Cataracts

January 18, 2012

What is Cataracts? Cataracts is a clouding that develops slowly and with time interferes with your vision. It’s described as looking through a fogged up glass. Cataracts make it difficult to read, drive, and make seeing, especially difficult in low lighting conditions. It develops almost in an envelope, behind your iris (the colored part). Early [...]

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Veins on Your Eyes

January 11, 2012

Remember those nights in college when you stayed up all night (reason unknown) and the next morning you woke up looking like you cried for 12 hours straight? Your eyes red and a web of veins. Your eyes just look uncomfortable! But they may not be. Enlarged red veins on the whites of your eyes [...]

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Wearing Contacts While Swimming

January 4, 2012

I am aware that the subject of this post will probably raise a few eyebrows, considering we are still in the wintry months of January. However, as someone who has worn contacts since I was 13 and now writes for an optical blog, I’ve been searching through the many questions I’ve stored away over the [...]

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Those Brown Spots on Your Eyes…

December 28, 2011

If you don’t have them, you’ve seen them. You’re looking someone right in the eye, and just there, you notice it: a little brown spot(s) on the white of their eye. Now, if it isn’t your eye, you may not say anything about. And I don’t blame you. (Some things are like asking a woman [...]

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Traveling with Contact Lenses

December 21, 2011

The holiday season is among us and for most of us that means there’s a good bit of traveling in our very near future. As a contact wearer myself, I used to think it was a hassle traveling with contact lenses. Every time I took an early flight out, I dreaded popping contact lenses into [...]

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Sleeping in Your Contact Lenses

December 14, 2011

We all know you’re not supposed to do it, but according to a national survey, almost half of us would like to be able to. And let’s be honest, some of us do it anyway. Is sleeping in your contact lenses really that bad? The answer: yes. The main reason behind why contact lens wearers [...]

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‘Tis the Season…for Colored Contacts

December 7, 2011

The holidays are a time when you get together with friends old and new. And regardless of whether it’s been a week or a year since you’ve seen each other, your eyes are the first thing people notice. This holiday, blow their minds by amplifying your look with a pair of colored contacts. Colored contact [...]

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Contacts in the Winter

November 29, 2011

Yes. ‘Tis the season…for dry eyes. Dry Eyes Worsen in Winter When most people think winter, they think cold, wet air. But did you know that winter the air is usually drier than any other season? This can be hard on those that have dry eyes, but it’s even more difficult for those that have [...]

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A Little Change…

November 22, 2011

  “I was a bookworm, and very skinny with big, thick glasses. I never went on dates and guys were afraid of me because I was smart. So I got contact lenses, started to dress a little better and tried not to talk about Plato with boys…” -Julianne Moore    

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Contact Eye Exams vs. Eyeglass Eye Exams

November 15, 2011

You go to the optometrist and as you’re filling out your paperwork, the form asks, “Are you here for a contact lens exam, eyeglass exam – or both?” Like many, you would imagine that both prescriptions would be the same.  It’s not as if your vision suddenly gets better or worse if you put on [...]

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