Computer Vision Syndrome: Eye Strain
According to The Vision Council, 65% of adults experience some form of computer vision syndrome during their life. Often individuals associate eye strain as a “normal” part of computer work. However, the eye strain you are experiencing is a symptom of computer vision...
Smoking and Your Vision
Smoking harms nearly every organ in your body, including your eyes. Even more, it is the most significant preventable cause of disease and premature death in the United States. If you smoke, you have a higher risk of developing several eye diseases. Cataracts...
Vision Development and Children
Childhood is a critical time for vision development. Nearly 80% of what a child leans throughout schooling is visual, arguably making vision the most important of the five senses. Your child’s visual skills start developing during pregnancy, and they continue to...
Why You Need Multiple Pairs
Thanks to our busy lives, multiple hobbies, and all the activities in between, having multiple pairs of eyewear handy is a necessity. Even contact lens wearers should have alternative pairs of eyewear. But some of us still haven’t jumped on that bandwagon. If you’re...
Puffy Eyes and Dark Circles
Ordinary swelling around the eyes is due to an excessive accumulation of fluids in the surrounding skin tissue. Puffy eyes and dark circles can occur for many reasons, and a visit to your eye care professional can usually detect the underlying cause behind your puffy...
Protecting Your Eyes with Safety Eyewear
Each year more than 700,000 Americans injure their eyes at work, 125,000 Americans injure their eyes at home. However, people could have prevented almost 90% of these eye injuries by wearing work safety or home safety eyewear.* For that reason, safety eyewear is...
Eye Exams 101
Regular comprehensive eye exams are key to early detection of eye-related diseases to keep you seeing your best every day. Adults should have a comprehensive eye exam every 1-2 years. Children should have an eye exam as early as 6 months, before they start school, and...
Why Your Children Should be Wearing Sunglasses
As you may know, the sun’s harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays can cause damage to your skin. How often do you think about the damage these rays can cause to your eyes? What about your child’s eyes? At a young age, children’s eyes are still developing, and with the...
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