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How to protect your eyesight

January 21st, 2010 by Stephen Simon No comments »

Human eyes are very important organs. Eyesight is the ability to interpret information from visible light reaching the eye. It is also known as visual perception. Many people believe that their eyesight is the most important sense that human beings have. By daily protection of eyesight you can reduce the risk of developing eye diseases.

Eating foods that is good for eyesight is the easiest way to protect your eyes. Food that is rich in antioxidant vitamins and minerals supply nutrition for eyesight. For instance, alfalfa, pea sprouts, leeks, lettuce, carrots, tomatoes and other green vegetables rich in carotenoids or vitamin A is good for eyesight, and fruit is also good, especially to eat citrus fruits, grapes, lemons, bananas, apricots. Dried chrysanthemum can be used as scented tea, and has the effect of protecting eyesight too.

Avoiding bad habits, such as smoking or drinking, and developing good habits, such as juicing, and wearing sunglasses when outside, will help you protect your eyesight. People with a fast lifestyle can try to reduce stress, they will also improve the eye health.

Computer is very common today, you may spend much time visiting the web pages or reading office texts. If you have difficulty in reading, harmful to your eyesight, you can hold the “Ctrl” button on your keyboard while scrolling the roller wheel upward.

Finally, having routine eye exams in the hospital every year is a step that can’t be ignored in protecting your eyesight.

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Women’s fashion reading glasses

January 20th, 2010 by Charles Garrana No comments »

Women reading glasses come in a huge variety in the market. Ladies may be confused when shopping in an optical store or online for women reading glasses. You can find women reading glasses in all brands and various fashion reading glasses for women. The first consideration for women to select women reading glasses must be fashion. Researches say that men reading glasses are bought on the criteria of durability and fit. However, women reading glasses attract customers by fashion and looks. So, fashion reading glasses are usually particularly for women.

Before buying fashion reading glasses, ladies should be aware that what kind of look they want: the current style or a new image. Sometimes, a new pair of fashion reading glasses will create a profoundly new image of you.

Secondly, you should consider the prices of Women’s Glasses. A single pair that costs top price may convey your richness. But if you have several economical pairs of fashion reading glasses, more looks are available for different situations.

The color of women reading glasses is also important. Since different color may bring different vision effects, fashion reading glasses usually appear in different colors through out the year. The color of women reading glasses should also coordinate with the correct color of the clothes that they often wear.

Some style and fashion magazines provide great help in showing the latest fashion reading glasses. You can read through them or just visit the shop and have a try.

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How can a businessman find and choose a good location for running a glasses shop?

January 19th, 2010 by Arthur First No comments »

Glasses shop, also known as optical shop, provides people with the eye care service, such as the prescription eyeglasses, prescription contact lenses, eyeglasses repair and so on. Some glasses shop also sells sunglasses, although there are professional sunglasses shops selling only sunglasses. Sunglasses shop or glasses shop seems to attract a lot of businessmen, especially to those who himself is an ophthalmologist or optometrist for the reason of professional skills. Setting up a sunglasses shop or glasses shop is not easy. You must know something about market strategy, shop location and customer demography, etc.

The principle of a sunglasses shop location choice is introduced in the following, and it is the same when you want to operate a glasses shop.

When you locate your sunglasses shop in a downtown mall with more high-end brands, it is better to sell the high-end sunglasses with gorgeous decoration. Although the rent occupies a large amount of your shop’s overhead, you have the advantage of being exposed to huge potential customers. People come to the mall care more about brand and style of the sunglasses but not the price, so you are suggested to provide with reputable top brands, fashionable style and excellent service.

When you open your sunglasses shop in a strip mall with more low-end brands, it is better to offer the discount top brand sunglasses or unique sunglasses. Although the strip mall is usually located far away from the downtown and not exposed to the huge potential customers, the discount of top brand sunglasses itself is quite attracting. People would prefer to travel a long way to get a good deal on the purchase. Furthermore, the renting cost is relatively low.

When you choose to run your sunglasses shop at a market stall, it is better to provide with cheap but high quality sunglasses. Although the profit of a single pair of sunglasses may be low, there will be a steady customer flow. If you can sell more sunglasses, you can also earn a lot. Furthermore, the renting cost is extremely low here.

Please remember that the products determine your shop location, and the location determines the market strategy you should adopt. After you study the customer demographics well, you are sure to choose a most proper location of your glasses shop or sunglasses shop, and your shop will work well without question.

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Women and eyeware

January 19th, 2010 by Arthur First No comments »

In early 20th century, women did not use eyeware in public because at that time people in the world, especially people in Europe, thought wearing eyeware is a matter of stigma. Later on as the eyeware design and materials developed, the aesthetic emphasis of eyeware was stressed, eyeware became a sign of beauty on the face. More and more women started to wear eyeware in work and in public.

Study shows that women pay more attentions to how eyeware looks and fits on their face, while most of the men look at the comfort of eyeware. It is usually not easy for women to tell the difference between good and bad quality eyeware. For this please always ask an optician in your vicinity as opticians know the specific model of eyeware being reviewed and commented by other wearers.

Women are persistent in buying more than one pair of shoes and bags. But most of the women are still pretty conservative to buy more than one eyeware for different occasions. The recently emerging online eyeware retailers offer very appealing deals on handful of trendy eyeware at affordable prices without your bank account. As for women, eyeware is more a piece of fashion outfit than a medical instrument.

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Eye exercise in oriental country

January 18th, 2010 by Randa Fritch No comments »

Eye exercise is a kind of vision therapy. For example base-out prism reading, stereogram cards, computerized training programs, and the wearing of convex or concave lenses. It is usually used by orthoptists and ophthalmologists for strabismus treatments or convergence insufficiency treatments. But it is believed that it can’t purely improve monocular visual acuity such as amblyopia. Sometimes, eye exercise simply by moving eyeball from left to right or up and down can relax the eyes.

China has developed special eye exercise related to acupuncture point for the relaxation of eye muscles. There are about ten couple acupuncture points around the eyes, for instance, “Yuyao” are the point located at the medical aspect of the eyebrows, “Zanzhu” are the poinst located at the nasal bridge, and “Shibai” points are on the cheeks about 4cm below the centre of pupils. Chinese student usually do eye exercise daily before they begin class. The eye exercise involving four steps with the eyes closed. The first step of eye exercise is massaging of “Yuyao” point with the thumbs pressing against the 2 points in a circular movement to a count of 8 beats per cycle. Repeat 8 circles. The second step of eye exercise is massaging of “Zanzhu” points with two fingers of one hand, also repeat 8 cycles. The following step is massaging of “Shibai” points with the index fingers. The last step of eye exercise is pressing on “temple” points with the thumbs while sliding round the upper and lower eye sockets with the knuckle of the index fingers.

Eye exercise can not be used as the treatment of serious eye disease.

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Brief introduction of an eye clinic

January 18th, 2010 by Randa Fritch No comments »

An eye clinic is a place or hospital department offering eye care. The mission of the eye clinics is to provide a wide range of optometric services for each patient. There are mainly three kinds of staffs in the eye clinic: ophthalmologists, optometrists and optician. Both ophthalmologists and optometrists in the eye clinics can do routine eye exams including detecting of visual acuity, closer exam of the outer structures of the Eye, view the retina and associated structures, and other health problems using professional equipment of the eye clinics. They can deal with the most common eye problem of refractive errors and can prescribe eyeglasses or contact lenses to make the patient see clearly and stock fashionable eyewear in the eye clinic. Opticians in the eye clinic can use the prescriptions written by either ophthalmologists or optometrists to fit and sell eyeglasses for the patients.

Besides refractive errors, there’re many other kinds of eye diseases. Relevantly, there’re usually many subspecialties in the eye clinics. Each subspecialty in the eye clinic has one or more ophthalmologists, expert in a specific area, such as cataracts, corneal diseases, glaucoma, macular degeneration, diabetic eye disease, vitreo-retinal surgery, oculoplastics, pediatric eye care, sports eye clinics, eye alignment disorders and refractive surgery (LASIK).

When choosing an eye clinic for eye surgery, some factors should be considered. These factors including: the doctors’ experience, expertise and attitude, the history of the eye clinic, the instrument used in the eye clinic.

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Mens and women reading glasses

January 17th, 2010 by Mark Burns No comments »

Depending on gender difference, there are two general types of reading glasses: mens reading glasses and women reading glasses. Within each segment, a huge variety of styles, colors and brands are available. Both the various mens reading glasses and women reading glasses can make you look like conservative or outlandish. You can just make a choice. Within each type, different reading glasses may change your complete impression that others receive. A pair of horn rimmed reading glasses is suitable for intellectuals. This may explain the phenomenon that many people keep more than one pair of mens reading glasses or women reading glasses. They can express different images under different situations. Actually, there are some difference between mens reading glasses and women reading glasses.

Usually, mens are less aware about the appearance and the image they create than women. Men hardly forsake fit and comfort for looks. So, mens reading glasses always look more general. Large oval mens reading glasses fit home relaxation such as put up your feet on the table while reading. And rectangular ones are suitable for office wearing. Mens reading glasses always have clean lines, solid design and sophisticated styling.

Women have long known that different glasses express different looks. Most women will buy several women reading glasses for various occasions. Rhinestone women reading glasses may appear in formal occasions and a slim rimless business pair for office hours. Besides function, women reading glasses care mostly about the fashion, design and looks.

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Wear fashion glass to change your look

January 16th, 2010 by Jay Furlong No comments »

Knowing the most recent eyewear trends is essential for you to decide what type of fashion eyewear you are going to pursue. It is true that the eyewear trends change more constantly that people’s prescription does, and people are viewing fashion glass more like other fashion stuff line jewelry and apparel.

The function of today’s fashion glass is far more than helping people seeing clearer. Fashion glass does change people’s look and appearance more than ever, while for people who don’t want to change their fashion glass too often, better not choose those which are not too trendy, as fashion eyewear trends change too fast and therefore last too short time.

Though it seems not an easy job to choose your fashion eyewear, some basic rules need to follow such as the face shape, complexion, clothes you usually wear and other typical factors. The fashion glass, if properly chosen, will brighten your face and hide your bad points of your image.

Some rich people can even try designer fashion glass. Designer eyewear not only bears the styles, but also the top quality both in materials and craftsmanship. Fashion glass in designer names is more a piece of dignified ornament.

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Brief introduction of CIBA Vision

January 15th, 2010 by Jean Caster No comments »

CIBA Vision is the world’s leader in the researching, development and manufacturing of all types of innovative contact lenses, related are products and ophthalmic surgical products. The parent company of CIBA Vision, Novartis, is a Switzerland-based company, which engages in the research and manufacturing of pharmaceutical products for human health and animal health. CIBAVision itself is headquartered in Atlanta, GA, USA.

CIBA Vision was founded in 1980 by CIBA –Geigy in an effort to diversify its business. After the merging of CIBA –Geigy and Sandoz in 1996, Novartis was created. Since then CIBA Vision became the eye care unit of Novartis. Through years of innovation in materials and formulations, CIBA Vision invented a couple of new brands of contact lenses such AIR OPTIX, Night & Day and Dalies. These products are unique and innovative in the industry of contact lenses. The branded “FreshLook” of CIBA Vision is the global leader in the market of color contact lenses. CIBA Vision color contacts offer a wide array of colors, modalities and styles, enhance the wearer’s eyes for cosmetic purpose. CIBAVision also take leading role in the area of les care market by providing the market with unique solution of independent brand names.

The ultimate target of CIBAVision is to provide safe and affordable alternate for people’s vision correction, improve people’s livelihood, making people more beautiful by offering wide selections of eye care products.

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Wide variety of Bausch Lomb lenses

January 14th, 2010 by Edward Turner No comments »

As the world leading contact lenses, Bausch Lomb lenses have developed a wide range of lenses to meet the different eye needs of different people. No matter myopia, hyperopia or presbyopia or astigmatism, you can easily find a style of Bausch and Lomb lens to suitable for your eye problem. The following will take one as an example for each eye problem to illustrate the features of Bausch and Lomb lens:

Purevision Bausch and Lomb lens is a good choice for myopia. This kind of Bausch Lomb lenses are equipped with the excellent performance of 30-day continuous wearing with the breakthrough technology. More import, Purevision Bausch and Lomb lens are GS (Gas Permeable), which enable people with extreme comforts.

For hyperopic people, it is recommended to wear Opitma 38 Bausch Lomb lenses. This kind of Bausch and Lomb lens is manufactured by the technology of “Reverse Process III” to make it easy to fit. And good on-eye lens centration is ensured by the lathe-cut rear surface.

Purevision Multi-Focal Bausch Lomb lenses are designed for presbyopia. This Bausch and Lomb lens is the only silicone hydrogel lens equipped with the No.1 selling multifocal design. Purevision Multi-Focal Bausch Lomb lenses make the natural presbyopic correction accomplished by the center-near aspheric design.

For astigmatism, you can have a try on Solfens toric Bausch Lomb lenses, which can be fit for all astigmatic patients. You can choose from daily wear or up to 7 days continuous wear contact lens. Solfens Toric Bausch Lomb lenses offer people with excellent comforts enabled by high oxygen permeability.

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