Lens Options Available For Eyeglass Wearers

Eyeglass wearers have many lens options available to them that will enhance their comfort and provide added vision benefits. The listing below details some of the most popular options and explains how they can help you experience the best results from your new eyeglasses. Talk to your eye care professional today to find out more! Drop into 20/20 Eyeglass Superstore for all your eye care needs. We have a frame for every face and a price for any budget. 

High-Index Lenses: High Index lenses are especially useful to those with strong prescriptions, creating eyeglasses that are comfortable to wear without the awkward look of thick lenses.

Plastic Photosensitive Lenses: Plastic Photosensitive lenses are light-sensitive and darken when they are exposed to ultraviolet rays.

Polarized Lenses: Polarized lenses are used in sunglasses and provide wearers with a filter to eliminate the glare experienced from reflective surfaces, such as water or the road's surface.

Polycarbonate Lenses: Polycarbonate lenses are comprised of a lightweight impact- resistant material and are used where eye safety is a concern.

Scratch-Resistant Coating: Although no eyeglasses are completely scratch proof, Scratch-Resistant Coating does provide lenses with a harder surface that resists scratches.
 
Anti-Reflective Coating: Anti-Reflective Coating reflects light off the lens surface, providing wearers with a reduction in glare and eye fatigue. Anti-Reflective coating is especially helpful when driving after dark and working on a computer.

Ultraviolet Coating: Ultraviolet Coating provides sun protection for the wearer's eyes, blocking harmful ultraviolet light.

Progressive Lenses: Progressive lenses provide continuous progression of lens powers between multifocal lenses, resulting in many lens powers to facilitate all viewing distances.
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Eye Drops: An Ocean of Uses

Whether eye drops are treating "lazy eye," working to delay or prevent glaucoma, or helping dry or irritated eyes stay moist, they're getting more use than ever before. Here's what's new about today's eye drops.

What Are Eye Drops?

Eye drops usually contain saline as a base ingredient. Depending on their intended use, they may also contain lubricating, tear-replacing (artificial tears), antiredness, and other substances, as well as medications.

Common Uses for Eye Drops

Eye drops are commonly used for:

Conjunctivitis (pinkeye) is an infection or irritation of the conjunctiva.

Symptoms include itching, burning, redness, and swelling. Treatment may include using antibiotic or anti-inflammatory eye drops or removing the eye irritant.

 Contact lens rewetting and eye surface lubrication.

 

Corneal infection (keratitis).

Dry eye (low tear production, common with aging). Tear "quality" is determined by the health of each of the three tear-film layers:

• The outer, oily layer, which helps prevent moisture evaporation.
• A middle, watery layer, which nourishes the eye.
• An inner, mucous layer which helps the middle-layer nutrients to moisten the cornea.

With poor-quality outer and inner layers, tears don't stay on the eye long enough to lubricate it. This may cause a "sandy" or scratchy feeling. Other symptoms may include:

• Burning or stinging
• Pain and redness
• Stringy eye discharge
• Eyelid heaviness
• Fluctuating vision
• Excessive tearing ("Reflex" tears do not help relieve dry eye, because they don't stay in the eye long enough.)

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The most important thing you can do to keep your eyes healthy is to get an annual eye examination.
For more information on how to keep your eyes healthy this Spring, visit your local 20/20 Eyeglass Superstore or make an appointment with our in-house independent optometrist. We look forward to seeing you soon.

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Spring Break Super Sale – 20/20 EyeGlass Superstore

Drop into 20/20 Eyeglass Superstore for all your eye care needs. We have a frame for every face and a price for any budget. We also have Independent Optometrists located on site who will be happy to examine your child’s vision. Walk-in’s are welcome but we ask that you come 15 minutes prior to your desired appointment time.


20/20 Eyeglass Superstore is a family owned and operated business with locations throughout central Florida.  We look forward to becoming your trusted source for everything related to eye care, glasses and contacts. Should you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact us anytime.

Do You Put Mercury In Your Eyes?

What’s in your cosmetics? Historically, women suffered for beauty with makeup additives like lead, arsenic, belladonna, antimony and more. But all that is a thing of the past, right? Cosmetics are tested for safety and consumers can apply them without needing to be worried about their health.

Mercury is a known neurotoxin with potentially serious effects including the development of severe cognitive disabilities like poor coordination, memory loss and difficulty learning and retaining information. Especially in children and developing teens, it can hamper development and cause life-long health problems. And the eye, with its fragile mucus membrane, is one of the worst places to apply a product that contains mercury, because the delicate tissues of the eye can rapidly absorb it and feed it directly into the bloodstream.

Mercury makes up less than 1% of the total product, companies are not required to label it on their cosmetics, which means consumers have no way of knowing if a mascara contains mercury or not. This is bad news for consumers worried about the health risk and those trying to limit their exposure to mercury and other toxic compounds, as they have to rely on companies to disclose information about cosmetics ingredients, and few companies will voluntarily discuss toxins in their cosmetics if they can possibly avoid it.

Wearing mascara shouldn’t have to be deadly, and while we’re excited about the Minamata Convention and the overall reduction of mercury in the environment that will result, we’d love to see makeup included too!

 

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Wearing eye make up to look beautyfull is always admire my woman all over the world but always be carefull which type of cosmetics you use.

 

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The Number One Eye Remedy

According to ayurveda, the mind and vision are intertwined. As Pratima Raichur writes in Ayurvedic Beauty Care, “When the mind is tired or strained, nothing can rest the eyes; and when the mind is at rest, nothing can tire the eyes.” Meditation and relaxation exercises are the 1 remedies for eye irritation.

Here are some other ways to relieve common eye problems and put the sparkle back into your eyes.

Massage
One of ayurveda’s most effective remedies for eyestrain and for burning eyes is massaging the scalp and feet nightly with one teaspoon of castor oil. The oil pulls heat from the eyes and promotes a sound sleep.

Palming
While sitting comfortably, rub the palms of your hands together rapidly for 10 seconds. (If your eyes are hot or it’s summertime, omit this step and instead place thin, wet, cold cotton pads on the palms.) Palming relieves eyestrain and bloodshot eyes.

Eyewashes 

A Cool Water Wash

 Nature’s Nighttime Eye Drops
For dry and itchy eyes, put a drop of sesame oil in each eye before sleeping. For irritated eyes, put a drop of pure castor oil (with no preservatives) in each eye. For burning eyes, put a drop of lukewarm liquid ghee or three drops of pure rose water in each eye.

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If eye problem still continues please feel free to drop in to any 20/20 Eyeglass Superstore location or schedule an exam online. It is always a good idea to consult with your eye doctor to discuss your options.

Surprising Facts About Your Eyes

Believe it or not, eyes are some of the most complex organs in the human body. How much do you know about your eyes? Read on for some fascinating facts about your peepers.

1. Your Eyes Say A Lot About Your Health.
The muscles that control your eyes are the most active in the entire body, and, arguably, the strongest.

3. Your Makeup May Not Be As Safe As You Think.

From scratched corneas to eye infections, cosmetics can cause serious harm to your health. If used properly, including not sharing makeup with others and throwing it out when it’s too old, eye makeup is generally safe.

4. Your Eyes are Resilient.

Eyes are an astoundingly strong organ. With the protection of the eyelid and lashes, layers of fat, muscle, and skin, as well as 3 layers of tissue on the eye itself, it really does take a lot to damage your eyes. Most superficial scrapes will heal within a few days or less — much faster than your skin.

5. Blue and Green Eyes Are a (Relatively) Recent Development.

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Your vision is priceless and it is important that you maintain your visual wellness by scheduling a yearly comprehensive eye exam with your optometrist or ophthalmologist. Drop into 20/20 Eyeglass Superstore for all your eye care needs. We have a frame for every face and a price for any budget. We also have Independent Optometrists located on site who will be happy to examine your vision.

Dry Eye Know The Facts

Your vision is priceless and it is important that you maintain your visual wellness by scheduling a yearly comprehensive eye exam with your optometrist or ophthalmologist

Drop into 20/20 Eyeglass Superstore for all your eye care needs. We have a frame for every face and a price for any budget. We also have Independent Optometrists located on site who will be happy to examine your child’s vision. Walk-in’s are welcome but we ask that you come 15 minutes prior to your desired appointment time.

20/20 Eyeglass Superstore is a family owned and operated business with locations throughout central Florida.  We look forward to becoming your trusted source for everything related to eye care, glasses and contacts. Should you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact us anytime.