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Do your feel eyestrain even with your new glasses? Does it seem difficult to concentrate when working? It might be that your eyes are not working efficiently with each other. It’s similar to the wheels of your car being out of alignment. Your car drives forward but it is not easy to steer. To sol...

Modern technology, in solving old-world problems often leads to other new-world problems. A ‘glaring’ example of this is with heads-up displays in modern vehicles. Polarised sunglasses, once considered the best sunglasses in the world, often interfere with the virtual image created by most heads-...

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The question which contact lens wearers often ask is: “Why should I replace my disposable contact lenses before they become uncomfortable?” That’s similar to only brushing your teeth once you have a sore tooth. By the time your body tells you that you need to take action, it’s often too late. Dis...

Amblyopia
The visual system can be compared to the root system of a tree.
If the tree was stunted at growth, the root system will be weak and the tree will not grow to reach its full potential.
Similarly, in a “lazy” or amblyopic eye, the root or neural system at the back of the eye is underdevel...

In South Africa, a person suffering from Keratoconus may wait up to 10 years for a cornea to become available for a transplant. Support organ donation. Contact the Eye Bank to give the gift of sight.

How many times do you think that I, as an optometrist, have heard that starting to wear glasses can make your eyes weaker? This is like saying that starting to wear shoes can make your feet bigger. Spectacles, like shoes, allow one to function comfortably, without being the cause of any change.

Prior to cataract surgery, one is often offered a “premium” multifocal intra-ocular lens (IOL) implant by the eye surgeon. The quality of vision one often achieves with this type of IOL is a similar quality of vision one achieves when looking into a clear pond after throwing a pebble into the pon...

Anxiety
One should not underestimate the negative effects that anxiety plays in one’s ability to see clearly and comfortably. An anxious person suffers excessively from minor errors in vision and struggles to adapt to changes in the prescription.