It may seem to speak for itself, but it cannot be overstated enough. The health of your eyes relies on the accuracy and comprehension that comes from your semi-annual or annual eye exam. While it may seem silly, every piece of equipment we use to examine your eyes serves a specific purpose in identifying, diagnosing, tracking, and treating over 240 different ocular disorders. We use a few different pieces of equipment to get as detailed of a picture of your eye as we can.

When we say “we give complete care for our patients”, we really mean it. On top of the more regular, every-day eyewear prescriptions and contacts/frames fittings, we provide a number of services to detect, treat, and prevent ocular diseases and disorders. Among these ocular diseases and disorders, we provide services for patients with keratoconus. What is Keratoconus? Keratoconus is an eye disorder that affects the shape of the cornea. While a normal cornea takes a slight to a pronounced dome shape, a cornea with keratoconus is thinned out and bulging, taking a protruded cone shape.

As medical professionals, we like to discuss eye science and eye health with the utmost attention to detail. We are scientists, after all. Which means that we base our actions on facts and logic and reason. But even us medical professionals can have some fun. With today being National Comic Book Day, we wanted to change gears and look at eye-based superpowers through the ages. Every good sci-fi or fantasy story is based ever so slightly on the real world.

The conversation about the conservation of the planet is more important now than it ever has been before. We have all witnessed it firsthand, from droughts to floods to wildfires. Our planet’s climate is drastically changing and the time to take action is now. It’s a daunting task, but one that has been recognized by leading scientists to be critical if we want the future of our planet to thrive.

Hi. It’s April 7th, better known as World Health Day. Since 1950, April 7th has been reserved as a day to bring general health to light, bringing awareness to specific health themes each year. 2020 is also designated the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife by the World Health Organization, which makes this World Health Day a day to celebrate the dedication and contributions made by nurses and midwives around the world.

Have cabin fever yet? While the best thing you can do to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is to stay at home and practice social distancing, it can be a challenge to keep yourself going: be it working from home, having a staycation, or a sick day. Many adapt via spring cleaning, working out from home, or even catching up on shows stacking up in their Netflix or Hulu queue. But between all these things, don’t forget about the health of your eyes!

A couple of months ago, Yascha Mounk, a contributing writer for The Atlantic wrote an article criticizing the process of getting eyewear in America versus other parts of the world. The story, published by the author in the publication’s opinions section, detailed his personal struggle to find eyewear after losing his glasses in a rafting mishap. His story highlights the difference in time between needed glasses or contact lenses and receiving them in America versus other countries, such as Peru, where the author recalls being able to tell a clerk their prescription and then get a pair of contact lenses ten minutes later.

Most medication ads tend to start off the same way: stock footage of someone in obvious pain or discomfort, set in grayscale, with a voice-over describing asking if you have ever experienced such and such symptoms of such and such issue. When they introduce whatever life-changing medication the ad is really about, it comes paired with a laundry list of side effects which can sometimes sound scarier than the issue in the first place.

Glasses are easy. A quick little exam, choose your frames, and have one of our talented opticians make precise measurements, all in order to make sure your new glasses fit perfectly. When you take that first step out of our office, you can walk confidently knowing your glasses are going to fit properly and comfortably. But glasses are only half the battle. Contact lenses are also important for us to get just right, with some unpleasant side effects if we don’t do our due diligence.

Our bodies change in all sorts of ways as we get older. You swear you could have jumped higher yesterday or run a marathon a month ago, but today you know one bad twist of your neck and you’re out for the season. It’s a normal part of life, but it’s an annoying part of life and one that requires constant upkeep. Your eyes are no different. As we age, our eyes change over time and we often find ourselves reaching out for our bifocals just to see the day through.

It is one of the more well-known eye diseases, affecting more than 3 million people in America. It’s a disease that has no cure, but can be prevented and treated to slow and stop further progression. It’s the leading cause of irreversible blindness in the world. And because January is a month dedicated to spreading awareness about this disease, what better way is there for us to explain what it is, how it affects us, and how it is treated.

He’s the glue that keeps us together. The bread to our PB&J. The Yoda to our Jedi. Dr. Ed Angelini started our practice over 45 years ago and has been with us since the beginning! Growing up in the Bronx, he moved to Reno, NV when he was 16. He got his undergraduate degree from the University of Nevada and received his doctorate in Optometry from Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon.

Parades, football, naps, food… what’s not to love about Thanksgiving? The foodiest of the holidays, Thanksgiving has a little bit of something for everybody. It’s also the perfect time of year for us to share our favorite eye-healthy eating tips! Believe it or not, your diet can affect more than just your weight. From joints to skin, hair, and your eyes, the things you eat can impact every aspect of your life.

Eye examinations are kind of the bread and butter of what we do. Yes, beyond the pretty walls of our lobby, lined with hundreds of stylish frames and lens options, there are rooms and suites filled with cutting edge equipment. This equipment is all designed to aid in the examination, measuring, and diagnosing your eyes. Many know the main components of an eye examination. You have the common vision chart, with its giant “E”, to roughly determine the distance you can see.

Halloween is just around the corner, and as we start to wrap up production for our costumes this year, we decided to do a deep dive on everyone’s favorite costume accessory. Yes, of course we’re talking about costume contacts. We’ll be the first to admit: they are just as cool as they are creepy. Whether you need red and orange for that vampire look or foggy and white for that convincing undead look, costume contacts are a next-level way to achieve ultimate spookiness.

Last week, our team had the chance to go to Vision Expo West: the premiere exposition for optometry. Everything new in the world of glasses comes through Vision Expo and we have a lot to share! In our latest blog, we asked all our staff members what they found exciting about Vision Expo and what you might expect in the near future in eyewear technology! Joshua For me, Vision Expo was a different experience for the reason that I had never been part of an exposition like this before.

Today, we take eyewear a little bit for granted. Endless styles, futuristic technology, and availability to everyone. Glasses are a common commodity, and the world can see better because of it. But for the next few minutes, let us transport you to the 1910s and 1920s, where optometry innovations made glasses mainstream and fashionable. With Downton Abbey releasing this Friday, we thought it was only appropriate to turn the dials on our time machine and learn about optometry of the era, the technology behind eyeglasses at the time, and then style of the age.