Crazy Contact Lenses

Contact lenses have evolved from their early history as irritating and hard to manage, through their middle evolution as high-tech, comfortable, and lasting, to the newest phase of being not only sensible but crazy contact lenses. How can they be both sensible and zany at the same time? As the technology for contact lens products has evolved, inspired by their popularity, so has the fashion sense of these otherwise invisible vision aids.

Stagnant Liver Qi - The Cause of Many Eye Problems

The liver and the eyes are closely related. In fact, it is said that the eyes are the external orifice of the liver.

Preventing Macular Degeneration - Nutrition For The Eyes

What's better for your eyes than carrots? Try these antioxidants.

Complications with LASIK

LASIK surgery has become very popular over the past 5-10 years. While most cases proceed quite well, the potential for complications does exist, and is often not discussed prior to surgery.

Treating Eye - Strain Headaches

Although the most common cause of headaches is stress, one of the commonly overlooked causes of stress is eyestrain. In this age of computer technology, eyestrain is an ever-increasing problem. Most of us over expose our eyes not only by using computers, but also by watching television, playing video games, or even reading for relaxation after a day of intense computer use.

8 Pros And Cons Of Daily Wear Contact Lenses

Daily wear contact lenses are considered safe and are therefore extremely popular. Contact lenses that are meant to be worn and then disposed pose no problems of storage or cleaning.

How Quiksilver Polarized Sunglasses Work

Polarized sunglasses use perpendicularly slanting polarizers in the lenses. Since the light being reflected off the surface of the road or water is almost always horizontal, the polarized sunglasses block this light, thus eliminating glare.

Rebuild Your Vision - With Eye Care You Can Strengthen And Improve Your Vision

If you treat your eyes the same as you do the rest of your body you will be able to improve your vision. When we get too heavy, too sluggish, too bogged down what do we do? We exercise to strengthen our body and to improve our health. And, we can do the very same with our eyes.

How You Can Improve Your Night Vision

To see better while driving at night, you should never look directly at oncoming headlights. Even if your eyes are normal it will take a few seconds for your eyes to recover from the resulting night blindness and again become dark adapted for normal night vision. If it takes more than a few seconds for your eyes to recover it may be a sign that you have a vitamin 'A' deficiency.

Nobody Knows Bifocal Contact Lens

Have you reached an age where the eye doctor is talking about bifocal lenses and how they can help you see better? Anyone with vision problems knows eventually they will need to have bifocal lenses to help with their changing eyes, however if you are new to the corrective lenses world you might find the information below very interesting.

Make-Up Can Cause Puffy Eyes

Your eyes are the mirror to your soul and the first thing that people see. No wonder a lot of people are obsessed with having beautiful expressive eyes and they'll do anything to make them stand out. But the road to vanity can lead to tragedy, especially if you're not picky about the kind of make-up or eye cosmetics you're using. Those endless rows of cosmetics found at big department stores may look like a dream come true for people who want to alter or improve their eyes. But they can spell disaster for those who aren't careful. In some cases, they can harm rather than help your eyes.

Contact Lens & Eyeglasses Exams - New Advances

Information to help you prepare for your next vision examination

The Final Assessments - See You On The Other Side!

The final assessment is about making sure you are fit to practice. Yes, you are expected to be knowledgeable, but the deepest theories about the hardest subjects should have been covered in the quarterly assessments. It is not physically possible in the short amount of time for each exam to cover the whole syllabus. So target your revision. Look at the core competencies. These are what are been examined.

Stye - Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

Styes are not harmful to vision, and they can occur at any age. A sty initially brings pain, redness, tenderness and swelling in the area, then a small pimple appears. Sometimes just the immediate area is swollen; other times the entire eyelid swells.