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?
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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
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!
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!
Proper eyelid hygiene is an important part of your daily routine. Yes, you read that right. Cleaning your eyelids is a critical part of maintaining eye and vision health and comfort, while minimizing infection risk. You should be cleaning and massaging your eyelids each day! (If you aren’t, it’s OK. I’m going to tell you how. Keep reading!)
What is a Stye?
A stye (or hordeolum) is a pimple-like infection within one or both eyelids, near the eyelash line. This infection is very commonly found in children, as well as adults.
What Are the Symptoms of a Stye?
Stye symptoms may include the presence of a small, swollen, reddish-colored lump or bump which may grow rapidly. There may also be redness of the eye, localized swelling, and pain.
