The team from Mattax Neu Prater Eye Center hopes you have a great holiday season! We’d also like for you to consider giving yourself the gift of LASIK eye surgery this season. We want you to have the clearest vision in order to help you see those wide smiles after they’ve opened the (perfect) present […]
Contacts are a way of life – let’s face it. We need them in order to lead our active, full-bodied lives. So why not make sure you’re getting the BEST contacts with a trusted brand behind them? Mattax Neu Prater’s doctors of optometry take great pride in offering contact lenses that provide their patients with the […]
When you or someone you know is considering ANYTHING to do with your / their eyes (some might say, the windows to your soul. . .) – please take the time to DO YOUR HOMEWORK! And who better to teach you about the eyes, and the proper care that they need, than the area’s foremost […]
Ok – so everyone knows diabetes is NO JOKE. Most people don’t think of the adverse effects that diabetes also has on the EYE. Diabetic Retinopathy is the name we in the eyecare community give to diabetes’ effects on the blood vessels in the eye. NEWS FLASH: In the United States, Diabetic Retinopathy is the […]
Hey – nobody wants the part of the eye that’s responsible for producing sharp, central vision required for “straight ahead” activities such as driving, reading, recognizing faces, and performing close-up work to start to deteriorate (aka “Impair your vision”)! This area of the retina is known as the macula, and AMD (“Age-related Macular Degeneration”) can […]
So – Finally tired of clunky prescription lenses? What about the inconvenience and expense of contact lenses? The doctors at Mattax Neu Prater Eye Center look at state-of-the-art technology as an investment in your future. LASIK advanced laser vision correction surgeons Dr. James Mattax, Dr. Thomas Prater, and Dr. Jacob Thomas continually monitor and evaluate […]
With the upcoming feature film about the great Mr. Rogers himself, “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” – we here at Mattax Neu Prater Eye Center thought it only right to let you know that WE want to be your neighbor, too! That is why we have gone to great lengths to make sure we expand […]
Do your eyelids droop and you find yourself tipping your head back to see better? Or you raise your eyebrows to left your eyelids? Drooping eye lids are often caused by problems with the muscles that lift the eyelid. This condition, called “ptosis,” can make a person look older, but can also cause vision problems. […]
The Silent Thief Glaucoma is the leading cause of blindness in the U.S for people over the age of 60, and it is the second leading cause of blindness overall. More than three million Americans have glaucoma, but only half are actually aware that it is slowly stealing away their vision, sometimes without any obvious […]
Finding a center that can complete your upcoming surgery can be a hassle. You want your procedure to go smoothly and to be done in the most professional way possible, but what if you don’t know the difference between a good facility and a great facility? At Mattax Neu Prater, we pride ourselves in both […]
