Early Detection and Treatment Leads to Healthy Eyesight

Friedberg Eye Associates is pleased to soon offer an optimized light skin revitalization treatment that can quickly and easily remove undesirable brown spots, sun damage and facial vessels from the face and body leaving you with younger, more beautiful looking skin. Sun spots, age spots and facial veins seem inevitable as we age even if we try to protect ourselves from the sun.  This skin revitalization treatment is performed with the Icon TM which uses pulses of light to gently deliver energy to your face, chest, or hands targeting and destroying unwanted pigment and vessels. "We are excited to soon offer our patients a practical and highly efficient treatment for pigment and vessels that's quick, non-surgical, and requires no downtime," said Andrea Friedberg, MD.  "This unique technology provides excellent results in just a few treatment sessions." For more information about our skin revitalization treatment, or to schedule a consultation con

Happy New Year to All! M illions of people in the United States are at risk for blindness, and some do not know it. During January’s Glaucoma Awareness Month, we are urging everyone who may be at risk for glaucoma to see an ophthalmologist for a complete eye exam.   We recommend that those at risk have an eye exam at least every year.  Those at highest risk for glaucoma may include: Anyone over age 60 African-American heritage Hispanic heritage Patients with other health conditions, such as diabetes Those that have experienced a serious eye injury Patients with family history of glaucoma Patients who have been on steroid medications, including inhalers and nasal sprays, treatment for asthma, kidney disease and arthritis. Glaucoma is a condition in which the optic nerve is damaged by high pressure inside the eye and other factors such as poor blood flow.  The most common type of Glaucoma is Open-Angle Glaucoma in which pressure in the eye builds up slowly and gradually.