personality instead of just boring rapidfire answers. Might as well have just gone to wikipedia lol. No offense to her, of course. But wtf.

    • @slapwe834
      @slapwe834 9 месяцев назад

      Can eye surgery give you 20/5 vision

    • @slapwe834
      @slapwe834 9 месяцев назад

      I have blue eyes people with blue eyes don’t actually have a blue pigment in there eyes it’s the structure of the eye and how light interacts with it that makes it look blue

    • @brunellilarbi5806
      @brunellilarbi5806 9 месяцев назад

      Hello fam.. Whoever sees this : I need your help
      #starving don't know how to survive the coming weeks 😢

  • @ashleywaner1284
    @ashleywaner1284 9 месяцев назад +143

    She needs to come back and talk all about astigmatism.

  • @dcfan2222
    @dcfan2222 7 месяцев назад +98

    Can definitely tell she is WELL educated on eyes. She speaks super clearly, and her answers were all immediate without second thought. Masterclass level!

    • @looksirdroids9134
      @looksirdroids9134 4 месяца назад +1

      She could have a script for all we know

    • @dyeace
      @dyeace Месяц назад +1

      You're impressed by her speed? You realize these are all presented beforehand so the individuals can research and script their responses right...

    • @dyeace
      @dyeace Месяц назад

      @@documentarydistributor I never argued anything against her so not sure why you feel a rebuttal or even useful comment is "ya but she's super smart." Fyi, interviewees do this for the recognition and resume building not money lmao

    • @dyeace
      @dyeace Месяц назад

      @@documentarydistributor again, I never made any other point than what I said. I never said it was bad to do something for recognition. I pointed it out to laugh at your naivete. Typical for someone who up votes their own comments lmao

    • @JR-ju3kj
      @JR-ju3kj Месяц назад

      It's her job and her specialty as a doctor. I'd be worried if she WEREN'T well-educated on eyes.

  • @Sunless1337
    @Sunless1337 9 месяцев назад +209

    "Biggest risk is risk of infection." On very common risk: Long-term dry eye, sometimes it never goes away and you rely on eye drops. They don't seem to mention that until after the Lasik is done.

    • @cm.design
      @cm.design 9 месяцев назад +42

      Yeah, among many other complications - there's a reason that a great number of ophthalmologists (who don't have a vested interest in selling LASIK like this person does) say they'd *never* consider getting it themselves.

    • @cm.design
      @cm.design 9 месяцев назад +45

      An FDA study found, three months post-surgery, 46% of people had visual symptoms, 40% had halos, and 28% had dry eyes (all of whom had none of those symptoms before).
      Plus, she claimed that infection is the biggest risk, when it's actually low compared to far more severe things like retinal detachment that has 9x the risk of infection.

    • @fenogall
      @fenogall 9 месяцев назад +36

      came to see if anyone was mentioning this. I did lasik some 20 years ago and deeply regret it. Dry eyes, halo and keratoconus on my left eye, which lost 80% of its vision over the years. If you or someone you know really want to do Lasik, please research for the risks and look for second opinions.

    • @HeathsHarleyQuinn
      @HeathsHarleyQuinn 9 месяцев назад +7

      They do mention it if you read all of the packet information that they give you for Lasik which anybody considering a surgery should do.

    • @HeathsHarleyQuinn
      @HeathsHarleyQuinn 9 месяцев назад +32

      ​@@fenogall20 years ago the technology that they used to perform Lasik was not the technology that it is now today.

  • @R2debo_
    @R2debo_ 9 месяцев назад +365

    I am glad to hear that blue light isn't actually damaging. My full time job is working on the computer,but I never opted to get the blue light filter which would always shock my optometrist. But the truth is, I need to see colours correctly with my job and the filter interferes with that too much. I was always worried I was choosing to ruin my eyes to be able to pay my bills 😅

    • @Wiley97
      @Wiley97 9 месяцев назад +60

      Yeah to my knowledge it doesn't damage the eyes.
      It can however affect wakefulness and then affect sleep etc.

    • @CrisOnTheInternet
      @CrisOnTheInternet 9 месяцев назад +4

      In case it helps I use a lamp over my monitor to help with the bright light, seems to reduce the eye strain

    • @Ezio470
      @Ezio470 9 месяцев назад +5

      My previous glasses had the filter. god i hated it. I am an amateur photo/video editor and i have to actually make the temperature slightly warmer to counteract what i actually see through the glasses.

    • @juzoli
      @juzoli 9 месяцев назад +19

      Who said it’s damaging? I only heard that it messes with your sleep cycle, so if you have hard times falling asleep, avoid it at the evening.

    • @alorachan
      @alorachan 9 месяцев назад +15

      @@juzoli plenty of opticians and marketing campaigns claimed blue light would give to headaches, cause migraines, worsen your vision, cause blurriness, all kinds of other stuff. Even past optometrists tried to push that on me to get me to pay for the filter, which just made the whole world slightly gross-looking and yellow, like the tinge everything in a chain-smoker's house gets.

  • @faithblack3851
    @faithblack3851 8 месяцев назад +37

    Its always surprising how engaging these FYI Q&A can be. They pick some great personalities. Plus combating misinformation is a good trend. Keep it coming.

  • @jopo7996
    @jopo7996 9 месяцев назад +97

    She would make a fantastic teacher.
    Eye think she would focus on her pupils.

  • @bs5817
    @bs5817 9 месяцев назад +59

    I’m 24 with glaucoma! Ophthalmologists are saving my vision ❤

    • @Belioyt
      @Belioyt 9 месяцев назад +9

      Hoping the best outcome for you.

    • @julesoxana
      @julesoxana 9 месяцев назад +6

      Im 21 and i have it too, prayers and best wishes to you❤ i know there will be a cure one day❤

    • @tinadasat
      @tinadasat 8 месяцев назад

      I got diagnosed when I was 10

  • @njott1021
    @njott1021 9 месяцев назад +308

    Guys or gals, wired always find the most attractive specialists

    • @alandmuhamad6593
      @alandmuhamad6593 9 месяцев назад +15

      Fr

    • @SPZ909
      @SPZ909 9 месяцев назад +21

      Not to mention the most politically correct ones

    • @Killa_Zman20
      @Killa_Zman20 9 месяцев назад +1

      Facts.

    • @tiltiktekwani7562
      @tiltiktekwani7562 9 месяцев назад +24

      Seems so unfair, hahaha. How could you be so attractive, smart, well-kept and so well-spoken.

    • @KelpyJesus
      @KelpyJesus 9 месяцев назад +33

      I mean, the ugly ones wouldn't get as many views.

  • @Noneofthedays
    @Noneofthedays 9 месяцев назад +106

    Love this series! Thank you for getting such wonderful, educational guests!

  • @bubblemonkeyx
    @bubblemonkeyx 9 месяцев назад +26

    I had lasik 7 years ago and have had dry eyes ever since (never had this problem before). And for some reason my insurance hassles me about prescription drops so I gave up on that and just rely on drugstore gel drops. Also I had to start wearing glasses again full-time around 5 years ago. I signed a contract before my procedure saying that I might need “touch up” procedures in the future. I declined. My eyes are dry enough, I don’t need any layers lasered again.

    • @DiscoFang
      @DiscoFang 9 месяцев назад +9

      What they also don't mention is that you should keep all the detailed records of the actual procedure and what corrections they performed with pre and post maps of the eye. If in later life you develop cataracts - which as mentioned in this video is very common - the opthalmologist will need to be able to calculate the correct prescription for the replacement intraocular lens. If you don't have a very up to date glasses prescription prior to cataracts forming they will do calculations based on physical measurements of the eyeball but previous Lasik will mess with that.

    • @neanam
      @neanam 9 месяцев назад +9

      Awh man I really hate that for you. I'm nervous to get LASIK for this reason.

    • @bubblemonkeyx
      @bubblemonkeyx 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@DiscoFangI did not know that about the cataracts either. Sometimes I regret having the procedure.

    • @gelatinguy
      @gelatinguy 10 часов назад

      @@DiscoFang I got all this info when I got LASIK over 10 years ago, and have had an eye exam annually since. They even made it part of my agreement to get annual eye exams, and my pre/post eye stuff is on file. My eye sight has remained 20/20 (actually 20/15 in one eye), and while I occasionally got a somewhat dry eye, it was like that for 20 years before LASIK too. The dry eye seems to finally be gone in the past 2 years, though. No glasses needed yet!
      (Sorry for the late comment 8 months after yours.) I highly recommend folks look into LASIK, since it worked for me, but I do think people need to really weigh all the info given to them.

  • @tunedmonkeys
    @tunedmonkeys 9 месяцев назад +41

    Very concise and informative! Would love to see a part 2!

  • @AS-kq7hw
    @AS-kq7hw 9 месяцев назад +7

    This was great! I feel like everyone has these basic questions, because so many people need eye correction of some kind. Thanks!

  • @saugat55
    @saugat55 8 месяцев назад +10

    She is so good at explaining things. Thank you doc.

  • @first2summit
    @first2summit 9 месяцев назад +11

    Great explanations and learned a lot, especially seeing the effects of diabetes in the back of your eyeball! It felt like she covers far more questions in this video than others.

  • @coffeebot3000
    @coffeebot3000 9 месяцев назад +11

    Wow, she's fantastic at explaining things simply. Great teacher.

  • @bedighovhannesian
    @bedighovhannesian 9 месяцев назад +9

    Very helpful and informative. Thanks Doc 🙌🏻

  • @thefaraon6079
    @thefaraon6079 9 месяцев назад +72

    I really respect and am thankful for all these experts spilling the knowledge they have gathered troughout the years,and we get it for free.Thank you very much!!!

  • @allanpeter7700
    @allanpeter7700 29 дней назад +1

    5:08 I thought it did improve before but now I think it helps retain vision.

  • @LostDisciple24
    @LostDisciple24 7 месяцев назад +5

    Before I got PRK (basically the same as LASIK but with one difference), I had 20/400 vision which is legally blind without corrective eye wear. After the surgery (and still today), I have 20/5 vision. Much much better than "perfect eyesight." There are side effects of having this though like dry eyes and unable to go out on a sunny day without sunglasses. I recommend getting eye surgery. The entire surgery was 20 seconds per eye.

  • @BenjamintheTortoise
    @BenjamintheTortoise 9 месяцев назад +17

    Great topic!! We have so many questions related to the eyes!! She's so great at explaining things... Just wish her answers were more robust, less rushed. Overall just too high level. Maybe a part 2?! 👍❤️

  • @Abhi-wl5yt
    @Abhi-wl5yt 9 месяцев назад +5

    I feel like I have learnt a ton about my eye in the last 15 minutes. Thank you!

  • @Skorpse
    @Skorpse 9 месяцев назад +5

    Great teacher! Hopefully we get a part 2.

  • @sebastiansim9183
    @sebastiansim9183 6 месяцев назад +3

    I can listen to her talk all day long. Very informative!

  • @lollsazz
    @lollsazz 9 месяцев назад +16

    One of my friends slept with lenses often. Because she got too little oxygen thrpugh the eye during the day AND night, she began seeing shadows after a while. Her opthamologist said that her eyes had compensated for the lack of oxygen by creating a bunch of new blood vessels inside the eye, which were now obstructing her vision. Not sure if it's something permanemt or not

    • @margodphd
      @margodphd 8 месяцев назад +7

      You convinced/reminded me to remove my overdue lenses. Thanks.

  • @thedailywin537
    @thedailywin537 15 дней назад

    Every time I think I've seen my favorite Support video, along comes another one to test my assumptions. This one is just the latest example of how the series continues to get better. Thanks so much to Dr. Brissette for explaining the functioning of our most important sense, without watering down any of the content for the single syllable crowd. More, please!

  • @runnerelken9751
    @runnerelken9751 9 месяцев назад

    This is an awesome topic and she spoke so well. I also couldn't stop looking at her gorgeous ring!

  • @marinapopova6775
    @marinapopova6775 8 месяцев назад +5

    Большое спасибо! Несколько моментов стали наконец-то понятными. ❤
    Пожалуйста, продолжайте серию подобных видео, где подробно объясняете механизмы работы психики и что с этим делать, чтобы жить счастливо.
    У Вас очень структурированная речь без запинок и "ээээ" "мэээ" и слушать Вас очень приятно!

  • @stevecarter7612
    @stevecarter7612 8 месяцев назад +14

    This has probably been the best of these I've seen so far! So interesting and educational. Wish she was my ophthalmologist, she taught it all so well!

    • @parryyotter
      @parryyotter 5 дней назад

      You gotta watch more if you think she’s the best. Not that she’s bad, but there are some awesome videos on this channel.

  • @Julianaao2601
    @Julianaao2601 8 месяцев назад +1

    So informative, she had me captivated for the entirety of the video, amazing!

  • @ingGS
    @ingGS 7 месяцев назад

    She’s amazing, very informational without dumbing out explanations.

  • @RohitSharma-mm6ou
    @RohitSharma-mm6ou 9 месяцев назад +4

    Definitely, a very informative video and very well explained.

  • @ff_1917
    @ff_1917 8 месяцев назад +4

    She's great! She explains very well.
    I love it! 😁

  • @GetOutsideYourself
    @GetOutsideYourself 9 месяцев назад

    As I'm currently in the middle of treatment for uveal melanoma. Learning more about eyes than I ever wanted to.

  • @virtualfrappe9902
    @virtualfrappe9902 3 месяца назад

    This is really fascinating. Thank you so much for educating us.

  • @Sunflowersarepretty
    @Sunflowersarepretty 9 месяцев назад +12

    This was informative. I love how they find experts who can break complex things down into easier explanations. Also the blue light filter I've been using on my phone isn't doing much???😲 but I find it easier to use my phone with the filter on.

    • @spookeymo
      @spookeymo 9 месяцев назад +4

      same! might not have actual medical benefits but it sure feels less straining in my head

    • @twiggletteee
      @twiggletteee 9 месяцев назад +4

      The blue light filter is great for bedtime - as blue light invokes wakefulness, because your brain thinks it’s currently daytime and basically tries to keep u alert. So no wonder you both found some benefits by using the blue light filter:)
      What I’m trying to say is that there are medical benefits to using the filter - mainly in the evening - you’ll sleep better (ofc you shouldn’t be using phones etc. before falling asleep but at this age not everybody will do that)

    • @idontcare4nothing
      @idontcare4nothing 9 месяцев назад +2

      Blue light exposure reduces melatonin production. Melatonin helps you fall asleep. So there’s that.
      But what she says about how a blue light filter doesn’t appear to reduce any side effects seems to be legit via research. But I too feel less eye strain. At the very least by having the filter you reduce total light exposure which may help reduce eye strain

  • @gracep2910
    @gracep2910 4 месяца назад +4

    They did SURGERY on a GRAPE!

  • @creounity
    @creounity Месяц назад +1

    What a lovely host! She's smart, fit, really beautiful, talks clearly and straight to the point. Amazing! Would be great to see more videos with her.

  • @igorxavier832
    @igorxavier832 2 месяца назад

    i love how she keeps simple but still manages to be likable!

  • @ashleycruz904
    @ashleycruz904 9 месяцев назад +8

    Great video. I’m interested in becoming an ophthalmologist as I love eyeballs. The only thing that scares me is the dedication to medical school. Anyway, no matter what I end up doing, ophthalmologists will always have my respect. It’s a though field.

  • @DoctorEyeHealth
    @DoctorEyeHealth 9 месяцев назад +35

    This was great! Thanks for sharing so much knowledge about the eyes!! I get a little angry at the answer about ophthalmology vs optometry a bit because your answer is about 40 years old. Glasses and contact lenses are only about 10% of what optometrists do (given we do that amazingly well) but we also diagnose, manage and treat disease too, even in-office surgical procedures (sorry, a little tender subject for me 🤪).
    Otherwise thanks for being awesome 👍.

  • @Marcelo-pf8cd
    @Marcelo-pf8cd 9 месяцев назад

    This was very enlightening, really good video series

  • @TheDJMeyer85
    @TheDJMeyer85 6 месяцев назад

    I had lasik two months ago and do not regret it. I hated contacts and was not a fan of glasses either but had them for almost 15 years and was finally ready to just do lasik

  • @sydneystudds
    @sydneystudds 8 месяцев назад +4

    Oh I have so many questions I wish I could ask her. This was so interesting to watch!
    I have blue eyes and I have these little brown dots in them and I looked it up and apparently they are freckles. I wonder if that is the same process of your skin. I'm really curious to learn more about eye exams because I had one recently and I feel like I did not understand what was happening well..

    • @greensky01
      @greensky01 6 месяцев назад

      Generally, as she explained, the iris color is caused by the amount of melanin. Freckles contain a large concentration of melanin. Yes, it is the same process. However, as in other skin conditions, consult your doctor if you start noticing changes in any form.

  • @WorthlessGeek
    @WorthlessGeek 9 месяцев назад +45

    You're telling me, that they actually DID surgery on a grape??

    • @arbitrary_username
      @arbitrary_username 9 месяцев назад +8

      Nowadays, most grapes are genetically modified and don’t need surgery anymore.

    • @usmc1379
      @usmc1379 9 месяцев назад +7

      Absolutely. Successfully I might add! The grape made a full recovery and was able to become a Harrier pilot for the Marine Corps. Married a wonderful grape and had 3 raisins.

    • @arbitrary_username
      @arbitrary_username 9 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@usmc1379 Wow! What a time to be alive. I could not believe that story when I heard it on the grapevine.

    • @captdeadpool2279
      @captdeadpool2279 9 месяцев назад

      God it’s been a while since I last saw that meme

  • @HenryCalderonJr
    @HenryCalderonJr 2 месяца назад

    Thank you for the information very easy to understand

  • @alteregocarson
    @alteregocarson 2 месяца назад

    Ok this woman is by far one of the best doctors I’ve had: she did my PRK procedure and I’ve had no complications (and hopefully won’t for years) 2 years now and ongoing

  • @FlyAVersatran
    @FlyAVersatran 9 месяцев назад +16

    This woman has so much verve and enthusiasm, *I* want to be an opthalmologist!
    [So what if I've been retired for 20 years (and wear glasses)?]
    Thanks again, Wired•

  • @iamski
    @iamski 9 месяцев назад +29

    Someone should have asked why so many optomotrists still wear their glasses instead of opting for surgery. I've always been curious to know what they know and why they won't take that option.

    • @KingDetonation
      @KingDetonation 9 месяцев назад +17

      While I'm not sure about the specifics, not everyone is a viable candidate for something like LASIK.

    • @AndreaFarner
      @AndreaFarner 9 месяцев назад +11

      Many health insurance plans don’t cover LASIK so the cost may deter some folks. Also, as with any surgery, there’s a risk of complication or permanent damage. And some folks end up with chronic dry eye after surgery.

    • @cm.design
      @cm.design 9 месяцев назад +8

      Chronic dry eye, halos/ghosting, all sorts of flap issues... the risk of retinal detachment (a medical emergency) is TEN TIMES the risk of infection, which she falsely claims is the biggest complication.
      The FDA reported that 46% of patients who had no visual symptoms prior to surgery had at least one at three months post surgery. 40% for halos on that same timeframe, and 28% for dry eyes.
      Don't trust someone who glosses over the risks and has a vested interest in selling you the procedure.

    • @Zerbey
      @Zerbey 9 месяцев назад +9

      I asked my own eye doctor about LASIK and he shrugged and pointed at his glasses then said "what do you think my answer is?".

    • @sokoyaadedolapo5321
      @sokoyaadedolapo5321 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@Zerbey so glasses is the best option

  • @RobertQvist
    @RobertQvist 9 месяцев назад +2

    Great video! I was born with Cataract, Aniridia and Nystagmus. i.e. my eyesight is very poor (around 12-15% atm), I have no iris (eye color) and my eyes shake sometimes. I've done 3 cataract surgeries so far. My day to day life is "normal" and most people don't even know about my conditions until I tell them. But I have problem reading fine print, restaurant menus and I'll never be able to drive a car to name a few everyday problems.

  • @offyourocker
    @offyourocker 2 дня назад

    i was most fascinated at the purpose of the 20/20 scale. thank you.

  • @eriglaser
    @eriglaser 9 месяцев назад +4

    My irises are actually two rings of different colors: green exterior, brown interior (my dad has the same thing but both rings are shades of brown). So when my pupils are dilated they will look brown because the green is thinner but in strong light they look much greener because the brown has contracted.

    • @lildotanoob
      @lildotanoob 2 месяца назад

      Just a joke..
      Are you ready?
      In ancient times it was said that according to you past lives you were born as a human.
      And not necessarily in your past life you were human could be any form of life.
      Yes, plants, trees, bacteria you name it.
      So..
      You must be that cat.
      One different eye colour one.
      You know where i am going with this.
      😂

  • @omari6108
    @omari6108 9 месяцев назад +3

    She’s so endearing to listen to. She’d make a wonderful professor.

  • @jugglingbeast
    @jugglingbeast 2 месяца назад

    This video opened my eyes.

  • @kevinross6235
    @kevinross6235 9 месяцев назад +1

    This was really informative. I like her !

  • @sevendaysin8374
    @sevendaysin8374 9 месяцев назад +3

    One of the best Wired support videos! Dr. Brissette is fantastic!

  • @toyomade
    @toyomade 9 месяцев назад +20

    Wish they woulda talked about the future of eye technology a little bit… as someone with -11 in both eyes (that’s really bad if you don’t know) I fear blindness is a certainty.
    I would have loved to hear about gene therapy, eye replacement, or bionic implants that might provide some hope to those of us with seriously degraded eye sight.

    • @Apollo440
      @Apollo440 9 месяцев назад

      read Bates book on eyesight and its recovery.

    • @evil-resident
      @evil-resident 9 месяцев назад +1

      yeah i have bad myopia and fear this too

    • @DiscoFang
      @DiscoFang 9 месяцев назад

      Are replacement intraocular lenses an option for that level of correction? Or even partially? The lens replacement she mentioned for cataract surgery. I've had cataract surgery and the replacement corrective lenses are incredible. I've had Lasik at age 30 when my prescription was around -4. When I had cataract surgery around age 45 my vision had further deteriorated so had prescription lenses inserted. That's 12 years ago now and I understand lens technology has improved where the materials are even more flexible.

    • @Apollo440
      @Apollo440 9 месяцев назад

      @@DiscoFang true, it's all gotten more technologically advanced and "better". But I prefer to relax my eyes and train them by looking at the Snellen chart daily, calibrating and correcting my vision in a non-intrusive way. And it's heaps cheaper (costs as much as printing out one page in black and white). Plus it's future proof.

    • @toyomade
      @toyomade 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@DiscoFang well part of the issue isn’t necessarily the power or prescription of the lenses I need.
      The eyeball itself is so oblong that detached retina is a major concern. Permanent lenses would probably improve my quality of life in the short term but do nothing long term.
      Traditional options like lasik are off the table at this level as well since there’s not enough material to remove.
      I don’t know about some combination of permanent lenses and lasik but again, the football shape of the eye isn’t being addressed.

  • @trulyutnam
    @trulyutnam 3 месяца назад

    I really love this support series.
    I would try my best to become an expert and would love to answer twitter questions on wired support series someday.

  • @junebhattacharjee9669
    @junebhattacharjee9669 9 месяцев назад +2

    The lecture on Eye was very useful regards 🎉

  • @abc_cba
    @abc_cba 9 месяцев назад +3

    Around 1/10 of India has had a conjunctivitis infection in the past two weeks.
    I had my share too, in it. But dexamethasone eye drops came as a god sent gift.

  • @samuloflipsitup8314
    @samuloflipsitup8314 9 месяцев назад +4

    I be shaking on the chair with that Air Pressure test

    • @syedyousafbukhari2213
      @syedyousafbukhari2213 21 день назад

      i got this the last time, i never experienced the air pressure one earlier idk why and how.. but i got terrified when that air came out..

  • @annamonroe21
    @annamonroe21 9 месяцев назад

    Great video. But I'm surprised no one asked about PRK surgery! LASIK is not the only type of vision-improvement method. My partner had PRK in 2018 and now he sees perfectly with no complications.

  • @rishabhadiga8864
    @rishabhadiga8864 8 месяцев назад

    I like her was able to watch the video till the end thanks to her way of talking.

  • @darianbroadhead2863
    @darianbroadhead2863 9 месяцев назад +9

    Had lasik 3 months ago after my eyes no longer tolerated contacts after 20 years. Pretty stoked with the results.

    • @iabbervocium
      @iabbervocium 9 месяцев назад +1

      Same here! I wore contacts forever and one day my eyeballs just rejected them and I couldn't go back. Lasik was the best thing I ever did.

    • @alexc7789
      @alexc7789 9 месяцев назад +3

      As someone who has been wearing contacts for 15+ years, this is terrifying. What do you mean your eyes just started to reject contacts??

    • @kilikiana
      @kilikiana 9 месяцев назад

      @@alexc7789for me I became allergic to them. So when wearing them, in like and hour my eyes would be itch and it was hives under my eyelids.

    • @MrQueretano01
      @MrQueretano01 9 месяцев назад

      @alexc7789
      Your eyes won't reject them. They can be sensitive to them, but that's why dailys exist. Most people who proceed with LASIK are usually down to a personal choice. If you're sensitive to contact lenses, it's usually down to dryness or user error.

    • @alexc7789
      @alexc7789 9 месяцев назад

      @@MrQueretano01 that's not what the other 2 comments seem to be saying

  • @ku8721
    @ku8721 9 месяцев назад +25

    Makes sense she's an Ophthalmologist... she sure is easy on the eyes!!!

  • @danield.p.dalusong6668
    @danield.p.dalusong6668 9 месяцев назад +2

    Very eye opening video!

  • @meenasalve9146
    @meenasalve9146 11 дней назад

    Thank u ..She answered very well😊

  • @scottkidder9046
    @scottkidder9046 9 месяцев назад +5

    You can’t be arrested for being illegally blind. It means that you are blind by the legal definition meaning you qualify for benefits or if you are in court for some unrelated reason, you’d be considered blind. It’s just a legal definition, a cutoff for the law to acknowledge that you are blind. It’s like being legally married. You won’t get arrested for not being legally married, but you can’t file taxes jointly unless you are.

    • @usmc1379
      @usmc1379 9 месяцев назад

      It's also used to define someone unable to operate a motor vehicle (car, forklift, motorcycle, motorboat etc.) without corrective lenses.

  • @sigma.wr8
    @sigma.wr8 9 месяцев назад +6

    My eyesight just got better thanks to Ashley's beauty.

  • @Meekahel
    @Meekahel 8 месяцев назад

    Very interesting and informative. More.... I want MORE!

  • @hopelessly.hopeful
    @hopelessly.hopeful 5 месяцев назад

    She was fantastic. Thoroughly enjoyed this video!

  • @jamesroseii
    @jamesroseii 9 месяцев назад +7

    I always thought that "legally blind" meant that their sight was only CORRECTIBLE to 20/200. My uncorrected vision is about 20/800, but I am corrected to about 20/30 or 20/40 with corrective lenses. Am I actually legally blind??

    • @markvandermeulen1059
      @markvandermeulen1059 9 месяцев назад +5

      You are correct. Her explanation missed the key words "best corrected vision" but yes. If glasses or contact get you past 20/200 vision, you're not legally blind

  • @BabyDingo33
    @BabyDingo33 9 месяцев назад +6

    I wish this woman was my Optometrist, her answers are so easy to understand.

    • @jp4431
      @jp4431 9 месяцев назад +11

      Too bad she's an opthalmologist, not an optometrist.

  • @Calida
    @Calida 8 месяцев назад

    This was really helpful!

  • @thefriendlygh0st
    @thefriendlygh0st 3 месяца назад

    Really good episode 👏

  • @MarsLonsen
    @MarsLonsen 9 месяцев назад +3

    im here cus im a man of culture.

  • @FreeTimeFeats
    @FreeTimeFeats 9 месяцев назад +3

    I only have eyes for Ashley 😍 also, great speaker but wow

  • @allythearts5439
    @allythearts5439 9 месяцев назад +1

    I lowkey wanted to be an opthalmologist when i was in my high school years it was definitely on my career list

  • @Axomy
    @Axomy 9 месяцев назад +5

    1:00 Now we known why the grape surgery meme became a thing lol

  • @robadams5799
    @robadams5799 9 месяцев назад +3

    Dr. Brissette is "easy on the eyes."
    I'll see myself out.

  • @ThangPlants
    @ThangPlants 9 месяцев назад

    I had the SMILE procedure done, best decisioin in my life.

  • @d96yt4
    @d96yt4 8 месяцев назад +1

    I want a doctor like this

  • @bengeorge9063
    @bengeorge9063 9 месяцев назад +5

    The person wearing contact lenses while sleeping is playing with fire. How difficult is it to follow instructions and take it off ?

    • @parryyotter
      @parryyotter 5 дней назад

      It’s not about it being hard. It’s time and tiredness. I barely took my contacts out for years (like at least 7) and my eyes are fine. I switched back to glasses 5 years ago.

  • @EvilSnips
    @EvilSnips 9 месяцев назад +9

    I can't believe she actually confirmed the 'surgery on a grape' meme.

  • @tarasensei
    @tarasensei 9 месяцев назад

    These are my fav kind of Wired vids.

  • @gagemollett9899
    @gagemollett9899 9 месяцев назад +1

    My moms an Optician and I didn't realize that there was so much more!

  • @ripperfghj
    @ripperfghj 9 месяцев назад +3

    They actually did surgery on a grape

  • @Tesserex
    @Tesserex 9 месяцев назад +32

    The carrot thing is also a bit of a myth, started by the military. When we first developed radar our pilots were able to use it to track enemy planes. People realized that somehow we were getting very good at "seeing" aircraft. To cover up the tech, we just made up an excuse that our pilots eat a lot of carrots and that's why they had good eyesight.

    • @LendriMujina
      @LendriMujina 9 месяцев назад +12

      Yeah, I was _really_ surprised she didn't mention that.

    • @simon_777
      @simon_777 9 месяцев назад +1

      "our" pilots? who are you referring to?

    • @jerseygirlinatl7701
      @jerseygirlinatl7701 9 месяцев назад +6

      @@simon_777 This was during WW2 and it was the RAF pilots.

    • @thecoolestkyle
      @thecoolestkyle 9 месяцев назад +4

      That myth was actually specifically in reference to *night vision*, because the bombing missions were primarily at night. Carrots are definitely good for vision, but aren't necessarily better or worse than other food sources high in beta-carotene, as it's the beta-carotene itself that promotes healthy eye function: it is a precursor to Vitamin A.

  • @Tekdruid
    @Tekdruid 9 месяцев назад +1

    10:00 Sometimes ro get an accurate prescription, you need to go through a lot of different lens combinations, for better... or for worse? For better... or for worse? _(etc ad naus.)_

  • @c0baltblue
    @c0baltblue 9 месяцев назад

    Dr. Ashley is an amazing guest! The explanations are clear and on point.
    Can you guys please invite Dr. Sandra Lee aka Pimple Popper for some Pimple Support?

  • @Phlegethon
    @Phlegethon 9 месяцев назад +3

    Less than 1 in 1000 develop an infection?? That sounds like a lot of people

    • @cm.design
      @cm.design 9 месяцев назад +1

      9x that amount have retinal detachment, and similar numbers have other worse complications... she's straight-up wrong about infection being the riskiest part. And that's without even getting into the up to 46% who have visual symptoms and 28% who have dry eyes. Don't trust a LASIK surgeon to tell you accurate info about LASIK.

  • @Nobodysurvivesevenonebit
    @Nobodysurvivesevenonebit 9 месяцев назад +4

    Can she be my doctor?

  • @lilytea3
    @lilytea3 8 месяцев назад +1

    0:13: 👁 Ophthalmologist Ashley Brissette answers questions about LASIK eye surgery, eyeball sensations, identifying babies' need for glasses, the purpose of eyelashes, and the dangers of sleeping with contact lenses.
    2:30: 👁 Eyesight deteriorates with age due to cataracts, which can be reversed with surgery.
    5:05: 👁 The video discusses various aspects of eye health, including colorblindness, eye floaters, tears, and pupil dilation.
    7:36: 👁 An ophthalmologist explains various eye-related topics, including eye conditions, professions in eye care, and common eye issues.
    9:46: 👁 The eye exam process, the importance of eye pressure, and the effects of looking at the sun.
    11:58: 👁 The eye is a complex organ that flips and processes images, and eye color is determined by melanin in the iris.
    Recap by Tammy AI

  • @MtlCstr
    @MtlCstr 18 дней назад

    When I was in college I took a physics class about light. When we covered the eye chart test the instructor asked for volunteers who thought they had good vision without correction. I was last man standing, and he showed us all of the measurements and mathematics behind calculating the score. At that time my vision was 20/9.5.

  • @BenjaminIMeszaros
    @BenjaminIMeszaros 9 месяцев назад +14

    I love that the world has collectively decided to ignore that Musk wants everyone to call Twitter X.