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Halloween Eye Safety: Keep Your Kids’ Eyes Safe While They Dress Up

Ah, Halloween: A night when your kids can step into just about any costume they can imagine: A superhero, an ugly-cute Labubu monster, Moana, Shrek, Bluey, or even K-Pop Demon Hunters. Plus, they get all that free candy! What’s not to like? You may not know it,...

Myopia Is More Than Blurry Vision: Why Controlling Its Progression Matters

If you are one of the many parents in our practice who has a child with myopia (nearsightedness), you may think the solution is simple: Make sure your child wears their prescription glasses and come back for an eye exam to update their prescription each year. However,...

How Anti-Fatigue Lenses Help Relieve Screen-Weary Eyes

In today's world, students, young adults, and — let’s face it, all of us — are logging far more hours than ever staring at screens. For students especially, screen time is more than just entertainment. It means schoolwork, studying, texting, social...
Safe at Home

Safe at Home

Nearly Half of all Eye Injuries in this Country Happen at Home Home is where we feel safe, comfortable, and at ease but is also the setting for nearly half of all eye injuries. From flying wood chips to weed whacker debris to even an errant champagne cork, our eye...

Getting High Performance from your Eyewear

Getting High Performance from your Eyewear

Interest in high performance sunglasses has been booming in recent years.  There is a growing selection of products available to address vision challenges unique to sports such as mountain biking, skiing, golfing and many other outdoor activities.  Providing...

Colored Contact Lenses

Colored Contact Lenses

All contact lenses, whether they correct vision or not, require a prescription and proper fitting from an eye doctor If you have ever wished that your eyes were a different color or that you could give them a different “look,” you might understand why...

Learn to Love Your Glasses

Learn to Love Your Glasses

There may have been a time when glasses were considered “nerdy” or “geeky” but today “geek is chic” and bold eyewear that make a statement are in style. Best of all, glasses can enhance your appearance as well as your sight. If you...

Eyeglasses vs Contacts

Eyeglasses vs Contacts

“Eyeglasses? No thanks, I wear contact lenses” Your eyecare professional will guide you through the decision process but the best vision solution for your eyes often includes both eyeglasses plus contact lenses. Choosing to wear eyeglasses or contact...

Medically Necessary vs Elective Contact Lenses

Medically Necessary vs Elective Contact Lenses

With good communication between us and your vision insurance carriers, we can often get vision plan benefits to apply to medically necessary contact lenses. Elective contact lenses for cosmetic purposes are often covered as well. It all starts will all of us being on...