Tips on how to keep your eyes healthy.
Patients often ask what they can do to keep their eyes healthy and I love taking this preventative health approach! ❤️ Below are my easy...
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Envision Optometry
- Jun 1
- 1 min
How can I prevent dry eye?
Last year, we made a very positive change in our office. ✨ We decided to take screening photos on all of our patients' tear glands....
Envision Optometry
- May 3
- 1 min
Which eye drops are the best for dry eye?
A friend recently texted me the question... "Which eye drops are the best for dry eye?" ❓ There are a confusing amount of eye drops...
Envision Optometry
- Apr 5
- 1 min
How do I choose the best glasses for me?
✨Frame selection! ✨ Why is proper frame selection so important? ❓ 1️⃣ Comfort Frames that are too big/small, temples that are too short,...
Envision Optometry
- Mar 1
- 1 min
Can I recycle my contacts?
We do! And we recycle a lot of them! Elizabeth is holding a few boxes that we will be sending out to @terracycle for recycling. ✨ How...
Envision Optometry
- Feb 1
- 1 min
Do I need an eye exam if I see fine?
Do you know one eye disease that is completely silent until it is very severe? ❓ Glaucoma. 🔻 Glaucoma is a disease that damages your...
Envision Optometry
- Jan 3
- 1 min
Do I have dry eye?
I had a patient say "I've never heard of dry eye" and I literally almost fell out of my chair. Clearly he doesn't follow me on social...
Envision Optometry
- Dec 27, 2021
- 3 min
What Is the OptiLight by Lumenis & How Can It Manage Your Dry Eye?
Dry eye disease is a widespread and common issue for up to 49 million Americans. This chronic condition can have a significant impact on...
Envision Optometry
- Dec 1, 2021
- 1 min
How to get an at-home eyelid lift?
Have you heard about Upneeq? 🤔 This is a new prescription eye drop that helps raise droopy upper eyelids. ✨ Upneeq works well for...
Envision Optometry
- Nov 2, 2021
- 1 min
How to examine a dry eye patient.
Last week, I was doing my normal dry eye exam and asked the patient to close her eyes so I can examine them. She said confused, "wait,...
Envision Optometry
- Oct 5, 2021
- 1 min
How to prevent computer eye strain and dryness?
Did you know that I can predict the future? OK, not exactly but there is something I'm pretty confident will happen. I know that if you...
Envision Optometry
- Sep 1, 2021
- 1 min
Want to hear about one of my favorite pieces of tech in my office?
It's this screen! 🖥️ It's connected to a camera on my microscope and it's a wonderful patient education tool. I will often take...
Envision Optometry
- Aug 3, 2021
- 1 min
Am I a candidate for LASIK?
Am I a candidate for LASIK? ❓ I get this question on a weekly basis. There are several things that I look at to answer this but as a...
Envision Optometry
- Jul 1, 2021
- 1 min
David and Goliath
I was reading Malcolm Gladwell's book David and Goliath the other day and there was a quote that resonated with me. It read, "Giants are...
Envision Optometry
- Jun 1, 2021
- 1 min
Can dry eye cause blurry vision?
Absolutely. ✔️ In fact, one very common symptom in dry eye patients is intermittent blurred vision, meaning your vision can go in and...
Envision Optometry
- May 3, 2021
- 1 min
How do I look inside your eye?
The headgear I'm wearing gets a lot of jokes from patients. And to their credit, it does look pretty intense once it's on. 💡 What I'm...
Envision Optometry
- Apr 1, 2021
- 1 min
How can I get whiter eyes?
Let me introduce you to Lumify! Lumify is an over-the-counter eye drop that helps whiten your eyes. Unlike Visine which can cause rebound...
Envision Optometry
- Mar 1, 2021
- 1 min
When dry eye gives a clue to a systemic problem...
Dry eye disease can be a result of something bigger happening in the body. ✅ One thing I look for when I have a patient with dry eye...
Envision Optometry
- Feb 1, 2021
- 1 min
You know a machine that makes most patients really jump?
It's this one. 😳 Meet the "air puff" machine, also known as non-contact tonometry. ✴️ This machine gives us your eye pressure...
Envision Optometry
- Jan 5, 2021
- 1 min
Do you love your contacts?
I have a series of questions I ask my contact lens patients and it goes something like this... 🔹How are your contacts? 🔹Do they ever...