Everything you need to know before visiting Ulwe Eye Clinic, preparing for a dilated eye exam, and understanding your surgery recovery.
Following these simple tips ensures your doctor consultation is smooth, thorough, and comfortable.
Always bring all current pairs of distance, reading, or computer glasses, as well as any previous prescription slips or eye drop bottles you are currently using.
If your pupil needs to be dilated (for retina or diabetic screening), your vision will be temporarily blurry and light-sensitive for 3 to 6 hours. We recommend bringing sunglasses and arranging transport home.
Please inform Dr. Chatterjee about any systemic medical conditions (such as Diabetes, Hypertension, Thyroid, or Heart medication) and any past eye trauma or surgeries.
Vision loss from diseases like glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy occurs silently. Follow these recommended medical checkup intervals:
Before starting primary school to detect lazy eye (amblyopia) or refractive error.
For digital screen users, driving license fitness, and spectacle updates.
Critical window for reading glass power (presbyopia), glaucoma pressure, and early cataract.
Dilated retina exam and in-house OCT Retinal scan to prevent irreversible vision loss.
Modern micro-incision phacoemulsification cataract surgery typically takes 15 to 20 minutes under topical (drop) or gentle local anaesthesia. It is virtually painless, stitchless, and patients return home the same day with rapid visual recovery within days.
Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is a non-contact, painless light-wave scan that captures microscopic cross-sectional images of your retina and optic nerve in seconds. Ulwe Eye Clinic is the first centre in Ulwe to offer in-house OCT—vital for catching Glaucoma, Diabetic Retinopathy, and Macular Degeneration years before vision loss occurs.
If your checkup requires pupil-dilating drops (recommended for diabetics, high minus power, cataract, or retinal evaluation), near vision stays mildly blurry and light-sensitive for 3 to 6 hours. Bringing sunglasses and avoiding driving immediately afterward is advised.
Dr. Susanta Chatterjee consults daily (including Sundays) at Ulwe Eye Clinic (Sector 19, Ulwe) and serves as Head of the Ophthalmology Department (HOD) at MGM New Bombay Hospital, Sector 3, Vashi, Navi Mumbai.
LASIK, PRK, or ICL vision correction is suitable once your spectacle power has stabilised after age 18–20, subject to corneal thickness and retinal screening performed during a pre-LASIK evaluation.