Blog For Woodbury Family Optometry | Optometry Blog

Woodbury Family Optometry Blog

Woodbury Family Optometry Blog is your trusted source for informative articles, expert insights, and valuable tips related to eye health and vision care. Explore a wealth of knowledge on topics ranging from eye conditions, vision correction options, to maintaining optimal eye wellness. Stay informed and prioritize your eye health with our engaging and educational blog content.

Protecting Your Eyes From Snow Blindness

2017-12-26

Have your eyes ever felt gritty and watery after an outdoor adventure? Maybe you felt a burning sensation and suffered temporary vision loss? If this sounds familiar to you, you may have been exposed to high levels of UV rays from light reflections while boating, hiking at high elevation, or part...

Low Vision Home Safety Tips

2017-12-18

Vision impairment impacts a person’s life in many ways, whether they are completely blind or have low vision. Fortunately, it doesn’t require much effort for those of us with healthy vision to make things easier for our vision-impaired friends and family to get around and feel comfortable whe...

Taking Care of Your Eyes in the Digital Age

2017-12-13

From the moment we get up to the moment we go to bed, more and more of us are on our smartphones, tablets, computers or other digital devices. That’s a lot of eyeballs glued to a lot of screens. If you count yourself among the 90% of adults who spend two or more hours a day in front of a screen...

Heterochromia: Causes And Types

2017-12-11

Have you ever seen someone with eyes that are two different colors? This fascinating trait is called heterochromia, and only six people in a thousand have it. It can happen in different ways and for different reasons. Even if you haven’t seen someone with different colored eyes, you’ve likely...

Toys And Activities For Vision Development

2017-12-04

Just like learning how to walk and talk, your baby also has to learn how to see! There are many ways you can help them develop their visual skills, from the right types of toys to buy to the right types of games to play with them at certain ages. The First Six Months A newborn’s world is filled...

Common Patient Questions And Concerns

2017-11-27

Many of us schedule our eye exams knowing we have plenty of questions for the eye doctor. What a lot of patients don’t realize is that they share quite a few of these questions with their fellow patients, particularly when it comes to common vision fears and issues. That’s why Vision Source®...

Envisioning a greater future: One contact lens at a time.

2017-11-21

We all try to be good stewards of the earth. We go out of our way to recycle paper, glass, plastic. Many of us even compost. But what about daily disposable contact lenses? We wear them once then toss them. Good for our eyes, not so good for the planet. Here’s some good news that may surprise y...

How Smoking Affects Our Vision

2017-11-20

Every organ in the body can be harmed by smoking, and that includes the eyes. The disease we usually think of when we hear “health risks of smoking” is lung cancer, but the damage smoking can cause isn’t limited to the lungs. A smoking habit can actually damage eyesight faster than disease,...

Goodbye Glare, Hello Photochromic Lenses!

2017-11-13

How many times have you stepped outside looking forward to feeling the sun on your face, only to wince at the sudden glare? The obvious remedy is sunglasses, but that can become complicated for those of us with prescription glasses. Short of buying a separate pair of prescription sunglasses or we...

Finding The Right Frames For Your Face

2017-11-06

It’s easy to make fun of the idea that Superman can hide his identity behind a pair of glasses. However, anyone who wears glasses knows that they can make a major difference to the way someone’s face looks. They’re almost like a customizable facial feature! This is why it’s so important t...

Watching Out For Diabetic Eye Disease

2017-10-30

The American Diabetes Association estimates that 23.1 million Americans have been diagnosed with diabetes. At least another 7 million remain undiagnosed, and that still doesn’t include the additional millions who are considered pre-diabetic. But what does diabetes have to do with vision health?...

Look How Far Corrective Lenses Have Come!

2017-10-23

Can you imagine wearing glasses with lenses made of crystal? Your ancestors could. Corrective lenses have come a long way from when they were first invented, and we aren’t just talking about what they can do for different types of vision problems, but what they’re actually made of. Timeline O...

Blog

Woodbury Family Optometry Blog

Protecting Your Eyes From Snow Blindness

Low Vision Home Safety Tips

Taking Care of Your Eyes in the Digital Age

Heterochromia: Causes And Types

Toys And Activities For Vision Development

Common Patient Questions And Concerns

Envisioning a greater future: One contact lens at a time.

How Smoking Affects Our Vision

Goodbye Glare, Hello Photochromic Lenses!

Finding The Right Frames For Your Face

Watching Out For Diabetic Eye Disease

Look How Far Corrective Lenses Have Come!

All Eye Care Services

Keep In Touch

Contact Information

Hours of Operation

Blog

Woodbury Family Optometry Blog

Protecting Your Eyes From Snow Blindness

Low Vision Home Safety Tips

Taking Care of Your Eyes in the Digital Age

Heterochromia: Causes And Types

Toys And Activities For Vision Development

Common Patient Questions And Concerns

Envisioning a greater future: One contact lens at a time.

How Smoking Affects Our Vision

Goodbye Glare, Hello Photochromic Lenses!

Finding The Right Frames For Your Face

Watching Out For Diabetic Eye Disease

Look How Far Corrective Lenses Have Come!

All Eye Care Services

Keep In Touch

Contact Information

Hours of Operation

Login

OR

Save Search

Saved Searches

Modal title

Update Profile