Your eyes play an important role in your daily life. From reading and driving to watching the news and your child's first steps, it is easy to see why having healthy eyes and vision is essential. Unfortunately, certain conditions may arise, reducing the quality of your vision and your underlying health. Considering an estimated 20.5 million Americans, 40 years of age or older, are affected by cataracts, learning about this common eye condition is smart.
11 December 2015
If bright lights that others seem to tolerate well leave you covering your eyes out of fear that they will trigger yet another headache, then you likely have photophobia, which is a severe sensitivity to light. There are many underlying causes of this problem, and some are more medically problematic than others. However, you can treat your photophobia easily to greatly reduce or even eliminate your frequent migraine headaches. Two steps to take now that you know there is a term for your problem is figuring out what the cause may be and finding a solution to manage your light sensitivity.
22 July 2015
Have you been searching for a new look? Changing your eye color can make a definite but subtle change in the way your face looks, and it's easily achieved with colored contacts. Or, if you're looking to make a more dramatic statement, you can do it with decorative contacts that let you change your eyes in obvious and unlikely ways – turn your eyes red like those of a vampire or make your human eye look like a cat's eye.
13 July 2015
