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Picture this: you’re picking up a new pair of glasses and ask to add on some contact lenses to your purchase. Would you be surprised to hear you can’t get them without another full eye exam...

Some eye conditions make finding contacts feel impossible. Keratoconus and other eye conditions can affect the shape of your cornea, making traditional contacts a poor fit—literally and figuratively...

If you have ever started your morning by rolling over and grasping for your glasses, you may have dreamt of there one day being a cure for nearsightedness. For now, the only way to correct nearsightedness (also known as myopia) is by wearing contacts or glasses, or with refractive surgery...

If you have to wear contact lenses, you’re not alone. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 45 million people wear contact lenses in America alone...

Red, irritated, or dry eyes can reduce your ability to focus and affect your quality of life. Your eyes need comfort to get your work done for the day, and you don’t need to visit your eye doctor to achieve this...

Anybody who spends long amounts of time outside or in bright conditions can benefit from the use of polarized sunglasses. The lenses in polarized sunglasses are designed to significantly reduce eye strain and nullify blinding glare caused by light reflecting off of various types of surfaces...

Many Americans are affected by digital eye strain, a condition caused by extended use of digital screens. If you suffer from the effects of this condition, how do you find relief? Your optometrist can recommend the best solution...

Anybody who has experienced the itchy, irritable sensation of dry eyes has probably tried using drops to relieve the pain. But did you know your eye doctor can prescribe specialty eye drops specific to treating those symptoms...

If you’ve ever noticed strange squiggly lines, spots, or cobwebs in your vision that dart away when you try to look at them, you may have floaters. They move with your eyes, so you’ll never be able to look directly at them...

Wearing glasses isn’t a magical cure for vision problems. If you want to see clearly out of your frames, you’ll need to make sure they’re holding the right lenses. However, there are many different lens types to choose from, and not all lenses serve the same purpose...