AOA Study Cites Safety and Compliance Issues for Rx Eyeglasses Ordered Online

Make no mistake, Glasses are not TV’s or Cell phones or other things you might order online. When you receive your glasses in the mail, you can’t just turn it on to verify if the prescription is working and accurate. Glasses are medical device’s used to help organ’s in your body function better. A good [...]

Inexpensive Reading Glasses Leave Wearers With Blurred Vision

The UK’s Daily Mail (10/28, Poulter) reports that inexpensive reading glasses that can be purchased in supermarkets “may leave wearers with eye strain headaches, or even blurred or double vision.” After “a researcher at consumer champion Which? checked 14 pairs from seven high street chains,” he discovered “problems with half of them, with those carrying [...]

Mid-Range Vision Poses Problems For Many Computer Users – Computer Glasses can help

Writing in the Wall Street Journal (8/17, D1) “Health Journal” on the front of the Personal Journal section, Melinda Beck points out that many people have difficulty seeing objects in the mid-range of their vision, particularly computer screens. Not only do those who wear glasses to correct either distance or close vision have [...]

Essilor 360 now available in single vision lens

Essilor 360º™ – The Only Single Vision Lens with W.A.V.E. Technology:

Wavefront Advanced Vision Enhancement™

W.A.V.E. Technology makes Essilor 360º™ lenses the superior option for ametropic patients who demand the best visual experience.

Essilor’s proprietary W.A.V.E. Technology virtually eliminates aberrations with a [...]

Thin & Lite lenses

We offer Thin & Lite lenses from Varilux.  Thin & Lite lenses are exactly what they say they are, thinner and lighter.  Thin & Lite are a more cosmetically appealing eyeglass lenses, and are the right lens for a high-fashion frame. Thin&Lite Lenses are made from high-index durable plastic resulting in a thinner, flatter more [...]

Maui Jim Releases the MauiPassport Rx Lens

LAHAINA, Maui–Maui Jim has introduced the MauiPassport Rx lens, which provides prescription sunglass wearers, including those who prefer wrap-styles, clarity, acuity, color enhancement and glare protection across the entire field of view.

“Our new lenses are designed specifically for our frames, base curves and materials,” said Chris Abbruzzese, vice president of marketing for Maui Jim.

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Computer Glasses

For people “staring at a computer screen all day…glare is everywhere,” contributing to computer vision syndrome. “There are about 175 million people in the workplace using computers, and about 80 percent of those people notice problems” with eye strain. Glasses are available to reduce computer glare. They have specially coated lenses made to reduce eye [...]