Eye Health Archives

Adjusting To New Glasses: 6 Common Concerns

Written By Michael Healy

If you wear glasses, you know there’s nothing better than replacing your old, outdated lenses with an up-to-date prescription and a stylish new pair of frames.

We all know the drill: you get your eyes checked, get a new prescription, choose your frames, and wait a week or so for your new specs to arrive. You get the call, pick up your new glasses, slide them on expecting to see the world in all its crystal clear brilliance…. But woah! Something doesn’t seem quite right.

The truth is new glasses, especially with new prescriptions, don’t always produce the expected outcome right away. It’s actually quite common to experience an adjustment period.

In other words, the new glasses that are designed to help you see better, reduce headaches, and improve your eyes’ stamina and ability to focus can actually produce the opposite effect—at least initially. It’s common to feel like you are wearing the wrong prescription.

DON’T PANIC!

We’ve researched the topic to shed some light on the most common concerns of eyewear patients who are getting used to new glasses and answered the most common questions about adjusting to new glasses.

National Eye Exam Month and Important Children’s Vision Research

Written By Barry Silver

August is National Eye Exam month. Optometry Times claims there are five great reasons you should care about eye examinations:

Proper prescription
Your eye exam reveals if you need eyeglasses or contact lenses and what prescription will work best. If you already have prescriptive eyewear, keep in mind your vision needs tend to change as you age.
Detect eye conditions
An exam will enable your eye care professional to spot the early signs of diabetes, high blood pressure, glaucoma, and high cholesterol.
Prevent conditions
An optometrist can see early signs of diseases that may not present symptoms, such as macular degeneration or cataracts. Early detection is important.
Alleviate headaches
Visiting an eye care professional often leads to taking care of constant headaches.
Improve academic performance
Poor vision is a common reason children fall behind in school.

Speaking of children, this year, National Eye Exam month brings us an in-depth and important research compilation from National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness titled, Children’s Vision and Eye Health: A Snapshot of Current National Issues.

Eye Doctor Appointment: What to Expect at Your First Visit

Written By Barry Feldman

Are you thinking about making your first eye doctor appointment? If you’re new to the optometry world, you may not be sure what to expect.

If you’re a bit nervous about going to the eye doctor for the first time, this guide will help you. Here’s what you can expect from the beginning to the end of your eye doctor appointment.

Eye Health in the Wake of Coronavirus

Written By Michael Healy

During the coronavirus pandemic, it’s become common knowledge that touching your nose, mouth, or any part of your face, is a risk.

Your eyes are an important part of the equation too. You can become infected by touching your eyes after touching something on which the virus is present.

If you wear glasses or contact lenses, obviously it’s not easy to avoid touching your eyes. In this article, we’ll look at what you should know—and try to do—to safeguard your eyes and your overall health during these unprecedented times.

Can You Sleep With Contacts? What to Know

Written By Oliver Torres

Can you sleep with contacts in? It’s a question many ask. And in fact, half of all contact lens wearers in the U.S. have reported sleeping with their contacts in. (Source)

That’s a bad idea, in most cases.

New innovations in contact lens materials and the growing popularity of daily and two-week disposable lenses have reduced the amount of lens-related infections. However, unlike prescription glasses, contact lenses require you to adhere to specific care instructions to avoid harming your eyes.

There are many contact lenses designed for extended wear (continual wear for up to 7 days), but considering only 5% of all contact lens wearers in the U.S. are prescribed extended wear lenses, it can be assumed that most people are risking their eye health by sleeping with their contacts.

The reason few people are prescribed extended wear lenses is that eye doctors are aware of the higher risk of infections and corneal injury. Wearing daily disposable soft contacts, where a fresh lens is used each day, virtually eliminates the chances of protein build-up and the reuse of non-sterile saline solution.

The vast majority of contact lens-related complications are self-inflicted, brought on by overwearing. So, can you sleep with contacts? That’s the question we’ll be answering. If you consistently sleep in your contacts, and they aren’t intended for that use, consider the following:

Adjusting To New Glasses: 6 Common Concerns

National Eye Exam Month and Important Children’s Vision Research

Eye Doctor Appointment: What to Expect at Your First Visit

Eye Health in the Wake of Coronavirus

Can You Sleep With Contacts? What to Know

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