Category: Contact Lens Care & Maintenance

Seeing an optometrist is actually a very easy task. You should not think of it as the dentist as the dentist can sometimes be painful or scary. There is absolutely nothing scary about seeing the eye doctor. Yet, there are still many people out there who have not visited an eye doctor in many, many years, and that’s a problem!

Doing Things That Are Bad for Your Eyes Taking care of our eyes throughout the course of our lives is very important. We only get one set of eyes and therefore, should try our best to take care of them and have them work the best they can for the longest they can. If you’re after having good, healthy eyes, you should avoid doing the following 5 things as they can cause severe and permanent

Eye strain With screen time at an all time high, it is no doubt that our eyes are taking a hit when it comes to looking after our health. Eye strain is a big issue today, with many people being ale to (or having to) do their jobs online, the blue light, along with other characteristics of screens and electronics are causing this issue. Eye strain can not only make our eyes hurt or ache,

What is Glaucoma? Glaucoma is not just a single disease but it is a term used to classify a small number of similar eye diseases. The disease will affect the ability for the eye to send visual information to the brain, ultimately resulting in blindness if it is not properly and timely treated. Why is Glaucoma Dangerous The most dangerous thing about it is that there are very few warning signs. It can simply sneak

As the end of the holiday break approaches, a lot of parents are going to be dealing with their kids wanting to go back to school without glasses. Is there a way to know if your kids are ready for contact lenses? The difficult thing is that there is no specific age for kids to be ready, it is different for each one of them.  In some situations, some toddlers are ready to wear contacts

Eye Drops   Eye Drops can be an important part of your eye care routine, especially if you regularly wear contact lenses or find yourself staring at a screen all day long.   Whatever your eye ailment, be it a bacterial infection, allergies, itchiness, dryness or tired eyes, there is solution [excuse the pun] for you!    Simply put, they are a liquid formula (think of them like bottled tears!) that you drop into your

Why is Acuvue so popular in Canada?   Acuvue is a trusted brand from Johnson & Johnson who is the largest manufacturers of contact lenses in Canada and the world. Not only that, Acuvue is also the number one brand name in contact lenses both online and in optometry offices across the Canada as well. We stock a huge range of Acuvue products and we’ve rounded up three of the most popular ones below, just

Your Eyes Deserve Your Best Health! The definitive, final, ultimate list of which foods are best for preserving your eyes and your vision health. (ok, maybe not the ultimate health list, but we like giving this blog post a bit of hype – tongue in cheek) We have crunched the numbers. We have done the “health” math. We have done our homework. Here is our official TOP 10 FOODS TO EAT FOR BEST VISION HEALTH.

Not every eye is shaped the same… If you’ve had trouble finding the right contact lens for either eye in the past, it could be possible that this was caused because your eyes is ‘hard to fit‘. In some cases, it is because of an irregular cornea shape. Up until now, it was almost impossible to find the perfect lens for an eye that was shaped uniquely. Optometrists could go through several fitting sessions with a patient to

Having a hard time wearing contacts? Not all eyes are the same. There are a number of eye conditions that can make wearing contacts difficult. Some of these conditions include, astigmatism, dry eyes, giant papillary conjunctivitis (GPC), keratoconus, post-refractive surgery (such as LASIK), and presbyopia. Many of these conditions are labeled as ‘hard-to-fit’ eyes and require special attention. If you have one or any of these eye conditions, you still might be able to wear