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How often to have your eyes examined
Every two years is the usual answer and it is wrong for about half the people who hear it. What actually sets the interval is age, family history, and whether anything is being watched.
Reading
Articles
Longer answers than fit on a service page, written the same way as the rest of this site: specific first.
six minute read
What happens in an eye examination, in order
Every step of the forty-five minutes, what each one is for, and which of them is the reason the appointment exists. Including the puff of air, and why it is not the important part.
five minute read
Reading your prescription
What sphere, cylinder, axis and add actually mean, why a minus number is not worse than a plus one, and why the number that changed most is not always the one that matters.
five minute read
Choosing frames without a mirror lying to you
The four measurements that decide whether a frame fits, why the width across the front matters more than the shape, and how to shop for glasses when you cannot see without them.
four minute read
The three habits that cause most contact lens trouble
Water, sleep and topping up the solution. Almost every serious contact lens problem we see traces back to one of those three, and all three are ordinary things sensible people do.
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