Month: <span>July 2021</span>

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Prosthetic Contact Lenses

Prosthetic contact lenses are prescribed to mask flaws and improve the appearance of an eye disfigured from a birth defect, trauma, or eye disease. If certain structures of the injured or disfigured eye also fail to function properly, special prosthetic lenses can be designed to block excess light from reaching the back of the eye to reduce glare and...

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How to Maintain Your Eyeglasses

Though many of us wear glasses, very few of us realize the maintenance they actually need to keep our vision clear. Maintaining your eyewear isn’t difficult, but it does require special care. Read some of our tips for taking care of your eyeglasses Tips for Maintaining Your Glasses Avoid Chemical Contact Your glasses can be...

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World sight Day 2021

EVERYONE COUNTS Nearly everyone on the planet will experience an eye health issue in their lifetime and more than a billion people worldwide do not have access to eye care services. To address the bigger picture at the country and global level, we need to be aware of our own eye health, and so our...

Leading causes of broken eyeglasses
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Leading causes of broken eyeglasses

After years of working with patients and their broken glasses, my experience has been: Glasses were sat on (usually when put down on a bed while dressing/undressing), or stepped on. Glasses were damaged during a sports or recreational activity. Glasses were “altered” by a family pet…almost always a dog. Glasses were destroyed by a young...

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Anti reflective lenses

Glasses with anti-reflective coating have grown in popularity as more jobs demand that employees spend time behind a computer. Everyday use of smartphones, TV viewing, and other gadgets with screens can strain the eyes even further. In the past, AR coating was a nuisance because it would easily peel off, scratch, and get dirty easily. Today’s AR-coated...