If your child needs glasses to correct their vision, finding the right frames can be more challenging than you may expect. Children's eyeglass frames need to hold up well to wear and tear, grow with your child, and be comfortable enough for them to wear them every day. There are many styles, materials, and colors to choose from when it comes to children's frames. Here are three tips to help you find the right eyeglass frames for your child's needs.
23 January 2023
If you want to improve your vision without contacts or glasses, Lasik may be the best option for your needs. During a Lasik procedure, a laser reshapes the cornea, which corrects the patient's vision. Lasik can correct nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. While this procedure is a fantastic option for many, some may not qualify for it. Here are three things that you need to know before getting Lasik. Learn Whether You Are a Good Candidate
15 September 2021
Eye care is extremely important for individuals who have diabetes. So, if you are struggling with this disease, then you will need to make sure that you are investing in the health of your eyes. Keep reading to learn about a few tips to help you with your eye care. Pay Close Attention To Vision Changes Diabetes can affect the eyes in a variety of ways. Specifically, high blood sugar levels can lead to capillary damage, and this can affect the way you see.
30 June 2020
If you wear eyeglasses, then you already know how much wear and tear they endure throughout their lifetime. They can get banged up, bent up, sat or stepped on, and otherwise damaged. To keep your eyeglasses in shape and able to do the work they are supposed to do, which is to enable you to see better, you should take your eyeglasses in to be checked and repaired often. Read on for reasons why you should have this done.
27 December 2019
Your child's physical and emotional health is imperative, but you may not realize that your child's vision is a key part of their health and wellness. From having the ability to see shapes, colors, and objects to being able to see to read and write once school starts, the importance of your child's vision should be a priority early. Even though your baby's pediatrician will examine their eyes/vision, a more involved examination of their eyes and vision is necessary.
2 October 2018
New Year's Day might be over, but that doesn't mean there's no time left to make resolutions. If you're still trying to think of how you can make this year a good one, why not resolve to take better care of your eyes? Here are three New Year's resolutions that will make your eye doctor proud and go a long ways towards keeping your eyes healthy for years to come.
18 January 2017
Contacts are definitely appealing for anyone who needs corrective lenses to adjust their eyesight. This way, you don't have to worry about putting glasses on and off throughout the day and you don't have to worry about adjusting glasses throughout the day either. Instead, you can simply pop the contact lenses in first thing in the morning and take them out at night. However, if you are going to be wearing contacts, you need to avoid these five common mistakes contact-wearers often make:
10 January 2017
Going to the eye doctor is not something that you may think of doing throughout the year because your vision is fine and you have learned to live with how you see from your own eyes. But, once you are granted vision insurance from your job, there is no reason to pass up a simple eye examination. This is especially important for your children, even when they do not tell you about having any vision problems.
29 December 2016
Despite the fact that the idea of using colored lenses to alleviate visual stress and make reading easier is now about 35 years old, "visual stress" isn't a recognized disorder. Similarly, there hasn't been a lot of research done that validates the use of colored lenses to make reading easier, and the studies that have been done are in conflict with each other. That leaves patients wondering what they should do to try to make it easier to read and function in our information-heavy society where reading is so important to both work and leisure.
21 December 2016
If you are suffering from pain in and around one eye, along with redness, headache, blurry vision, and swelling of your cornea, you may be suffering from herpes zoster. Herpes zoster is one of the two herpes viruses that affects the eye. Herpes zoster is caused by the same type of virus that causes cold sores and chicken pox. Instead of afflicting the skin, it manifests itself in the eye.
16 December 2016