Peters Opticians Blog

We often get asked how to correct vision for distance and near in contact lenses. Whilst this can turn into a very complex subject I will give a brief explanation here to help you ask the right questions to your optician if you are wanting clear distance and reading vision in your lenses, or if you wear bifocal, varifocal or single vision reading glasses and are interested in contact lenses. Ignoring the various different types of contact lens material and disposability, this

Smudges and grease occurrence on your lenses are a common problem when your skin excretes oil and dirt from day to day handling. Using water to clean your glasses should be avoided for metal frames, although washing up liquid is the preferred choice with its’ ability to cut through grime. Soap on the other hand does not have the same qualities and may cloud up the lenses. We recommend solutions that allow your glasses to last longer combining not just better vision but a long

Screens are central to our world these days… With some people spending 8 hours looking at their work screen, interspersed with checking their phone, then another session at home browsing online, can our eyes actually cope with all this screen work? Many of our tasks are screen based. Laptop, iPads, phones, and sat nav systems are just a few. The Stare Factor. Science has shown, that on average we blink every other second, so in a 30 second span, we blink 15 times. When we con

So it’s annoying isn’t it? Your eyes stream when you slice through those onions. Every time. And as your eyes fill, it’s harder to see, so you s l o w d o w n, Which is worse, because you just want to get it over with. Why is this? When you cut through onions, it starts a number of chemical reactions which results in a gas that irritates the eyes. Syn-propanethial-S-oxide, to be exact, So why do you cry more than others? Some people have better tears than others - a better m