If you’ll recall from our last blog, we dipped a little into the science behind choosing the right lens materials. Each material has something unique to offer and has its own properties, but one of the primary ways they can be deemed good enough to meet the standard of prescriptive lenses is by its placement on the refractive index. What is the refractive index? Remember that car mileage metaphor from before?

When you’re in the market for new glasses, the million dollar choice usually comes down to the frames. I mean, what better way to showcase your personal style? Bold, metallic, bright, clear, flashy, blingy… the choices never end! But for most, little thought goes into the actual lenses. If they function the way they’re supposed to, what else is there to consider? As it turns out: a lot! A crash-course on eyewear history Just like frames, there’s a lot of different types of lens that are used in eyewear.

No blog is complete without first mentioning just how weird 2020 has been so far. And as summer comes to an end, back-to-school season begins. Except this year is just a little weirder than the last… for many of us, our kids won’t need packed lunches or extra boxes of tissues to bring to school because school is being brought home instead. Virtual classrooms are going to be a large part of how kids attend class this fall, which means they’ll be spending a lot of time in front of a computer screen.

Your eyes are little globes of technicolor wonder. When you look around at everything around you, the colors you perceive aren’t inherent to the objects you see. Instead, objects absorb light and reflect specific colors that we then see. That red stapler on your desk is only red because that is what is reflected when light hits it. Turn off the lights and your red stapler becomes a dark gray color.

Last summer, we wrote two back to back articles explaining why sunglasses are a summertime necessity. Aside from being iconic fashion statements, sunglasses are all about protecting your eyes from harmful UV rays. It might seem like we drone on about the topic, but we really cannot stress it enough: UV rays can be dangerous and we will ALWAYS recommend sunglasses, not just to help you look cool, but also to keep your eyes safe from UV rays and shaded from super bright sunshine.

A couple of weeks ago, rumors began to float around that Apple was playing with the idea of producing smart glasses by next year. Now this isn’t going to be a tech-rumor-chasing article. MacRumors is the place to go for that. But it does open up a bigger conversation on why this is a big deal. Smart glasses are a relatively new invention, but what makes this different from smart glasses of the past is the rumor of including prescription lenses.

We can wax on and on about the importance of having a semi-annual comprehensive eye exam. But really, the best part happens right after the exam wraps up. When your prescription changes or you’re just in the market for a new pair of glasses, you walk out into the lobby and can choose a new pair of frames from the hundreds we have to choose from. We have a team of talented opticians that not only have impeccable tastes in finding the right frames for you but also have the skills to make your glasses fit properly.

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.