Martin Wheeler Optometrists Blog

Seeing as we are surrounded by this amazing glorious sunny weather, we thought we would share with you a good quality lens which will benefit and protect your eyes from Ultraviolet rays. FACT: Did you know that UV rays are invisible and painless but pose a constant threat to our eyes. * Current lenses only offer partial protection, and studies show that UV rays are reflected into the eyes by the back surface of lenses. * UV rays on the back of the lens are harmful as light of

Not all transitions lenses actually work the same way in the car as they do anywhere else – they darken in reaction to the presence of ultraviolent (UV) light. The problem stems from the fact that most modern car windscreens already filter out harmful UV rays. Your windscreen is normally quite different from the rest of your glass, in that it’s two pieces of glass laminated with a layer of plastic – vinyl – in between. You then have a triple-layer system…which contains UV inh

Ultraviolet rays from the sun are incredibly damaging to our eyes, so proper eye protection is important at any time of year. However, choosing the right sunglasses is no easy task with so many choices available. Polarized sunglasses are specialized eyewear designed to reduce GLARE from surfaces such as water, snow and glass. First, we need to know what GLARE is. Glare is difficulty seeing in the presence of bright light such as direct or reflected sunlight. It can generally

Ready readers; they’re everywhere. In the local supermarket or high street store, at some “too good to be true” prices too. But just what are the advantages and disadvantages of buying an off the shelf pair of reading glasses, as opposed to a pair prescribed by your local optician? Ok, yes; they may save you money in the short term, but cheap reading glasses could actually end up costing your eyesight. The so-called ‘ready readers’, which sell for as little as £1 in high stre