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Blog Update: Meds That Make Dry Eyes Worse

Meds That Make Dry Eyes Worse Signs and symptoms can range from mild to severe.  It can present in many ways, with symptoms that can include a foreign body sensation, burning, stinging, redness, blurred vision, and dryness. Tearing is another symptom and occurs because the eye initially becomes irritated from the lack of moistu...

Blog Update: Punctal Plugs, a Dry Eye Treatment Tool

Punctal Plugs, a Dry Eye Treatment Tool This syndrome is a multifactorial problem that comes from a generalized decrease in the amount and quality of the tears you make.  There is often both a lack of tear volume and  of inflammation in the tear glands, which interferes with tear production and also causes the quality of the tears to de...

Blog Update: Being Framed in the Best Way

Being Framed in the Best Way Making a decision on what style glasses you will be wearing for the next year until your vision is checked again can be stressful. This is one of the many reasons opticians are here for you. In many ways, this may be the most important task for the optician, because keeping you happy with the way yo...

Blog Update: Why Your Young Athlete Need Eye Protection

Why Your Young Athlete Need Eye Protection If you do a Google news search for sports-related eye injuries today, chances are you'll find many stories about some pretty scary eye injuries.  Whether they are professionals, high school or college athletes, or kids in community sports programs, no one is immune to the increased danger sports br...

Blog Update: Why You Shouldn't Skimp on Your Lens Care

Why You Shouldn't Skimp on Your Lens Care Oftentimes, contact lens wearers will skimp on their lens care because some of the solutions are pricey and it seems like a good way to save money. 

Blog Update: The Rise of Daily Contacts

The Rise of Daily Contacts People no longer had to put up with the initial discomfort of hard lenses, and a more frequent replacement schedule surely meant better overall health for the eye, right?

Blog Update: Why Dilation Reversal Drops Largely Fizzled Out

Why Dilation Reversal Drops Largely Fizzled Out Getting your eyes dilated can be inconvenient – dilation makes your eyes light sensitive, which can make it difficult to read books or use phones and computers for a few 4 hours.

Blog Update: 10 Eye Jokes to Make You Groan

10 Eye Jokes to Make You Groan If your eyes are constantly itchy or dry, you may have dry eye syndrome, which affects many millions of Americans. If your tears are not adequate or are not composed of a proper balance of mucous, water, and oil, your eyes may be irritated.

Blog Update: Big Conditions That Affect Your Little Person's Eyes

Big Conditions That Affect Your Little Person's Eyes What do amblyopia, strabismus, and convergence insufficiency all have in common? These are all serious and relatively common eye conditions that children can have.

Blog Update: Your Child's Most Essential School Test

Your Child's Most Essential School Test Is making an appointment for a comprehensive eye exam for your children on your back-to-school checklist? It needs to be.