Healthy Eyes

by Sunny on May 16, 2012

There are some things in life you just don’t care if they get damaged: your broken down car your grandmother handed down to you against your will, patio furniture Aunt Mildred gave you as a wedding gift, or even that awful “man cave” your husband and his buddies built in your backyard. Let’s face, there [...]

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Why I Love Daily Disposable Contact Lenses…

by Sunny on May 2, 2012

Dear Daily Disposables, How I love thee. Let me count the ways: 1)      You are disposable. For me, that means no hassle with carrying contact cases or even having to replace my contact case every 3 months. No worrying about having to buy bottle after bottle of contact solution, or dreading the last squeeze when [...]

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Wear Your Contacts to the Beach

April 18, 2012

So, we’ve covered a blog post about wearing your contact lenses at the pool – but what about the beach? It’s true that the risks to your contact lenses change depending upon the body of water. Where chlorine can dry out your eyes in a pool, bodies of water such as lakes, rivers and beaches [...]

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Eyes on Food: How Your Diet Affects Your Eye Health

April 11, 2012

Dry eyes are irritating and uncomfortable. You’re constantly either re-wetting them or wiping them because they’re watery. But did you know what you eat doesn’t just affect your weight or your health in the way you think, but it can also have an effect on your eyes? In fact, you can increase prevention and decrease [...]

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Top 5 Tips for Contact Lenses and Allergies

February 29, 2012

So, allergy season is creeping up on us once again. Trees are sprouting new life, flowers are sprouting new buds, and nature is coming together to give us the wonderful gift of spring…and spring allergies. As a contact lens wearer, allergy season can be an uncomfortable time. It isn’t unheard of that contact lens wearers [...]

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How to Take Care of Your Contact Lenses

February 22, 2012

As a contact lens wearer myself, I’ll go ahead and plead guilty to many of these offenses. Yes, there have been nights I’ve fallen asleep in my contact lenses. Nor do I replace my lenses on the exact day they should be replaced every month (I probably shouldn’t even be admitting this. My optometrist would [...]

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Contact Lenses and Sunglasses

February 15, 2012

Contacts and sunglasses are like two peas in a pod. As a contact lens wearer, your eyes should be in a committed relationship with sunglasses when you’re outdoors. There’s just no excuse. After all, though a few contact lenses do protect against UV-Ray exposure, the rest of your eye and surrounding eye area need protection, [...]

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The Twitch of the Eye: What Causes Eye Twitching

February 8, 2012

In some cultures, it’s considered good luck. But typically to the person suffering from it, it’s just considered annoying. The irritating, uncontrollable… eye twitch.   A villain we all know, some all too well. Could you imagine sitting in a job interview for a company you really want to work for? And as you sit [...]

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Hard Contacts vs. Soft Contacts

February 1, 2012

The Difference Between Hard Contact Lenses and Soft Contact Lenses   Personally, I often wondered the difference between hard contacts and soft contact lenses. I always just reduced it down to personal preference. But that’s far from the truth. As a soft contact lens wearer myself, the idea of wearing semi-rigid permeable lenses (RGPs) – [...]

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Eye Allergies

January 25, 2012

Now that the holidays have passed, it’s beginning to look a lot like - allergy season. With the blossoming flowers and reemerging leaves, allergies too are returning. And a majority of allergies affect the eyes and cause severe discomfort. However, when you have an allergic reaction, you’ve got to remember it’s your eyes response to something [...]

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