Category: Eye Care Articles

A young woman is being examined by an optometrist for the difference between nearsightedness and farsightedness.

What Is the Difference Between Nearsighted and Farsighted?

More than 40% of the United States population needs prescription glasses. It’s estimated that one-third of the world’s population’s nearsighted. It’s more common to be nearsighted than farsighted, but both

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A man is at an eye doctor appointment, looking into a woman's eye.

7 Signs You Need to Make an Eye Doctor Appointment

In the United States, around 93 million adults are at high risk for serious vision loss. Despite this fact, only half of them visited an eye doctor in the past

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A woman is having her yearly eye exam conducted by an optometrist.

7 Reasons to Get Your Yearly Eye Exam

Did you know that only around one in three of us has 20/20 vision without glasses or contact lenses? If you don’t have perfect vision, the right contact lenses or

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A close-up of a woman's blue eye, highlighting causes of blurred vision.

What Are the Common Causes of Blurred Vision?

It’s all too easy to take our eyesight for granted. But did you know that around 93 million adults in the US are at high risk for serious vision loss?

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An eye chart with glasses on it for vision care.

8 Vision Care Tips You Need To Know In 2025

Are you doing everything you can to take care of your vision? Vision care is something we often don’t think about until we need it. However, as with any type

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A man wearing contacts for the first time is holding a toothpick in his hand.

7 Tips to Remember When Wearing Contacts for the First Time

You recently switched to wearing contact lenses – congratulations! You’ve joined the ranks. Did you know an estimated 45 million people in the US are contact lens wearers? It’s pretty

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A young boy is looking at a medical eye exam.

Vision Check: What to Expect at Your Medical Eye Exam

Have you noticed that you just aren’t seeing things as well as you used to? Are you holding your phone a little further away from your face? If this sounds

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A person holding a pair of glasses in front of an eye chart to determine their eyeglass prescription.

Signs It’s Time for a New Eyeglass Prescription

How long has it been since you had your eyes checked to see if your eyeglass prescription changed? The American Optometric Association recommends that adults who are asymptomatic or loss

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A man is holding up a small contact lens, wondering can a contact get lost in your eye.

Can a Contact Stuck in Eye? Updated 2025

Whether you’re considering them, or you’re a seasoned wearer, there’s one question you likely have about contact lenses. Can a contact get lost in your eye? The short answer is

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A woman is putting the best colored contacts on her eye.

7 Reasons Why People Want to Use the Best Colored Contacts

While most people wear contact lenses to correct their vision, others use them for aesthetic reasons. In fact, 11% of the contacts sold in the market are of the cosmetic type,

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