After your sight test, if you need spectacles, the optometrist (Clare or Jane) will recommend the type of glasses you need based on your prescription and vision. After that, it’s over to Francesca to help you decide on your…
At the end of your sight test the optometrist will let you know when they want to see you again. They will make that decision based on a few different factors including your general health, age, vision, eye health…
Presbyopia affects patients in their forties and older. The word ‘presbyopia’ actually means ‘old sight’ and the condition is characterised by someone needing help focusing on near objects, even if they have never worn glasses before or if they…
After your sight test, you may have been told that you are long sighted (or hyperopic/hypermetropic in optician speak) – this basically means that you have difficulty focusing on things close up but can usually see far away quite…
After your sight test, you may have been told that you are short sighted (or myopic in optician speak) – this basically means that you have difficulty seeing things far away but can usually see close up quite well.…
If you have astigmatism, you will have blurry vision at all distances as a result of the cornea (the front surface of the eye) or the lens inside the eye being ‘irregularly’ shaped. This is nothing to worry about…