Refractive Lens Exchange

Most FSA plans expire on December 31^st. Some companies allow employees to defer spending for a few additional months and others even allow for some portion of the benefit to be rolled over into a new year. But by and large, Flexible Spending Accounts are a use-it-or-lose-it proposition, meaning now is the best time to schedule that elective eye surgery you’ve been considering.

In light of COVID-19, the CDC recommends wearing a simple cloth facemask whenever it is impossible to maintain a six-foot distance from people who do not live in your house while in public. Depending on where you live, this recommendation may actually be a requirement prior to entering a business or establishment. It is absolutely the requirement at Seeta Eye Center – both for patients and staff.

Newborns, while possessed with the full visual capacity to see objects and colors, can only see 8-15 inches away. Over time, distance vision improves, as does the development of color vision, allowing babies with healthy vision to see the world with more clarity right around four months. However, vision development does not stop at this point. In fact, it continues throughout our lives.

If you have been considering vision correction surgery, now is the time to contact Seeta Eye Centers for a free consultation where you can learn about your options, our technology, and the most effective way to find lasting freedom from glasses and contact lenses. We offer a range of vision correction services at our Yorktown and Poughkeepsie locations, and our board-certified ophthalmologists are among the most respected and trusted eye surgeons in the state of New York.

Laser cataract surgery offers a precise, safe, and incredibly effective way to remove cataracts without the use of metal surgical tools. Our Poughkeepsie cataract surgeons use the state-of-the-art LenSx® femtosecond laser, providing benefits including:

While October may seem a little early to start thinking about your HSA or flex account, most plan participants lose benefits at the first of the year, making now an ideal time to begin planning your procedure.

At Seeta Eye Centers, we offer a wide range of LASIK options, enabling us to meet the unique needs of each patient we see. The SlideShare below provides basic information about some of these options, along with LASIK alternatives like PRK, to help you better understand your choices.

The ophthalmological periodical Ocular Surgery News (OSN) recently released its Premier Surgeon 300, a list of leading innovators in the field of refractive cataract surgery.

The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) is one of the leading organizations behind many recent advances in eye surgery technology. At the annual symposium for the ASCRS, Seeta Eye Care Centers' own Highland ophthalmologist Dr. Satish S. Modi gave a presentation on a new type of intraocular lens that has the potential to help millions of patients with cataracts who are thinking of undergoing refractive surgery.