Changing my eye colour

What your Optometrist Wants You to Know about Novelty Contact Lenses

29 August 2016

Halloween is a time of year that sees an increase in novelty contact lenses, but there are also some people who want to wear novelty lenses year round. For example, you may not like your eye colour and you prefer to have blue eyes rather than brown. You may also like the novelty look of goth lenses, cat eye lenses, and other designer options. If this is the case, there are a few things optometrists would probably want you to know before you order a pair and pop them in.

Common Vision Problems to be Aware of

24 March 2016

You may only see your optometrist once a year or so to have a regular eye exam and decide if you need a new eyeglass prescription, but you might also need to see them for other reasons. For example, if you are having trouble with discomfort in your eyes, that might be a good reason. Here are some vision problems to be aware of so you can get proper treatment from your optometrist.

Making Sense Of Your Glasses Prescription

15 March 2016

     When your optometrist writes you a new prescription for glasses, do you understand what they are saying about your eye health? A glasses prescription can be difficult to understand due to the terminology used, but each of the five main sections of your prescription contains valuable information that can help you understand how your eyesight is changing over the course of several eye tests. Numbers are used in each section of your prescription to indicate the strength of glasses you require, with higher numbers correlating to stronger lenses, but what other information is contained in your glasses prescription?