2017

If your elementary school-aged child has been having difficulty seeing the front of their classroom and an eye doctor has prescribed corrective lenses to correct your child's vision, use the tips below to help your child choose a pair of glasses and care for the eyewear. Inquire About Lightweight Frames And Scratch-Resistant Lenses While viewing glasses in a vision center, avoid choosing the first frames that your child likes and request that they try several styles on to determine which ones are the most comfortable.

It's easy to feel overwhelmed when you find out from an eye exam that your child needs glasses, especially if you don't wear them yourself. With a seemingly endless array of options at different price points, it's important to focus on the most important features to determine exactly which lenses and frames to choose. Seeking the help of an optician, particularly one who has experience fitting children, helps ensure you find the best eyewear suitable for your child's unique situation and your budget.

You want to make sure you do everything you can to protect your eyes at all times. This can be harder than one many think because your eyes aren't something that is always consciously on your mind and this can lead to you accidentally putting them in harm's way. The tips in this article will help you to decrease your chances of hurting your eyes or suffering from other eye problems that can be avoided with proper preventative care.

When you walk into your optometrist's for an eye exam or when you request an appointment because you feel there is something wrong with your eyes, he or she may ask you to do some strange eye exercises. This is actually quite normal for abnormal complaints. Here are some examples of the exercises they might request and why your optometrist may ask you to do these things.  Drawing Circles with Your Eyes