Proven Success
Nationally, Doctors of Optometry already
perform in-office eyelid procedures
and treat glaucoma, after-cataract surgery care, eyelid styes and more. While optometrists are the trusted professionals for the majority of eye care patients in the United States, you still need an ophthalmologist (eye surgeon) to perform cataract surgery, LASIK, retina surgery and more.
Every US Optometry school trains Doctors of Optometry to perform in-office laser and eyelid procedures. In other states, these procedures have been safely provided by optometrists since the 1990s.