“Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun. Please shine down on me.” But bright outdoor light and uncomfortable glare can make fun in the sun a challenge. That’s why at Wise Eyes Optical, we offer sunglasses with prescription lenses. There’s no need to compromise when it comes to clearer vision. For many, sunglasses are a simple way to look more fashionable and celebrate summer. But sunglasses protect your eyes from harmful UV rays and help your eyes feel more comfortable when it is too bright outside.
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You may have heard about blue light and its effect on the human body in the news. But what exactly is “blue light,” and why should you be concerned about it?
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Getting contact lenses can be exciting. Finally! You are thrilled to have another option to correct your vision in addition to the glasses you’ve been wearing since childhood. But while it seems simple on the surface, you may wonder, what’s the best way to take care of your new lenses?
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Face Mask Hacks
When it is necessary to wear a face mask in addition to your eyeglasses, reading glasses, safety glasses, or protective goggles, the problem of fogged up glasses can quickly become an issue! Why? Eyeglasses “fog up” when the warm, moist air you exhale with each breath rises and contacts the relatively cooler insides of your glasses. Just like the hot, humid air against a glass of iced lemonade in summer, it condenses and forms tiny water droplets.
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How to Care for Your Contact Lenses
Clean – Disinfect – Store
Wise Eyes Optical offers a variety of high-quality contact lenses to meet your vision requirements. Take care of your lenses and they will return the favor. Unless you have been instructed otherwise, you may follow the following general guidelines to clean your standard contact lenses. If it has been a while since your original contact lens instructional appointment, this information may also be useful as a general information refresher. If anything is unclear, you aren’t sure of something, or you have any questions, we are here for you. Please call Wise Eyes Optical for assistance at (717) 242-1915.
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Hottest Eyewear Fashion Trends for Men & Women
Are you ready? The Editor’s Choice frame selections have arrived! This year’s featured frames represent some of the best styles and looks available from Paris to Milan – and you can get them right here. Lead the way with the top 3 freshest new eyewear looks for 2023. Let the countdown begin!
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Protecting Your Vision Is Always in Style
Did you already pack your sunglasses away? Not so fast. You may want to dig them back out! Sure, we all know sunglasses look cool, but the benefits of wearing them go way beyond style. In fact, it is more important than ever to wear your sunglasses during the winter months! Read on to learn why.
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Key Vitamin and Mineral Prospects for Vision Health
You know your diet is an important part of maintaining your body’s overall health. This is also true for your eyes and vision! Your eyes are amazingly complex, intricate structures and they require optimal nutrition to function at their best. As is often the case, nutrients are generally best obtained from a healthy, well-balanced whole food diet. Read on to find out which foods you might want to include in your vision wellness diet!
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How to Clean Your Eyeglasses In 5 Easy Steps
Safely Remove Oils, Dirt & More Without Scratching the Lenses
Whether you are the proud owner of a new pair of eyeglasses, or you’ve worn glasses for years, the following tips can help ensure you’re cleaning them properly. Take a few minutes to read over the correct approach to safely clearing oils, dust, dirt, and debris from your eyewear and other vision aids. When you take just a minute or two each day to clean and care for your glasses the correct way, you can dramatically improve their usefulness and longevity. Regular cleaning also helps eliminate accumulations of bacteria, viruses, and pathogens that could make you sick!
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Give the Gift of Sight
Each year as we head into fall, students head back to campus to hit the books. That makes fall a popular time for our academically minded patients to update their eyewear frames and add new prescription lenses for the clearest vision. If you’re like me, you likely have accumulated quite a collection of eyeglass frames over the years. Most likely, these will never be worn again. By the time we reach middle age, many of us have a dozen or more used, no longer fashionable, or simply outdated eyeglasses stuffed in drawers, cabinets, and boxes throughout our homes. If you’d like to reclaim some of that space, read on!
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