Early visual imbalances, such as even a few hours of eye occlusion in infancy, can lead to permanent changes in visual perception and pathway function if not addressed.

“Fortunately, I went to an ophthalmologist who understood the literature. Thank you, Dr. Mark Lurie, who understood the literature and made it clear that what I needed to do was to occlude the other eye, the”

“It used to be thought that you wouldn't want to do a surgery on a young kid because of risk of anesthesia and young individuals, but we now know that you need to repair these imbalances. that even a few hours of oluding one eye early in life can lead to permanent, unless something's done, permanent changes in the way that the brain perceives the outside world such that when that eye is opened up again, the brain actually can't make sense of anything that's coming through it. It shuts down that visual pathway somehow.”