Avenue Acupuncture FAQs

A free discovery call lets you see whether this approach may be a fit for your situation, whether booked online or in person. Appointments are typically seen within a week, covered by most extended health benefits, and no referral is needed.

Conventional medicine typically manages degenerative eye conditions with daily drops, eye injections, or surgery to slow decline, but does not restore vision. Acupuncture works differently by improving circulation so that cells with function left to give get the support they need, which can help some patients regain noticeable clarity and most experience meaningful stabilization.

No. Needles never go into the eye. Eye acupuncture stimulates the nerves around the eye that support blood flow, circulation, and nutrition to the structures of the eye itself.

Eye acupuncture is used for Macular Degeneration, Retinitis Pigmentosa, Stargardt Disease, Optic Neuritis, Strabismus, and Diabetic Retinopathy, particularly for patients who have been told conventional medicine has nothing more to offer.