Essential Advice on Eye Health
Last year, National Eye Health Week reminded us all of the importance of regular eye tests. It’s recommended we have our eyes examined at least every two years, not only to ensure they’re healthy, but also to check for changes to our current prescriptions….
Here at London Vision Clinic, as much as we love to see you, we encourage you to keep your eyes healthy by eating healthily for get a better vision. Your diet and choosing to eat the right foods can prevent long term eye problems later in life. In season vegetables can be incorporated into fun and inventive recipes that are both healthily delicious and good for your vision!…
LASIK is one form of corrective laser eye surgery. The procedure involves cutting a small flap of the cornea and laying it to the side in order to remove a small amount of the cornea with a laser. The flap is then set back in place and begins to immediately repair itself. …
Eyes are complex organs, so it’s really important to take care of them with the best specialists. Some scientists have even called them a wonder of nature. How they enable you to see is a fascinating biological process. We’d like to share with you 10 fascinating facts about your eyes that you might not know….
In this crazy, modern, techy world that we live in, we don’t take it easy on our eyes. Today many jobs require that we spend hours and hours in front of computer screens. Many people even elect to read on computer screens rather than actual books. With that being said, books are sometimes not much of an optical improvement. Eye strain can cause dryness, migraines and, later down the road, permanent vision problems….
The World Health Organisation states that 80% of the world’s blindness and serious visual impairment is preventable. There are certainly many myths and home-remedies about how to do just that. In fact, everybody has an idea about what is good or bad for your eyes but what is the truth behind it all? Here are some of the best-loved eye-related claims and the truth on the matter….
What are the Finance Options for Laser Eye Surgery? There’s no getting around it: High-quality Laser Eye Surgery isn’t cheap. So many people are relieved to find out that, as with many other investments, finance options are often available for Laser Eye Surgery – including here at the London Vision Clinic. Napoleon is widely credited with referring to England as a nation of shopkeepers (or l’Angleterre est une nation de boutiquiers); a comment that was meant to be derisive; however,…
Your Eye Health: 5 Common Age-Related Eye Problems Refractive errors are the leading cause of visual impairment worldwide with an estimated 43% of impairments attributed to errors including hyperopia, myopia, and astigmatism. For many people, refractive errors may worsen over time, increasing their need for higher prescription visual aids. However, even the lucky ones who have enjoyed clear, glasses-free vision for their whole lives could one day find their eye health deteriorating as they get older. Of course, just like…
With the small size of an Excimer laser used for laser eye surgery, we will think of it as a paintbrush size. It is very difficult to do fine art with a house paintbrush. So obviously the smaller the brush you are using the more detail you can paint, you can carve. Of course the smaller the brush, the longer it will take you to paint an area. So there is an interplay between the spot size and the speed of the laser and that is all technical stuff but generally speaking small spot lasers are better than broad area lasers….
The Evolution of Presbyopia Treatment Declining vision is, unfortunately, an inevitability. Eventually, even those of us lucky enough to have enjoyed perfect vision for our whole lives will find ourselves in need of some sort of correction. In most cases, this will probably mean acquiring a pair of reading glasses – at least at first. But thankfully, over the last few decades, alternative options have been doing away with the need for reading glasses and contact lenses for presbyopia altogether…
