Eye Doctor Answers Eye Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED
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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I respect WIRED for still calling twitter for twitter
Though this video could have been recorded weeks or months ago and it's been being edited.
@@stonent true
only stupid people call it X, or even acknowledge the name change, it's always going to be twitter.
I call it dead.
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.
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!
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.
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She speaks very easily and smoothly about complex subjects. Do more videos with her!
well that happens when you're confident and very knowledgeable about your job!
She also speaks very fast.
She is a great teacher. Any concept she explains is literally understandable to a 5 year old kid. She looks gorgeous by the way. ; )
That's also how you know someone really is an expert in the field. They can make even the most complex stuff sound simple.
@@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
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?
I deleted the comment because she covered it in the video but thanks for the explanation!!
@@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.
Insane how complex the human eyes are. Much respect.
Now think about the complexity of the mantis shrimp's eyes.
That’s just one part of the body! We are truly blessed to have this body
@@elmojackson6621 Jumping spider eyes are pretty freaking cool too, especially the two anterior median eyes.
Much respect to God, yes.
Thank you eyeballs 🙏🏾
She needs to come back and talk all about astigmatism.
This is one of the most brilliant, informative, concise, and professional videos in this series.
Nah, call me morbid but I like the mort guy. I mean this is informative so don't get me wrong.
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.
Can eye surgery give you 20/5 vision
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
Hello fam.. Whoever sees this : I need your help #starving don't know how to survive the coming weeks 😢
Can definitely tell she is WELL educated on eyes. She speaks super clearly, and her answers were all immediate without second thought. Masterclass level!
She could have a script for all we know
You're impressed by her speed? You realize these are all presented beforehand so the individuals can research and script their responses right...
@@frightfactory1 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
@@frightfactory1 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
It's her job and her specialty as a doctor. I'd be worried if she WEREN'T well-educated on eyes.
"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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@fenogall20 years ago the technology that they used to perform Lasik was not the technology that it is now today.
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 😅
Yeah to my knowledge it doesn't damage the eyes. It can however affect wakefulness and then affect sleep etc.
In case it helps I use a lamp over my monitor to help with the bright light, seems to reduce the eye strain
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
Love this series! Thank you for getting such wonderful, educational guests!
Guys or gals, wired always find the most attractive specialists
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Not to mention the most politically correct ones
Facts.
Seems so unfair, hahaha. How could you be so attractive, smart, well-kept and so well-spoken.
I mean, the ugly ones wouldn't get as many views.
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.
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.
Awh man I really hate that for you. I'm nervous to get LASIK for this reason.
@@DiscoFangI did not know that about the cataracts either. Sometimes I regret having the procedure.
Very concise and informative! Would love to see a part 2!
I’m 24 with glaucoma! Ophthalmologists are saving my vision ❤
Hoping the best outcome for you.
Im 21 and i have it too, prayers and best wishes to you❤ i know there will be a cure one day❤
I got diagnosed when I was 10
Very helpful and informative. Thanks Doc 🙌🏻
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!!!
She is so good at explaining things. Thank you doc.
This was great! I feel like everyone has these basic questions, because so many people need eye correction of some kind. Thanks!
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.
Wow, she's fantastic at explaining things simply. Great teacher.
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?! 👍❤️
She would make a fantastic teacher. Eye think she would focus on her pupils.
Nice pun . Chuckled
FRFR!
Clever.
Well done! EYE SEE what you did there! Ha! Ha!
😂😂
Great teacher! Hopefully we get a part 2.
I feel like I have learnt a ton about my eye in the last 15 minutes. Thank you!
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!
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!
I can listen to her talk all day long. Very informative!
Definitely, a very informative video and very well explained.
So informative, she had me captivated for the entirety of the video, amazing!
This is really fascinating. Thank you so much for educating us.
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!
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.
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.
She’s amazing, very informational without dumbing out explanations.
Thank you for the information very easy to understand
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.
same! might not have actual medical benefits but it sure feels less straining in my head
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)
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
She's great! She explains very well. I love it! 😁
i love how she keeps simple but still manages to be likable!
This is an awesome topic and she spoke so well. I also couldn't stop looking at her gorgeous ring!
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
You convinced/reminded me to remove my overdue lenses. Thanks.
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.
How about Optometry?
This was very enlightening, really good video series
As I'm currently in the middle of treatment for uveal melanoma. Learning more about eyes than I ever wanted to.
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..
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.
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 👍.
i was most fascinated at the purpose of the 20/20 scale. thank you.
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
She’s so endearing to listen to. She’d make a wonderful professor.
You're telling me, that they actually DID surgery on a grape??
Nowadays, most grapes are genetically modified and don’t need surgery anymore.
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.
@@usmc1379 Wow! What a time to be alive. I could not believe that story when I heard it on the grapevine.
God it’s been a while since I last saw that meme
This video opened my eyes.
5:08 I thought it did improve before but now I think it helps retain vision.
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•
They did SURGERY on a GRAPE!
Thank u ..She answered very well😊
Really good episode 👏
One of the best Wired support videos! Dr. Brissette is fantastic!
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.
While I'm not sure about the specifics, not everyone is a viable candidate for something like LASIK.
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.
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.
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?".
@@Zerbey so glasses is the best option
This was really helpful!
This was really informative. I like her !
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.
Perhaps due to the flood.
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.
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. 😂
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
Very eye opening video!
My eyesight just got better thanks to Ashley's beauty.
Makes sense she's an Ophthalmologist... she sure is easy on the eyes!!!
The lecture on Eye was very useful regards 🎉
Very interesting and informative. More.... I want MORE!
I be shaking on the chair with that Air Pressure test
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..
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.
read Bates book on eyesight and its recovery.
yeah i have bad myopia and fear this too
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.
@@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.
@@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.
These are my fav kind of Wired vids.
Had lasik 3 months ago after my eyes no longer tolerated contacts after 20 years. Pretty stoked with the results.
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.
As someone who has been wearing contacts for 15+ years, this is terrifying. What do you mean your eyes just started to reject contacts??
@@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.
@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.
@@MrQueretano01 that's not what the other 2 comments seem to be saying
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.
It's also used to define someone unable to operate a motor vehicle (car, forklift, motorcycle, motorboat etc.) without corrective lenses.
wow i learn so much watching these videos 😂
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.
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??
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
I can't believe she actually confirmed the 'surgery on a grape' meme.
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.
I learn a lot. Thanks
I wish this woman was my Optometrist, her answers are so easy to understand.
Too bad she's an opthalmologist, not an optometrist.
im here cus im a man of culture.
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.
I want a doctor like this
They actually did surgery on a grape
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.
Yeah, I was _really_ surprised she didn't mention that.
"our" pilots? who are you referring to?
@@simon_777 This was during WW2 and it was the RAF pilots.
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.
She was fantastic. Thoroughly enjoyed this video!
I lowkey wanted to be an opthalmologist when i was in my high school years it was definitely on my career list
I only have eyes for Ashley 😍 also, great speaker but wow
Dr. Brissette is "easy on the eyes." I'll see myself out.
I had the SMILE procedure done, best decisioin in my life.
My moms an Optician and I didn't realize that there was so much more!
1:00 Now we known why the grape surgery meme became a thing lol
The person wearing contact lenses while sleeping is playing with fire. How difficult is it to follow instructions and take it off ?
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.
Thanks for the great video.👍
I like her was able to watch the video till the end thanks to her way of talking.
That's the most 'Eye-catching' doctor I ever seen.
Can she be my doctor?
Love these!
whenever she touches the grape with the tweezers, I feel it in my eye idk why!
I love that the world has collectively decided to ignore that Musk wants everyone to call Twitter X.