EnRoute – the driving lens that takes you places Roads connect us to homes, people, cities and jobs, but they also allow us to escape from our hectic routines: on road trips, on holiday, into nature. Enjoy the ride with...
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Hypertension and your eyes
Along with causing heart and kidney problems, untreated high blood pressure can also affect your eyesight and lead to eye disease. Hypertension can cause damage to the blood vessels in the retina, the area at the back of the eye...
World Glaucoma Week
It’s World Glaucoma week and we would like to encourage everyone to get their eyes tested regularly. To mark the event, we’ll be offering free Glaucoma screenings (Pressure testing) for the whole week. The test takes a few minutes, and...
Subconjunctival Haemorrhage
A subconjunctival haemorrhage is bleeding underneath the conjunctiva. It can occur after a sudden or severe sneeze or cough, heavy lifting, straining, vomiting or even rubbing one’s eyes too roughly. It can also occur as a side effect of eye...
Sleeping with your contact lenses…
A lot of contact lens wearers will sleep with their lenses on at some point, some by accident others because convenience. The problem arises when you continuously sleep with your lenses, without updating your cleaning regimen. There are a few...
Squinting
A lot of people squint (press lids against the eyes, making them seem narrow) to see clearly, and to them, this is normal. This is a sign of near-sightedness and/0r astigmatism. When a person is nearsighted, or Myopic, their cornea...
After sale care
Once you get your specs, there may be a few things you’ll need help with along the way. One of the most common “complaints” is frames going loose and sliding down your nose when you look down. This happens a...
Eye Drops and Contact lenses
Contact lens wearers should be very careful what they put in their eyes while wearing lenses. The general rule is to not use any drops, even dry eye ones, that come in a bottle while you have your lenses on....
Diet for dry eyes?
Dry eye syndrome is a very common condition. It is characterized by burning, teary, gritty eye that feel like there’s sand in them. It is even more common now with computer use, which has been proven to reduce blink rate...
New Spectacles
Different people react differently to a change in prescription, ie. new spectacles. It is normal for new specs to be a bit uncomfortable for a few days, especially when there has been a change in lens design (eg. moving from...