If you wear contact lenses, you may feel like you need them to see well while swimming. Although being able to see properly may keep you from bumping into walls, wearing contacts while swimming can be dangerous in a number of ways. In fact, getting your contacts wet with any sort of water — whether […]
Continue readingFireworks Eye Safety and Cataract Awareness Month
June is both Fireworks Eye Safety and Cataract Awareness Month! Fireworks are especially popular as we close in on the 4th of July, but they can be dangerous as well! Unfortunately eye injuries due to fireworks are common! Cataracts are a clouding of the natural lens of our eyes and also will diminish vision, but generally over […]
Continue readingTips to Maintain Healthy Eyes While Swimming
Swimming and aerobics are great ways to stay fit, but did you know that the chlorine in the water can be detrimental to your eye health? Tear film coats the surface of your eyes and allows them to stay lubricated. Chlorine and other pool chemicals wash this film off and irritate the eye.The water’s bacteria […]
Continue readingUV vs. Polarized Lenses: What’s the Difference?
UV rays are ultraviolet rays emitted by the sun that can be damaging to our skin and eyes. And just like we put on sunblock to protect our skin, we also need to make sure we are wearing UV protection eyewear.UV protection refers to sunglasses that guard your eyes from the sun’s harmful rays. This is […]
Continue readingHOW TO CLEAN SUNGLASSES LENSES
When you have a pair of sunglasses that you love, you wear them everywhere: for a fun-filled day at the beach, a busy day on a job site, or for lounging around by the pool. But with all that use, sunglasses can quickly become covered in grit and grime from oily sunscreen, dirt from the […]
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