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Myopia Management • December 31, 2021

What is the Best Treatment for Myopia?

Your child’s vision is crucial for reading, learning, and playing, but certain eye conditions can affect their vision. One of these conditions is myopia, but it can affect more than eyesight. This condition can increase the risk of eye disease. If your child has myopia, what is the best treatment they can receive? Continue reading…

Eye Exam • July 22, 2021

Eye Exam Essentials: Part 1

Last year I wrote two articles discussing the pretest, which takes place with a technician prior to seeing your Optometrist. Pretest includes lensometry (glasses measurement), autorefraction (prescription starting point), intraocular pressure, visual field, retinal scans, and retinal photographs. Once the pretest is completed, you will be escorted to a sanitized exam room and seated in…

Eye Health • July 22, 2021

Take a Closer Look at Your Lashes

Do your eyelids often feel red, swollen, and itchy, with crusts clumping your eyelashes together? Do you find yourself rubbing your eyes several times a day and not finding relief? Does your vision only seem clear for the second or two after you blink? Do your eyes sting and burn and sometimes feel as though…

Eye Exam, Eye Health • July 22, 2021

Could your cosmetics be leading to dry eye disease?

Dry eye is becoming quite the buzz word. We are hearing more about it as we spend more time on digital devices and as dry eye research and treatment options expand rapidly. Is there anything in your beauty routine that could be contributing to or increasing your risk of developing dry eye disease? Dry eye…

Eye Exam, Eye Health • July 22, 2021

Vision in Sports

Vision is used in every aspect of life. It is used for everything from reading a book to walking to your car. Vision is not just made up of how well you can see; it is made up of how well you can move your eyes, focus your eyes, interpret what you see, and use…

Eye Exam, Eye Health • July 22, 2021

The Trouble with Hubble

In the age of amazon consumers have access to almost anything they could dream of delivered straight to their door. This has proven rather useful during the ongoing pandemic as it allows consumers to avoid unnecessary trips outside. While there is no harm in having a lifetime supply of toilet paper and lysol wipes delivered…

Eye Health, Myopia Management • February 19, 2021

MiyoSmart Spectacle Lenses – A Breathrough in Myopia Control

Myopia is a condition in which distance vision is blurry but one’s close vision remains clear (hence it’s common name “near-sightedness”). It is most commonly caused by the eye growing too long, and is one of the most common reasons that people wear glasses or contact lenses. Myopia typically develops in childhood and continues to…

Eye Health • February 19, 2021

Eyegiene the Natural Way with Hypochlorous Acid

Make room for a new promising addition to your dry eye care - hypochlorous acid (HOCl). It has a long history in the medical field with uses in wound care before antibiotics were available. Fast forward to the present day and HOCl is used in several healthcare industries ranging from dentistry, dermatology and optometry. HOCl…

Eye Health • November 20, 2020

Subscription Contact Lenses

The world has moved to subscription services. Everything from your cell phone and cable to Netflix and Spotify for movies and music. Subscription allows consumers to spread the cost evenly every month providing the ability to budget costs and have a cost certainty. In eyecare the industry is introducing new subscription services. Our Cowichan Eyecare…

Eye Exam • November 20, 2020

What is low vision and what options are available for enhancing low vision?

Low vision is uncorrectable visual loss that interferes with daily activities. It cannot be improved with regular glasses, contact lenses, or medical intervention. Individuals with low vision may experience any combination of a reduction or loss of colour vision, central or peripheral vision, and a reduction in the ability to adjust to changing levels…