Eyeglasses, Eyewear, Sunglasses, Contact Lenses, Glasses

Call it genes or consider it luck, but a lot of folks could maintain a 20/20 vision throughout their entire lifetime. Then there are others on the not so lucky side of the coin, whose eyesight may not be as sharp as before, requiring them to get glasses or contact lenses. (more…)

In Colorado, eye doctor individuals are plentiful, but they don’t all have the same training. Your eyes are important – so your surgeon shouldn’t be getting his training by practicing on yours! Whether you’re in Denver or Colorado Springs, you should look for an eye surgeon who has thousands of operations under his belt, and who has the necessary training to be expert at laser vision corrective surgery. (more…)

Has your eye doctor prescribed prism eyeglasses for you or your child in a new eyeglass prescription? It could be due to crossed eyes, lazy eye, or some diseases of the eyes or body. (more…)

Did you cram for your eye exam? Does a cold, sweaty feeling creep over your body as you wait to go into The Room? You know, The Dark room with all the blinds drawn and the chair you plunk down into while Nurse Ratchet seems to be taking great joy in adjusting you into something that looks like old sparky, the infamous Florida electric chair. Well she looked at you like she was sizing up your left kidney for the guy out front didn’t she? (more…)

If you wear glasses and have never considered contact lenses there are several reasons why you might want to re-consider the option of contact lenses. The range of prescriptions that can now be corrected with contact lenses has expanded over the years to the point that there are very few eyes that can’t be corrected with today’s technology. (more…)

So you have been told by your eye doctor there is a freckle in your eye. Should you be worried? It could be a number of things but the most likely are choroid nevus or benign choroid melanoma congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigmented epithelium. Both conditions are usually benign and not a serious problem. They both need to be monitored to make sure they are not malignant melanomas. (more…)

The cornea is the thin, clear watch glass like tissue on the front of the eye. It vaults over the iris, the colored tissue inside your eye. The cornea has very high needs for oxygen. Since it has no blood vessels supplying it, oxygen diffuses in from the air through the tear film and is supplied at the edge by blood vessels that normally end at its margin. Contact lenses act as a barrier to the flow of oxygen. (more…)

As an Optometrist, there are many standard answers I give patients to questions they ask. However, there are certain things that, although eye doctors won’t say it outright, hold true across the board. Here are five things that your eye doctor will never tell you, with good reason: (more…)

Eye doctors, also known as optometrists, offer many services that help people improve their eye site, relieve pain, and foresee problems that could threaten their vision. Not everyone is born with a 20/20 vision, but with the help of a professional eye doctor, everyone can reach their perfect vision goal whether it be via glasses, contacts, or surgery. (more…)

People with defective eyesight usually choose to wear corrective eyeglasses with specific prescriptions. For most of these patients, it is necessary to make periodic visits to an eye care practitioner for eye checkups. If necessary, lenses with a higher power are recommended by the doctor. Most people think all these things done by eye doctors are reasonably right. (more…)

Making an eye appointment is usually a pretty straight forward task. But with all the changes in health care and the many different packages available today, you want to make sure you are getting the proper care. (more…)

Twitchy eye? Many people become concerned when they start having an eyelid that twitches intermittently or even constantly. This may occur for weeks, months, or even years. Typically it does not occur constantly and has been coming and going for a month or so when the patient finally show up at the eye doctors office concerned they have acquired a serious vision problem. Most of the time after a lengthy eye exam and detailed analysis an accurate diagnosis is made-benign eye twitch. Essentially that means the doctor has no idea what is causing your eye problem but has ruled out serious diseases. (more…)

A number of years ago an outbreak of pink eye in a elementary school had all the moms frantic and half of the school would be missing in action shortly after the announcement was sent home. Those days were prior to the education parents and health care providers have been receiving in current times about preventive measures to help in ceasing the spread of pink eye. In the past if one child was infected by pinkeye it was not long before half the class ended up with it too. (more…)