• Published On: April 7, 2025

    As a former glasses wearer, and current daily listener to complaints about glasses, I present the following top 10 grievances. They are listed in order of grief. 10. I hate having to update the prescription every year or two People don’t like doing this. How do I know? I’ve been yelled at twice this [...]

  • Published On: February 24, 2025

    Once the lens becomes stiff and stuck in the distance, the autofocus is gone. This usually happens somewhere between the ages of 42 and 48.

  • Published On: July 30, 2024

    In many cases, surgical correction of refractive errors is possible using modern surgical techniques such as LASIK.

  • Published On: April 4, 2024

    That’s because it is the result of the normal aging of the eye that affects 100% of people as they progress from age 42 to 50.

  • Published On: November 28, 2023

    The color that is getting refracted (changing course as it hits an interface) the most is always violet, and it is right next to its neighbor

  • Published On: November 22, 2023

    That machine is called a phoropter. And despite its old-timey look, it is still the most accurate test we have for prescribing glasses.

  • Published On: October 17, 2023

    Considering that we didn’t even have screens to look at until two generations ago, that number of hours per day has gone from zero

  • Published On: August 11, 2023

    As much as I would love to say that LASIK is for everyone, it’s important to make the decision based on your personal circumstances.

  • Published On: July 27, 2023

    LASIK is the procedure that promises to turn blurry vision into 20/20 dreams, but there’s so much more to it than meets the eye.