He's a keeper. I have been seeing Dr. Arellano for the last 2 years and I have been very happy with his level of care and helpful tips on how to take care of my sensitive eyes and reduce strain in my every day life, since I don't have the greatest eyesight to begin with. I recently had a change in eye insurance and after confirming with the office that they took my new insurance, I made my appointment for my yearly visit. There was a miscommunication with the front staff and after the appointment, I found out they actually did NOT take my insurance. I was pretty saddened finding out that I was going to have to pay out of pocket, since I live on a very tight budget, and...read full review
Aug 2023
After trying out another optometrist, I realized how bad the contact lens prescription that Dr. Arellano prescribed to me was. He didn't determine my dominant eye, one eye was too strong and the other too weak which is why my eyes got worse throughout the years. He didn't recommend computer glasses and after using these, my eyes actually got better and stabilized, not to mention less strain. In this day and age, everybody should be offered computer prescriptions. And to top it off, when my wife tried to tell him that he needed to fix her prescription because she couldn't see well, she was ignored.
Feb 2022
The fill-in (or temporary?) optometrist and the primary optometrist didn't agree on the strength of my contact prescription which is frustrating to say the least. Back to my original optometrist.
He's a keeper. I have been seeing Dr. Arellano for the last 2 years and I have been very happy with his level of care and helpful tips on how to take care of my sensitive eyes and reduce strain in my every day life, since I don't have the greatest eyesight to begin with. I recently had a change in eye insurance and after confirming with the office that they took my new insurance, I made my appointment for my yearly visit. There was a miscommunication with the front staff and after the appointment, I found out they actually did NOT take my insurance. I was pretty saddened finding out that I was going to have to pay out of pocket, since I live on a very tight budget, and...read full review
After trying out another optometrist, I realized how bad the contact lens prescription that Dr. Arellano prescribed to me was. He didn't determine my dominant eye, one eye was too strong and the other too weak which is why my eyes got worse throughout the years. He didn't recommend computer glasses and after using these, my eyes actually got better and stabilized, not to mention less strain. In this day and age, everybody should be offered computer prescriptions. And to top it off, when my wife tried to tell him that he needed to fix her prescription because she couldn't see well, she was ignored.
The fill-in (or temporary?) optometrist and the primary optometrist didn't agree on the strength of my contact prescription which is frustrating to say the least. Back to my original optometrist.