Patient Education
Understanding your eyes, in plain language
Clear guides, videos and illustrations to read before an appointment or refer back to afterwards — written without jargon, and without leaving out the detail that matters.
30 resources
- Guide6 min
Understanding your cataract diagnosis
What a cataract is, why it forms, and how to judge the point at which surgery becomes worthwhile for you rather than for a grading scale.
Cataract & Lens
- Guide8 min
Choosing an intraocular lens
Monofocal, toric, extended depth-of-focus and trifocal implants compared honestly — including what each one costs you optically.
Cataract & Lens
- Video3 min
Phacoemulsification cataract surgery
A step-by-step view of how a cataract is removed and the lens implant positioned. It shows real surgery, so please skip it if that is not for you.
Cataract & Lens
Source: American Academy of Ophthalmology
- Guide6 min
What is keratoconus?
How corneal shape affects vision, why the condition progresses in adolescence, and what tomography shows that glasses testing cannot.
Cornea & Keratoconus
- Checklist4 min
Cross-linking: what to expect
Preparation, the procedure itself, the first five days of recovery, and the timeline over which vision settles.
Cornea & Keratoconus
- Infographic3 min
Why eye rubbing matters
The mechanical link between habitual rubbing, allergy and corneal thinning — and practical ways to interrupt the habit in children.
Cornea & Keratoconus
- Guide5 min
Pterygium: when it needs treating
Why this growth is so common in the Gulf, what decides whether it should be removed, and how surgery is done so that it does not return.
Ocular Surface
- Infographic3 min
The three layers of your tear film
A visual explanation of mucin, aqueous and lipid layers, and which symptoms point to failure in each one.
Ocular Surface
- Guide6 min
Why dry eyes water
The reflex tearing paradox explained, and why streaming eyes are frequently a sign of dryness rather than evidence against it.
Ocular Surface
- Video2 min
How to say bye to dry eye
A short animation on why the eye becomes dry, what makes it worse, and the measures that genuinely help.
Ocular Surface
Source: American Academy of Ophthalmology
- Video3 min
Floaters, flashes and retinal detachment
What floaters and flashing lights mean, and which of them require an examination without delay.
Retina & Systemic
Source: American Academy of Ophthalmology
- Video2 min
Does any activity make glaucoma worse?
An ophthalmologist answers a question patients ask constantly: which everyday activities affect eye pressure.
Retina & Systemic
Source: American Academy of Ophthalmology
- Checklist3 min
Screen habits for comfortable eyes
Blink quality, screen height, humidity and the 20-20-20 rule — the adjustments that measurably change tear film stability.
Ocular Surface
- Guide5 min
When should a child first have their eyes examined?
Developmental milestones, the amblyopia treatment window, and the signs parents most often miss.
Children's Vision
- Guide6 min
Myopia control explained
Why slowing progression matters for lifelong retinal health, and how atropine, defocus lenses and orthokeratology compare.
Children's Vision
- Checklist4 min
Patching: making it work at home
Realistic schedules, managing resistance, and how progress is measured between appointments.
Children's Vision
- Guide6 min
Diabetes and your eyes
Why annual screening is advised even with excellent control, and which symptoms require same-week assessment.
Retina & Systemic
- Guide6 min
Macular degeneration explained
What the macula does, why age affects it, and the reassurance most patients need first: this condition does not cause total blindness.
Retina & Systemic
- Guide5 min
Dry and wet macular degeneration: why the distinction matters
The two forms behave very differently. One is watched and supported; the other has a treatment window measured in weeks.
Retina & Systemic
- Checklist4 min
Injections into the eye: what actually happens
The step most patients dread and almost all describe afterwards as easier than expected — numbing, the few seconds itself, and the days after.
Retina & Systemic
- Infographic2 min
Using an Amsler grid at home
A one-minute weekly test that detects macular distortion early — with printable grid and instructions.
Retina & Systemic
- Guide5 min
Glaucoma: the silent field loss
How peripheral vision disappears without being noticed, and why treatment adherence predicts outcome more than any other factor.
Retina & Systemic
- Guide5 min
Am I suitable for laser vision correction?
What the suitability assessment measures, and the findings that mean laser is declined — around one in five people is better served another way.
Laser Vision Correction
- Guide6 min
LASIK or surface laser? And when neither is right
The difference between lifting a flap and treating the surface, why thin corneas change the plan, and where an implantable lens is the better answer.
Laser Vision Correction
- Checklist4 min
The first month after laser treatment
Drops, dryness, night-time haloes, swimming, sport and screens — what is expected week by week, and when vision finally settles.
Laser Vision Correction
- Guide5 min
Heavy eyelids or drooping eyelids?
They look the same in the mirror and need different operations. How the distinction is made, and why it decides the result.
Eyelid Surgery
- Checklist4 min
Blepharoplasty, week by week
Bruising, stitches, make-up, exercise and travel — what is normal at each stage of the first month, and what is not.
Eyelid Surgery
- Guide4 min
Eyelid surgery when your eyes are dry
Why the tear film is measured before eyelid surgery, and how the operation is adjusted when the ocular surface is fragile.
Eyelid Surgery
- Checklist4 min
Preparing for eye surgery
Medications, fasting, what to bring, transport home, and the questions worth asking before you sign a consent form.
Before & After Surgery
- Guide5 min
The first week after surgery
Normal healing versus warning signs, activity restrictions, and when to make contact rather than wait for your review.
Before & After Surgery
Videos marked with a source are produced by the organisation named and are linked here for patient education only. They open on the publisher’s own channel.
Printable Leaflets
Take the explanation home with you
The information leaflets given in consultation, free to download and print. Each one ends with space for the notes written for you on the day.
Practical Questions
Before your visit
What to bring, how much time to allow, and what to expect from a first consultation.
No. You may book directly. If you have been referred by another physician, bring the referral letter and any imaging with you, as it helps avoid repeating investigations.
Appointments
Consultations at Aloka Eye Clinic
Appointments are held at Aloka Eye Clinic & Day Surgery Center in Al Mankhool, Dubai, in English or Turkish. For sudden loss of vision, injury or severe eye pain, please telephone rather than write.