Ophthalmologist Ashley Brissette, MD joins WIRED to answer your ocular enquires in a tech support all about eyes. How does LASIK eye surgery work? How does an eye doctor know if a baby needs glasses? What are ‘eye floaters’ and how do they work? What does an eyeball feel like? Dr. Brissette answers these questions and more—it’s Eye Support! 👀
Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey
Director of Photography: Francis Bernal
Editor: Jordan Calig
Expert: Dr. Ashley Brissette
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Associate Producer: Brandon White
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Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila
Casting Producer: Nick Sawyer
Camera Operator: Michael Sassano
Sound Mixer: Brett Van Deusen
Production Assistant: Ryan Coppola
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Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
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Assistant Editor: Billy Ward
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Velzekt
August 23, 2023 at 2:16 pm
I’m glad I never liked grapes because I’m not sure I’d ever be able to eat one again after that demonstration.
Gautam Kumar
August 23, 2023 at 2:16 pm
thats bad she had not read some question fully , they were interesting. Specially the color blind second part.
stevena86
August 23, 2023 at 2:28 pm
If you want to avoid having your eyes dilated, get an Optomap taken. 200 degree field of view of the retina/macula. If your doctor does not have an Optomap device, FIND ANOTHER EYE DOCTOR.
Sinus Lebastian
August 23, 2023 at 2:42 pm
someone should’ve asked how do you fix lazy eye lol
New Normac
August 23, 2023 at 2:55 pm
Ashley has such great Eye statements, thanks WIRED for featuring her ~Smile oN
Chris H
August 23, 2023 at 3:06 pm
I thought carrots just help keep your site where. it is not improve it.
Justin Jones
August 23, 2023 at 3:24 pm
Eye doctors would tell you not to fly because they’ve seen plane crashes.
Alan Tremonti
August 23, 2023 at 3:26 pm
Shabriri on the mic’ over here, revealing herself in the first minute–may chaos take the world!
Ilannguaq Jonathansen
August 23, 2023 at 3:31 pm
MARRY ME
Alan Tremonti
August 23, 2023 at 3:38 pm
My pupils were dilated the entire time. o_o
Ickess
August 23, 2023 at 3:41 pm
2:08 when stressed one of my eye lids will twitch. Only one, doesn’t matter which
Ham 'Housekeeping' Sarris
August 23, 2023 at 4:05 pm
im here cus im a man of culture.
Robert Qvist
August 23, 2023 at 4:07 pm
Great video! I was born with Cataract, Aniridia and Nystagmus. i.e. my eyesight is very poor (around 12-15% atm), I have no iris (eye color) and my eyes shake sometimes. I’ve done 3 cataract surgeries so far. My day to day life is “normal” and most people don’t even know about my conditions until I tell them. But I have problem reading fine print, restaurant menus and I’ll never be able to drive a car to name a few everyday problems.
Neema Gatumbu
August 23, 2023 at 4:14 pm
THEY DID SURGERY ON A GRAPE
Killbayne
August 23, 2023 at 4:15 pm
blue light filters help with sleep because it gets rid of blue light which stimulates the brain to stay awake, warmer light is also much more pleasurable to look at when youre tired.
newvillagefilms
August 23, 2023 at 4:23 pm
Top tip: DIY LASIK surgery.
tarasensei
August 23, 2023 at 4:57 pm
These are my fav kind of Wired vids.
maryragansings
August 23, 2023 at 5:13 pm
Doesn’t our eye color lighten as we age, just like our skin? Due to tissue thinning?
Hugh Mann
August 23, 2023 at 5:35 pm
where is her Jonathan?
Trent
August 23, 2023 at 6:11 pm
they did surgery on a grape
coffeebot3000
August 23, 2023 at 6:25 pm
Wow, she’s fantastic at explaining things simply. Great teacher.
MijaroPrime
August 23, 2023 at 6:37 pm
It’s natural that she’s an eye doctor because man she’s beautiful to my eyes.
CatMan22
August 23, 2023 at 7:01 pm
The whole video all I could hear was the song “dude looks like a lady” by Aerosmith
Jordynn Mills
August 23, 2023 at 7:43 pm
I’m 24 with glaucoma! Ophthalmologists are saving my vision . She needs to come back and talk all about astigmatism..
Tess Tickles
August 23, 2023 at 9:04 pm
If this was a guy doing this video half of these comments wouldnt be here. Its just because shes an attractive female that all you simps are commenting this
Vladimir Chesnokov
August 24, 2023 at 7:24 am
Here are some questions in case you do more of those.
Is it true that people with lighter eye color need to wear sun glasses in bright weather more than people with darker eye color?
Can really heal myopia if it’s at about -5?
ROVER25X
August 24, 2023 at 7:31 am
So the Zucc either loves himself, or is huffing copious amounts or charlie.
Stratos H D
August 24, 2023 at 7:32 am
What number 6 ?
M3
August 24, 2023 at 8:08 am
She really wanted to laugh at that question about the guy not seeing his dad.
BoiiShawarma
August 24, 2023 at 8:33 am
Where is her Jonathan? Doesn’t all Ophthalmologist have a Jonathan?
Phlprss
August 24, 2023 at 9:20 am
I thought I’m red green colorblind but I only can see the last one now I’m pretty confused
Cornelious Stradivarius
August 24, 2023 at 9:32 am
People who are on the computer for long periods (or even shorter ones) should set white backgrounds to grey.
It’s MUCH easier on the eye especially at night.
Norma Castell
August 24, 2023 at 10:09 am
Any cure for Lazy eye. I am 34 yrs old.
ThatWhitePinoy
August 24, 2023 at 11:22 am
they did surgery on a grape
Omnilatent
August 24, 2023 at 11:34 am
3:18 there is no way this is the most commonly performed surgery worldwide. First time I hear this and surely removing the appendix, tonsils or wisdom teeth is the most common. Anyone wanna do a fact check on this?
Devin Bidwell
August 24, 2023 at 11:38 am
Lol. I have 20/200 vision.
Michael
August 24, 2023 at 11:42 am
She did surgery on a grape.
Rudy BERU
August 24, 2023 at 11:55 am
Ha,good topic..That’s the kind of question i asking myself since October 2021,in fact.And about another
kind of surgery,too.🙂Thanks.^^
Aaron Delgado
August 24, 2023 at 12:22 pm
Great video! Behind every object there is a design. Behind the design, there’s a designer. Thus, the eye is based on an incredible design and designed by an incredible designer which happens to be our Almighty God.
undercover
August 24, 2023 at 1:04 pm
they did surgery on a grape
plebcrabslayer
August 24, 2023 at 1:15 pm
Great video, but…
11:47 NINETY SECONDS?! Who on earth can override their reflexes to look at it for even one second? I’m a little worried that she never once said *not* to look at the sun. Here, I’ll do it: Don’t look at the sun without special protective lenses.
I’ll take the Usual
August 24, 2023 at 1:44 pm
I wish someone would’ve asked if eyeballs were an external piece of your brain. I think when humans are forming the brain squeezes through the orbit of the skull to create the eyes
Md. Kamruzzaman Shovon
August 24, 2023 at 5:11 pm
❤
VoidHybrid
August 24, 2023 at 5:28 pm
I had gone to the eye doctor for over a decade at the same place. When I moved and had to get a new eye doctor, I experienced the air puff for the first time. Where I had gone growing up never did the air puff.
Oliver Smith Brandt
August 24, 2023 at 6:45 pm
where is Jonathan
Mauri B
August 24, 2023 at 6:57 pm
Can Ashley check my eyes, because I think I’m seeing an angel. Idk what caused it. It only happens when I watch this video.
Brandon
August 24, 2023 at 7:56 pm
I have 20:15 vision 😎
Filaxsan
August 24, 2023 at 8:00 pm
I’m just happy I can see…her! Seriously tho, great info, thanks for sharing!
Seriously seriously tho… <3
Rob Adams
August 24, 2023 at 8:09 pm
Dr. Brissette is “easy on the eyes.”
I’ll see myself out.
Rob Adams
August 24, 2023 at 8:14 pm
I had a job at a contact lens forum and people kept asking over and over if it was okay to wear daily disposable contacts overnight and I told them over and over again that it’s not okay.
Shaggy
August 24, 2023 at 9:52 pm
how can a scar tissue be formed in the eye? I have a scar tissue in my eye and I don’t know how I got it…
Ashley Cruz
August 24, 2023 at 10:33 pm
Great video. I’m interested in becoming an ophthalmologist as I love eyeballs. The only thing that scares me is the dedication to medical school. Anyway, no matter what I end up doing, ophthalmologists will always have my respect. It’s a though field.
SLAP1FACE
August 25, 2023 at 12:18 am
they did surgery on a grape
stephanie noire
August 25, 2023 at 12:45 am
Cataract surgery is so much cooler than i thought!
Jabbo Jenkins
August 25, 2023 at 2:41 am
SALUTATIONS EVERYONE.. I HAVE GLAUCOMA AND KERATOCONOUS (I MIGHT BE MISSPELLING IT) CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT IS THE BEST TREATMENT FOR CARE💕💕😊
Practical Developer
August 25, 2023 at 2:53 am
How much correction Lasik do
Werdna
August 25, 2023 at 2:58 am
An ophthalmologist who looks like Gwyneth Paltrow. You call this fair, God?
Daniel Scott
August 25, 2023 at 3:01 am
I honestly thought that was some new weird pokeball.
Omar Al Gali
August 25, 2023 at 3:50 am
But… 1 out of 1,000 is not that rare for infection development, doctor!
MarcosMarcosMarcos
August 25, 2023 at 4:13 am
I love that she fully pronounces “retina”…as we all should.
Cassette Walkman
August 25, 2023 at 8:22 am
Yeah but she also pronounces dilate as dialate.
Marcelo
August 25, 2023 at 4:43 am
This was very enlightening, really good video series
Jeremy Wiseman
August 25, 2023 at 6:11 am
“‘If’ your eyes are filled with jelly…” Mine are filled with peanut butter.
leech
August 25, 2023 at 6:41 am
eff the video editor
Stephen Mintz
August 25, 2023 at 11:04 am
Great teacher and she’s quite easy on the eyes!
Get it!? Easy on the—
Oh. You got it. It was dumb.
Oh.
naomi f
August 25, 2023 at 11:58 am
Please don’t sleep with your contacts ya’ll! I developed bacterial keratitis and let me tell you the pain was unimaginable, would not recommend 💀
ZebraActual
August 25, 2023 at 1:21 pm
In the colorblind test sheets i don’t think that was an “S” but rather i believe it was a dollar sign – $
The Road To Perdition
August 25, 2023 at 2:26 pm
I slept in my contact lenses for years – luckily nothing bad ever came of it. Now ive had lasik. Way more worth the money if you’re a viable patient than glasses or contacts and you’ve insurance
Tom Anderson
August 25, 2023 at 3:57 pm
She’s easy on the eyes.
Eric Davis
August 25, 2023 at 4:02 pm
I got 350 degree oil in both of my eyes about 3 4 years ago . To this day I pull this sticky long string like substance that sometimes runs around my eye. Very weird feeling unraveling around your eye
Marissa
August 25, 2023 at 4:26 pm
I’m glad my doc used the eye pressure test where they numb the eye and press on it with this blue light thing, instead of the puff test. I haven’t had a puff test since I was 5, it was scary as heck
Browk
August 25, 2023 at 5:21 pm
they really did surgery on a grape
pqrs_987
August 25, 2023 at 5:53 pm
11:26 so there is a shred of truth to the compliment “ah, you’re glowing so bright, brighter than the sun, it’s hurting my eyes!”
avreeL
August 25, 2023 at 6:06 pm
I had a strong urge to rub my eyes throughout the whole video. >_
196cupcake
August 25, 2023 at 7:33 pm
9:39 If marijuana only lowers eye pressure for a short period of time, then I think you’re just making an argument for regular use of marijuana. Just smoke weed all day, every day, you know?
poiisondn
August 26, 2023 at 4:10 am
The carrot thing.. so it wasn’t just a WWII thing?
Xͯ
August 26, 2023 at 4:40 am
i need lasik
hopkapi
August 26, 2023 at 7:46 am
Why didn’t someone ask her if she also has a Jonathan of her own?
JOEY
August 26, 2023 at 7:51 am
And people believe in evolution 😂 the eye is sooo complex!
Ryokihama
August 26, 2023 at 9:10 am
Well, now I’m curious about if its bad for certain people with bad eyesight to use an eye mask when sleeping. I wear a pretty high corrective lens and I always find it uncomfortable having my eye squished by my eye mask since I literally am aware of the pressure as I feel it. It may be because I’m not used to it or the mask is somewhat new so its garter is still tight.
Danny Dell
August 26, 2023 at 11:03 am
i dont care how “less than 100000% chance” it is, i can NEVER get a surgery after watching final destination. no thankyou
Mid Nite MetaTalk
August 26, 2023 at 12:47 pm
3:16 it’s like cleaning/clearing up the headlights on your car.
Anthony Smith
August 26, 2023 at 4:40 pm
The blue light filter mainly has to do with sleep and the secretion of melatonin, rather than eye strain. That’s what the filters are for.
Boringpenguin
August 26, 2023 at 5:13 pm
10:50 Blocking out blue light may not help with eye strain, but it will certainly help you sleep better.
a3zth3tikz
August 26, 2023 at 8:41 pm
that part where she says strabismus is basically caused by your brain ignoring one eye because it’s not doing its job is so funny to me
Mr. W
August 26, 2023 at 11:25 pm
I guess you could say she’s… easy on the eyes.
Remy David
August 27, 2023 at 3:51 am
I do not believe that our eye lens, flips the image upside down at the back. Poppycock! It’s simply. The optic nerve has been installed, upside down. So everything looks right side up. I mean DUH.
If I want to get myself a Lobotomy. Will that disturb my eye socket? On Tuesdays.
RemyRAD
LieutenantNuggets
August 27, 2023 at 8:17 am
Ashley is just as beautiful as she is intelligent!
Blue_Sky
August 27, 2023 at 2:21 pm
to the guy at 4:41 someone get this man his dad
burakaltuntas92
August 27, 2023 at 2:47 pm
Isn’t she really pretty?? Woov!
Jon Jon
August 27, 2023 at 3:11 pm
Grapes just dropped off my top 3 favorite fruit list, so did carrot
Anna Monroe
August 27, 2023 at 4:09 pm
Great video. But I’m surprised no one asked about PRK surgery! LASIK is not the only type of vision-improvement method. My partner had PRK in 2018 and now he sees perfectly with no complications.
Yunseo Kang
August 27, 2023 at 5:43 pm
Y’all should invite my boss into here to answer questions about concussion/TBI related vision issues. He’s chief of the sports vision clinic at UC Berkeley
Anthropic Universe
August 27, 2023 at 6:21 pm
5:39 thats a ten? Is it standing or slanted….I swear I see it going in its side.
Disposable Supervillain Henchman #37
August 27, 2023 at 9:38 pm
If I were her patient, I don’t think drops would be necessary to dilate my pupils. 😎
Exploding Volcano
August 27, 2023 at 10:19 pm
Wired please bring her back!!
Tim Friday
August 28, 2023 at 2:41 am
super hot doc… <3 =P 😉
Chhavimani Choubey
August 28, 2023 at 3:21 am
I’m amazed by the beauty of you doctor, may god and your knowledge help you give vision back to your patients ❤.
Nina Ajnira Karisik
August 28, 2023 at 5:43 am
weird that she didn’t know that whole WW2 radar/carrots for eyes thing…
okwhatnow
August 28, 2023 at 9:08 am
Omg I watch her on tiktok
Adi
August 28, 2023 at 10:17 am
so can i get an eye surgery to atleast return my eyesight to of a normal human?
Kayin Mitchell
August 28, 2023 at 12:16 pm
Now this is MOTHER
izzy sparks
August 28, 2023 at 12:23 pm
Illegally blind 💀
Aditya Kamble
August 28, 2023 at 12:50 pm
Is it just my eyes or she’s gorgeous….
R Kerr
August 28, 2023 at 3:08 pm
She forgot the part in LASIK where they have to slice the top off your eye before they burn away the tissue. Not very nice for an intro though lol
Anshuman Srivastava
August 28, 2023 at 3:29 pm
Your eyes are beautiful ma’am! I guess that’s the best I could say 🙂
missjaygh
August 28, 2023 at 4:13 pm
Love these!
MaurickSh
August 28, 2023 at 5:16 pm
My latest vision test I got a 16/24… what does that mean?!?!
Joshua Elser
August 28, 2023 at 5:21 pm
Great video, but, “Ret-in-a”!?
Cindy
August 28, 2023 at 6:12 pm
Can she explain every concept to me? Amazing delivery for the layfolk
EDIT: Her ring is beautiful
DJae Jones
August 28, 2023 at 6:22 pm
Sooooooo how many of you guys just found you you might be colorblind? I’m genuinely curious
Skinny Z
August 28, 2023 at 9:31 pm
5:32 I regret to inform you that that’s actually a dollar sign. Might wanna get your eyes checked. 🤪
Skinny Z
August 28, 2023 at 9:36 pm
Love her!
Calida
August 29, 2023 at 12:58 am
This was really helpful!
JoshuaMayKnow
August 29, 2023 at 1:14 am
0:43 she just did that… like its nothing…
JoshuaMayKnow
August 29, 2023 at 1:15 am
Twitter is Twitter and stays Twitter
Thank you WIRED
lindsey
August 29, 2023 at 1:21 am
Been wearing glasses since I was in first grade….there’s no way would ever get Lasik. I know people who still wear glasses and got Lasik surgery so I think I’ll pass.
Green_Irishman
August 29, 2023 at 1:32 am
I swear my eyes change color with my mood. Is that a thing or am I just perceiving them as changing?
Rishabh Adiga
August 29, 2023 at 2:12 am
I like her was able to watch the video till the end thanks to her way of talking.
Cockblokula
August 29, 2023 at 2:14 am
Most important question of all, how do we acquire a “Jonathan”?
kris
August 29, 2023 at 2:59 am
People should read before doing LASIK surgery. Plenty of people, including FDA officials, saying, LASIK should be banned.
Carole A
August 29, 2023 at 6:12 am
👀👀👀👀👀👀👀 *About the eyes getting lighter, I think the question was about fat build up in the eye as you get older. And that’s why old people’s eyes tend to turn blue or gray*
Christopher Elwood
August 29, 2023 at 11:01 am
What’s “Twitter”?
Raj Majumder
August 29, 2023 at 12:53 pm
What’s her Instagram id👁️
Moonshine
August 29, 2023 at 3:10 pm
Grape wnt be the same anymore
Moonshine
August 29, 2023 at 3:10 pm
Thsnkyou for this vid
ACE112ACE112
August 29, 2023 at 3:50 pm
What causes myopia and what to do to remedy it without glasses/contacts/lasik
Vihar Kottakota
August 29, 2023 at 3:50 pm
I think that Opthamology is so cool
OverDev Modding
August 29, 2023 at 4:41 pm
thank god the blue filter question was asked,
thats pretty much the biggest marketing scam out there
Anony Mousse
August 29, 2023 at 6:11 pm
Thanks, now I can never enjoy eating grapes again.
Joe
August 29, 2023 at 7:09 pm
Taking care of your eye health is more important than you think 💯👀
Ali Griego
August 29, 2023 at 7:36 pm
The way she pronounces ret-tea-nah is another level.
aalever
August 29, 2023 at 7:46 pm
If 20:20 vision constitutes around only 30% of everyone, why is it the baseline? Is it still the most populous category?
Adam Samad
August 29, 2023 at 11:22 pm
She’s hot af
The Knight
August 29, 2023 at 11:59 pm
That’s the most beautiful eye doctor if I’ve ever seen one.
Tonny Mtumtum
August 30, 2023 at 12:57 am
Doesn’t sound good for Zuckerberg 😂😂😂
Sanjay Surya
August 30, 2023 at 2:20 am
When i was a kid, I used to look at the sun directly thinking it would give me supervision!! 😅😅
Triple S
August 30, 2023 at 4:38 am
Off topic, she’s quite pretty
tanya marie
August 30, 2023 at 5:06 am
😍💚💛🧡💜💙🤩
Hayley
August 30, 2023 at 9:10 am
what does it mean if you have green eyes?
Carlos Vixil
August 30, 2023 at 3:19 pm
missed opportunity to mention that being indoors is the cause myopia/nearsight
Bobokoki
August 30, 2023 at 8:15 pm
What’s her onlyfan ?
Saipardhiv Pamu
August 30, 2023 at 9:10 pm
Shes beautiful
Alec Short
August 30, 2023 at 10:43 pm
She’s hot af
D96 YT
August 30, 2023 at 10:46 pm
I want a doctor like this
Faith Black
August 31, 2023 at 8:42 am
Its always surprising how engaging these FYI Q&A can be. They pick some great personalities. Plus combating misinformation is a good trend. Keep it coming.
silvermist.
August 31, 2023 at 4:59 pm
telling an eye doctor something about the EYES and saying “did you know that” is… weird. ofc she knows that, DUH 💀💀💀
Joshua Muranga Bauer
August 31, 2023 at 5:57 pm
Wondering if there is an episode with her already at the @hubermanlabpodcast
Carlos Rodriguez
August 31, 2023 at 6:55 pm
Psilocybin helps with eye dilation
Mohamed Mostafa
August 31, 2023 at 7:14 pm
whenever she touches the grape with the tweezers, I feel it in my eye idk why!
Sophia Tran
August 31, 2023 at 8:02 pm
I have a question. Is there any way to improve or get our eye sight or vision back without surgery.