Through the Eyes of Patients: Cataracts

Vision After Laser Cataract Surgery

Francisco Diaz- Olea looked down at the magazine. And he could see the words.

He grasped it in his hands. And simply - read. It would be a normal moment, had the 77-year-old Parker, Arizona, resident not had cataract surgery that very same afternoon at the Arizona Eye Institute & Cosmetic Laser Center.

Eyes that deceived him to the point he unknowingly drove far to the right of his lane - once getting pulled over, another time tapping a mailbox over.

Francisco is just one of the many whose lives are transformed by the hands of Arizona Eye Institute & Cosmetic Laser Center's Medical Director and Surgeon, Emilio Martin Justo, M.D.  Dr. Justo's commitment to improving vision among the community has brought to the institute the most state-of-the-art technology there is in cataract surgery: the LenSx femtosecond laser for refractive cataract surgery. Read more.

A Painter Reborn

The colors leapt out like old friends.

Bright vivid colors that Sandra Honn had once proudly painted onto canvas, but that she hadn't enjoyed in the years she's faced the blurred vision that comes with cataracts.

A laser and the steady hands of Dr. Emilio M. Justo did more than just remove the cataracts and restore her original perfect vision. The laser cataract surgery reinvigorated the artist that she never thought she would be again. Read more.