4 common myths about ophthalmology 👁️
❌ 1. "Ophthalmology is all about glasses and scoring."
✔️ Fact: From lasers to complex surgeries and retinal injections — ophthalmology is much more than prescribing glasses.
❌ 2. "There is no such thing as an emergency in ophthalmology."
✔️ Reality: Sudden vision loss, eyeball tears, CRAO — all real, critical, and time-sensitive.
❌ 3. "Anyone can do it."
✔️ FACT: Ophthalmology is an entirely microsurgical field—requiring years of training, high precision, and extraordinary manual control.
✔️ Fact: Optics, loci, retina, surgeries — nothing in this field is "easy."
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5-Don't let legends blur the truth.
