Eye Health

Look good in the pool, beach or spa. Hate ruining your make up when you go swimming? Want to look good wherever you are, water and worry-free? Then look no further, we have great news!

As an optometrist, I am sometimes asked in the consulting room whether peoples eye are ‘generally the same’. This got me thinking about the number of different lenses we use to examine peoples eyes and the possibility that each pair truly is unique.

So you've been wearing lenses for a while and possibly getting a bit complacent.....here's a reminder from our optician of what not to do! To really look after your eye health, it is really important to read his advice and follow it to the letter.

Well it's a hello to summer sunshine at last. Now's the time to say goodbye to winter holidays on the slopes and pack away your skis and skiing mask. However, if you are anything like us you are already planning your summer holiday.

The vast majority of spectacle wearers find out they need them when they are still very young. But I did have a work colleague whose condition wasn’t detected until he was in his late twenties, and he had quite a lot of trouble adapting.

If you’re one of the people who see the words ‘prescription goggles’ and wondering what it is all about, then this article is for you.

If you wear glasses or contact lenses, of course we are going to say that the best thing to use in a swimming pool is a pair of prescription swimming goggles. But is this really necessary? Aren’t contact lenses just as good?