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12 Tips to Save Your Vision from Digital Eye Strain
Take a guess: How many hours of screen time do you log each day? Four, five, maybe even six? One in three people in the U.S. rack up seven or more hours of digital exposure each day and the eyestrain that goes with it! When you combine time spent on social media,...
When a Freckle in the Eye Isn’t Just a Freckle
Freckles sprinkled across the nose and cheeks of a precocious child look adorably cute, but what if you have a “freckle” in your eye? Well, don’t panic – in most cases, eye freckles are harmless. In rare cases, however, some specific types of eye freckles can turn cancerous. Since February is National Cancer Prevention Month, let’s explore the facts about eye freckles, what they are, and how they may affect your eye health. What is an Eye Nevus (Eye Freckle) Optometrists call these colored growths or spots on or in your eye a nevus (NEE-vus) – another word for a mole. The nevus or nevi (if more than one) forms when melanin-producing cells called...
5 Signs of Cataract Formation
If you live long enough, there’s a good chance you’ll get cataracts. Your risk for developing cataracts increases as you age, beginning around age 40. By age 65, more than 90% of the population will have at least one cataract, though it may or may not be...
How To Choose the Best Sunglasses for You
If you don’t yet wear your sunglasses daily, today’s the day to start! Overexposure to the sun’s harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays over time causes eye and vision damage that can result in diseases with the potential to steal your sight. It’s a...
Top 5 Reasons To Wear High-Quality Sunglasses
May is Healthy Vision Month, a time when we focus on steps we can take today to keep our vision healthy for a lifetime. Sunglasses are an essential tool in your long-term eye health toolkit, and we recommend that you wear them every time you go outside, in every...
6 Options for Treating Allergy Eyes
In our previous post, we explored the symptoms of seasonal allergies that affect the eyes—what we call allergic conjunctivitis. These include itchy, watery, swollen red and irritated eyes. If you’ve had them, you know how annoying and uncomfortable the...
Are Your Eyes Suffering From Seasonal Allergies?
Ah, Spring! The birds are chirping, flowers are blooming, and the trees are “leafing out” all over. After a long winter, the arrival of Spring is a welcome one. In fact, some of us get so excited by the warmer Spring weather that we completely forget that...
10 Safety Tips For Eye Makeup
If you’ve found yourself wearing more eye makeup in the past 12 months, you’re not alone. According to Fortune magazine, interest in and sales of eye makeup products have surged since March 2020. So-called “above-the-mask” beauty has become a...
How To Protect Against Blue Light and Digital Eye Fatigue
March is Save Your Vision Month, so we thought we’d address a common challenge we see in our offices: Digital eye strain, resulting from spending excess time staring at digital screens that emit blue light. You’ve likely heard about blue light and its...
February Is Low Vision Awareness Month: Are You at Risk?
The National Eye Institute designates the month of February as Low Vision Awareness Month in order to increase awareness about this visual impairment condition. It’s estimated that more than 3 million Americans age 40 and older are experiencing low vision, which...
8 Ways To Love Your Eyes On Valentine’s Day And All Year Through
On Valentine’s Day, our thoughts turn to those we love—our significant others, our families, pets and friends. We think about how much we love and appreciate all that these wonderful people and animals do. But have you ever thought about how much you love...