The 30-Second OCT Scan — Seeing the layers of your retina, not just the surface

At Eyecare Center of Orange County, Dr. Alexander Bonakdar has cared for patients for more than three decades. Trained at Bascom Palmer, board certified, and trusted by more than ten thousand Orange County patients since nineteen ninety one.

OCT is like your dentist's X-ray, but made of light. In about thirty seconds it scans the retina in cross section, layer by layer, at a scale finer than a human hair. No radiation, no contact, no discomfort.

A photograph shows the surface of the retina. OCT shows what is happening underneath it, and underneath is where glaucoma and macular disease actually begin.

Glaucoma steals side vision so slowly that nobody notices, but it thins one specific layer of the retina first. OCT measures that layer in microns, which is how glaucoma is caught years before any vision is lost.

The scan itself is thirty seconds with your chin on a rest. Comparing this year's layers to last year's is what turns it into an early warning system.

Ask us to include the OCT scan with your regular exam. The layers tell the story the surface cannot, and early is the only time glaucoma is easy to treat.