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The spookiest night of the year is almost here! Halloween is a festive night where people can dress up for laughs, scares, or even candy. Depending on the costume, it may even take some crazy eyewear to achieve your desired look. With all the excitement surrounding the big night, it can be easy to forget about safety and the potential risk your costume may pose, especially when it comes to your eyes.

As people have their eye examinations and find their prescription has changed, their next step is to purchase eye glasses to help them see their best. How do they know they are getting the best quality lenses available? What lens treatments are needed to help provide the clearest vision? How long will their lenses last before they scratch? What about getting rid of that annoying glare? Are all anti-glare coatings the same? What lenses will protect their eyes from sun damage the best? Does the type of lens material affect how light-weight the glasses feel? When you sit down to purchase glasses, understanding all your options may feel daunting and overwhelming. I hope to give you some added understanding about what goes into producing a high quality, visually clear lens that will meet your needs.

Just like you, we couldn’t be more excited. But we also want to make sure that when you leave on vacation, you continue practicing the good habits that keep your eyes healthy! Follow these tips to protect your peepers, even while traveling.

March is Workplace Eye Health and Safety Month. Now before you think that this article may not apply to you, think again. Thousands of workers sustain job-related eye injuries each day.

It’s true that they’ve only become popular in recent decades, but you might be surprised to learn that Leonardo da Vinci first sketched the concept of contact lenses way back in 1508! His version involved submerging one’s head in a glass bowl of water, so it definitely needed work, but how did we get from there to the breathable silicone hydrogel contact lenses of today?

Imagine this scene: You are in the kitchen preparing a delicious surprise dinner for your spouse. You start off by chopping up some peppers and throwing them into a pan with some oil to sauté them. As the pan sizzles, a rogue pop sends a drop of hot oil straight towards your eye! Out of pure reaction, you reach up and rub your eye in the hopes of quelling the painful burn from the oil.

Have you ever witnessed a downpour in the desert? On occasion as a young child, my family and I would sit out on our back porch and watch the lightning strike and listen to the thunder clap as the rain pelted the surrounding parched ground in the southern Utah desert of Ivins, Utah. I loved the smell following a fresh rain and still do. Despite the ferocity of these desert storms, it seemed to me the rain would quickly soak in and run off and the land would quickly parch over again.

THANKSGIVING TRADITIONS COME in all shapes and sizes. From the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade to breaking the wishbone to getting together with those wacky yet lovable relatives, traditions vary from family to family, and that includes the families of our practice’s team members!

Many people see the doctor every year for a physical. Most of us also schedule regular visits to the dentist to get our teeth cleaned. But what about our eyes? It’s important to take care of your eyes — just like you take care of the rest of our body!

Well the answer is different depending on what era of film you’re looking at, but the basic idea is to attempt to trick the eyes into thinking they’re not actually looking at a flat image, and it doesn’t work on everyone!