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Aging Eyes: Common Age-Related Vision Challenges

Written By Michael Healy

You’re bound to experience changes in your vision as you age.

Perhaps you can’t focus on words at a distance as well as you’re used to. Maybe words up-close fall out of focus, even when you’re wearing glasses.

Small print? You find yourself squinting to read the menu, email, label, or text. Maybe you move what you’re trying to read a bit further away. Maybe you find yourself relocating to a more well-lit room.

These are perfectly normal changes that occur around and after 40. Read on to find out what’s happening and how you can maintain the best possible vision.

What’s happening to your vision?

Two-Toned Eyeglass Frames are Hot

Written By Elvira Derhovsepian

Two-toned eyeglass frames are bold, hot and trending with people of all ages.

This style of frames usually features a dark and bold color at the top and a lighter look underneath to balance the bold look. However, the styles vary a lot. Sometimes, the two-toned look’s front-facing, however, other times, the frames and arms may be different colors, styles, or even, materials.

Two-toned glasses usually appear in the traditional range of black and brown colors, but you can find many contrasting frames that incorporate colors such as blue, green, tortoiseshell, and more.

Let’s examine some of the color combinations that have been trending in two-toned eyeglass frames.

Acuvue Oasys Transition Contact Lenses: Everything You Need to Know

Written By Oliver Torres

In 2018, Acuvue announced a partnership with Transitions Optical in the development of a first-of-their-kind light-sensitive soft transition contact lenses. And now, you have access to the most exciting innovation in corrective contact lenses since color contacts were introduced nearly half a century ago. Acuvue Oasys with Transitions are two-week disposable transition contact lenses that […]

Allergic To Your Eyeglasses? It Happens.

Written By Michael Healy

Although not common, it’s possible to have an allergic reaction to your prescription eyewear.

The reaction’s bound to be caused by one of the various materials used to manufacture and coat the lenses, frames, and nose pads. The result can range from a mild skin irritation to oozing, blister-like sores around the eyes.

What is Dry Eye Syndrome?

Written By Elvira Derhovsepian

According to the American Optometric Association (AOA), dry eye is a diagnosis with which a person has inadequate tears available to lubricate the eye.

Tears comprise a mixture of water, fatty oils and mucus that maintain the smoothness and clarity of vision while preventing the risk of eye infections. When the tear ducts do not provide the regulation of tear lubrication, patients experience constant irritation, burning, excessive tearing and blurred vision. With each blink of an eye, tears provide nourishment across the entire surface of the cornea and wash away foreign matter.