Tag: eye health
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Twilight Lenses Lead to Spooktacular Warning
Tis the season to be jolly. No hang on one second. That kind of festive talk is not for a few months yet! Yet with Christmas but a matter of months away and Halloween catching up on as fast as Usain Bolt, here’s a real stocking filler of a tale. According to recent reports, strange…
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Tech: Boots “Gadget Protection” Lenses Misleading Customers
The shoe or should that be boot is well and truly on the other foot this week. It turns out that high street optician Boots have been misleading customers with some of their most sought after lenses. They may well cost a bob or two but it has been revealed that this optician has been…
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Surprising Careers for People Who Wear Glasses
I have been shortsighted since I was a small child. I love the freedom of wearing my contact lenses for sports, and I’m also a big fan of chunky statement frames for computer work, which I wear with pride! However, I used to think that some careers wouldn’t be accessible for me due to my poor eyesight. It…
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18 Struggles That All Glasses Wearers Can Relate To
The struggle is real guys, and we know it. I have a love-hate relationship with my glasses. Like most people, I like the fact that I can, y’know, see things. But that doesn’t mean that they aren’t the most annoying restrictive things anyone can wear. Check out my 18 most traumatising struggles – I bet…
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Reading and Understanding Your Glasses Prescription
In the same way every snowflake is unique, so are our eyes. No one person’s eyes are the same, even twins, unless they’re connected at the eye; in that case, the apocalypse is upon us, good luck. For the rest of us, our eyes vary in shape, size and color. It’s that same uniqueness that…
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The Science Behind the Lens
There’s a lot of us wearing glasses, but did any of us take the time to really think about the amazing science that goes on our unappreciative faces? No. I didn’t think so. Did you know that not all lenses are made of glass? That came as a big shock to me, seriously. There’s all…
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My Experience with Migraines and Aura
At the tender age of 11, I started to notice that every so often my vision suddenly changed and the world around me was odd. After years of countless scans and tests, I was finally diagnosed with the condition of migraines with aura. What are Migraines with Aura? Migraine sufferers will know that a migraine…
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10% Discount Code for Prescription Glasses Frames: World Sight Day 2013
Today – October 10 – is World Sight Day: an annual advocacy day for the awareness, and prevention, of visual impairment (learn more). 10% SelectSpecs.com discount code To mark this event, we’re offering a 10% discount code for prescription glasses frames from today until 11th November, to encourage new and existing customers to undergo an…
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5 Tips for Eye Health and Maintaining Good Eyesight
Good healthy eyesight is what we all need and want. It’s so important that you continue to have good eyesight because as you get older, you will still want to see wonderful new things. Follow some of these tips to having healthier eyes. 1. The first tip is to make sure you get nutrients with…