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Flex 125 Spending Account Funds: Time to Use it Or Lose It
5 Scenarios To Avoid Next Year By Using Your Flex 125 Funds Today Why Your Flex Savings Account is a Tax Savings Superhero for Eyewear It’s the Holiday Season! Everywhere you look, there are decorations, lights, and people in good spirits! What a wonderful time...
10 Ways to Safeguard Diabetic Eyes
Protect Your Vision: 10 Essential Tips to Safeguard Diabetic Eyes It’s a fact: Living with diabetes means that you are more likely to experience vision problems. But here’s another fact: You can help prevent diabetic eye disease or slow its progression by being diligent in keeping your blood sugar levels down! High blood sugar causes damaged blood vessels, which leads to diabetic neuropathy, diabetic macular edema, cataracts, and glaucoma. These conditions can then cause vision loss and other health problems. After 15 years of living with diabetes, 98% of Type 1 diabetics will have some degree of damage to the retina, while 78% of Type 2 diabetics will experience irreversible...
Choosing Stylish Frames to Flatter Your Face Shape
Picking the Perfect Sunglass Shape For Your Face It’s incredible how many different styles of sunglass and eyewear frames there are to choose from, isn’t it? Wouldn’t it be great if you could narrow your selections down, rather than trying on pair...
5 Advantages of Prescription Sunglasses
If you wear prescription eyewear, have you ever experienced this scenario? For whatever reason, you don’t have contact lenses in. Maybe you don’t wear them, or if you do, maybe it’s allergy season, or you ran out of contacts or perhaps you just...
Optometry Myth Busters: Sunglasses
Optometry Myth Busters: 6 Facts You Need to Know about Sunglasses Did you know that the first sunglasses were invented in 12th century China? They weren’t quite as sophisticated as the styles you’ll see in our office, but they served their purpose: a cut...
Why Kids Need High-Quality Sunglasses
Are you a safety- and health-conscious parent? You are if you teach your kids the importance of brushing their teeth, buckling their seatbelt, and wearing the proper protective equipment for sports including shin guards, helmets and knee pads. But are you overlooking...
Top 5 Features of Performance Eyewear
If you wear glasses, you’re probably thankful that they help you see clearly. But what else can your glasses do for you? Some eyewear goes above and beyond the call of clear vision, supporting and protecting your eyes and vision in innovative ways. Today’s...
Protect Your Eyes, Inside and Out
March is Save Your Vision Month, a time to remember that we’re born with one pair of eyes to last our entire lives, and serious injuries can happen in an instant. With a focus on awareness and adopting a few simple best practices, you can protect your eyes for a...