8 May 2024
Contact lenses are a great way to correct your vision, however, to maintain good eye health it is important to follow your eye care professional's advice. Here's our optometrist's guide to maintaining good eye health for contact lens wearers.
8 May 2024
Contact lens aftercare and contact lens check-ups are both important parts of successful lens wear, but do you know the difference or, how often they should happen? Here we guide you through their differences, frequencies, and their importance.
7 May 2024
A squint, or lazy eye, is referred to medically as Strabismus and is a relatively common visual disorder in children, characterised by slight eye misalignment.
A squint can easily be treated with help from your optometrist and at home. Here we help explain some of the treatments suggested to help children with squints.
Ever wondered why all baby's eyes are blue, how fast do we blink, or what percentage of coloured blind people are male? Thought so.
Here we have explained 24 interesting facts relating to the eyes, great for those wanting to up their general knowledge for the pub quiz.One question that often comes up when trying to decide between contact lenses and eyeglasses is the cost.
Many people wonder if contacts lenses cost less over time than conventional prescription glasses, the answer is somewhat complex and depends on your specific circumstances.Here we compare the cost of glasses verses contact lenses and what else you might want to consider before making your choice.Seasonal allergic conjunctivitis, commonly referred to as hay fever, is caused by air-born pollen particles released by trees, grasses, and weeds during specific times of the year.
It generally peaks in the spring months and again in the late summer months if ragweed pollen induced.
Discover which pollen's to avoid and when, plus find out how you can help relieve symptoms.Presbyopia is an eye condition that makes it harder to focus on objects close to you. This usually happens within a few years of your fortieth birthday, but can happen at any point in your life.
Presbyopia is also known as age-related farsightedness or long-sightedness. Objects that are far away are easier to focus on, but objects closer to your eyes may become blurry or smeary.Here we explain what presbyopia is, what causes it, and what treatments are available.