EXHIBIT 99.1
                                                                    ------------

      CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                                   PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     I,  Theodore  A. Boutacoff, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as
adopted  pursuant  to  Section  906  of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the
Quarterly  Report  of  IRIDEX  Corporation on Form 10-Q/A for the fiscal quarter
ended  September  28, 2002 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a)
or  15(d)  of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that information contained
in  such  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q fairly presents in all material respects
the  financial  condition  and  results  of  operations  of  IRIDEX Corporation.

                                  By:  /s/  Theodore  A.  Boutacoff
                                       ----------------------------
                                       Name:  Theodore  A.  Boutacoff
                                       Title:   Chief  Executive  Officer

     I, Robert Kamenski, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant  to  Section  906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the Quarterly
Report of IRIDEX Corporation on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September
28,  2002  fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that information contained in such Quarterly
Report  on  Form  10-Q/A  fairly presents in all material respects the financial
condition  and  results  of  operations  of  IRIDEX  Corporation.

                                  By:  /s/  Robert  Kamenski
                                       ----------------------------
                                       Name:  Robert  Kamenski
                                       Title:   Chief  Financial  Officer