Benefits Of Contact Lenses – Pros & Cons

This post was most recently updated on February 20th, 2021Wearing contact lenses does provide many benefits when you are comparing them to glasses, but is one necessarily better than the other? Sure for those of you that may have an active lifestyle, contact lenses would be much easier than dealing with your glasses falling off, …

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Plastic vs Polycarbonate Lenses – Is One Really Better?

This post was most recently updated on June 2nd, 2020Whenever you go purchase glasses you are always given a variety of different choices when it comes to lens materials. All the different types of lens materials vary in weight, thickness, scratch resistance, and impact resistance. This is often a difficult decision to make if you …

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Effects of Blue Light on Eyes – New Study Reveals How it Damages Your Eyes

This post was most recently updated on November 6th, 2019With the boom in technology things like communication, traveling, shopping, and many other things have gotten a lot more convenient. Information travels from one end of the planet to the other side of the planet in a matter of seconds.  Things like smartphones, tablets, and computers …

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Are Transition Lenses Worth It?

This post was most recently updated on July 2nd, 2020Everyone who wears glasses understands all the pains of dealing with the bright sunlight. While most glasses come equipped with 100% UV protection, there is a difference between your eyes being protected from the sunlight and the bright glare that you get when the sun is …

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UV Coating on Glasses – Meet the Sunblock for Your Eyes

This post was most recently updated on June 2nd, 2020Whenever we go outside, most people understand that it is important to put on sunblock to help protect your skin from the harmful UV rays of the sun, but what about our eyes? We all know that the sun doesn’t have to be shining for harmful …

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Anti-Reflective Coating on Eyeglasses – Putting AR Coating To The Test

This post was most recently updated on June 3rd, 2020An anti-reflective coating is a coating that is supposed to enhance your vision by allowing more light to be transmitted through your lenses onto the eye. The reason why an anti-reflective coating is necessary is because there isn’t a material out there that allows 100% of …

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Plastic vs Metal Eyeglass Frames – Which Eyeglass Frame Should You Pick?

This post was most recently updated on June 2nd, 2020I am going to warn you straight from the start that this article is going to be very bias because I just LOVE plastic frames. I have tried many metal frames over the years and I can rarely find a frame that I truly loved. That …

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Benefits of Polycarbonate Lenses

This post was most recently updated on June 2nd, 2020If you are a longtime eyeglass wearer, there is a good chance that you may have been offered polycarbonate lenses once or twice in your life. Even if you are a new eyeglass wearer, you might have heard the word polycarbonate come up once or twice …

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How Often Should You Get An Eye Exam? – 5 Signs You Should Get An Exam As Soon As You Can

Lady Getting An Eye Exam

This post was most recently updated on August 13th, 2021Working in the optical field for over 10 years I noticed that there are people that come in for their eye exams annually, some people that come in for their eye exams every two years, and then there are those people that wait 3 years or …

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About Us – Meet Your Online Optician

This post was most recently updated on May 22nd, 2020Here at Eye Health HQ, we’re focused on everything that has to do with eyes. From glasses to contact lenses, we help compare eyewear retailers and help you find the most affordable places to take care of all your eye care needs. Looking to save some …

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