FAQs

Yes, we offer all types of lenses on the market including the blue locking anti glare coatings for computer users.

We recommend a full eye exam at the age of 4 for all children. We want to rule out lazy eye at a young age since we can treat and improve the vision of a lazy eye at a young age. After the age of 10 the vision of a lazy eye can not be improved making it imperative we catch all lazy eyes at a young age. Unfortunately, the pediatricians and school nurses miss over 50% of lazy eyes in their screenings.

A bifocal lens has a line demarcating the far vision optics from the near reading optics. A progressive lens has no line and has optics for all distances of vision, far vision, intermediate vision and near reading distance. There are many different progressive designs on the market, some better than others. Newer digital progressives have wider intermediate and reading optics than older standard progressives. There are also computer progressives that offer better ergonomics and optics for computer and reading reducing eye strain along with neck and shoulder pain. 

We can dispense any progressive lens on the market. There are many different progressive lens designs on the market, some better than others. Newer digital progressives have wider intermediate and reading optics than older standard progressives. There are also computer progressives that offer better ergonomics and optics for computer and reading reducing eye strain along with neck and shoulder pain. 

An Optometrist is a doctor of Optometry that performs eye exams for eye glasses, contact lenses along with medical eye visits for red eyes, glaucoma and other medical eye issues. An Ophthalmologist is a doctor of medicine that performs eye exams and surgeries of the eye. An Optician is a person who fits and dispenses eye glasses but does not perform eye examinations. 

Presbyopia is the inability for the eye to focus up close. Presbyopia happens to everyone after the age of 40 or so. Presbyopia is the reason people need reading glasses or multifocal lenses like bifocals or progressive lenses.

A Cataract is a clouding of the crystalline lens in the eye. Over time the crystalline lens of the eye becomes cloudy due to moisture sealing into the lens. The lens is relatively dry in order to maintain it's clarity but over time moisture sets in the lens and decreases vision. Keep having birthdays and you will develop cataracts. 

LASIk eye surgery is a reshaping of the cornea by laser to eliminate your myopia, hyperopia or astigmatism.

We co-manage LASIK and can go over what LASIK can do for you during your eye examination.

Astigmatism is a common imperfection in the curvature of the eye that causes blurred distance and near vision. Astigmatism occurs when either the front surface of the eye (cornea) or the lens, inside your eye, has mismatched curves.