ByWP

ByWP - We get quite excited about innovative frame design! Our new range of stainless steel styles are so ingeniously understated, without pins or screws to lose!  We love the subtle colours available in satin or gloss finishes, the classic shapes will suit every face and skin tone.  Ultimately comfortable to wear with soft silicon nose pads, very lightweight indeed. Whether you're looking for a style that is fashionable, functional or both, these frames tick all the right boxes!

LaFont

Lafont – We have a fantastic new range this year, which are handmade in Paris!

This ranges offers a sophisticated style with beautiful shapes and colours, which are totally different from traditional designs. Many of the stunning plastic frames have been manufactured using a laminating technique to give the unusual effect of two-tone colour! Whether you fancy a Leopard print design or a more subtle tortoiseshell colour there is a design for everyone!

Our business manager Kerri wears the Audace Model, it has beautiful lazer cut sides – Look out for her!

June was National Glaucoma month. Glaucoma is a condition that most people have heard have but don’t necessarily know that much about.

Glaucoma is the name given to a group of conditions in which the optic nerve suffers damage at the back of the eye. Definitions vary internationally: in the UK this damage is defined as Glaucoma when it causes a characteristic peripheral visual loss. It is often, but not always associated with raised pressure inside the eye.
Without treatment, the loss of vision usually gets worse over the course of many months or several years. The loss of vision in glaucoma is permanent, but with early treatment, the damage to vision can be minimised.
Most patients with glaucoma are not aware of problems with their vision. This is because the central vision (for reading and recognising people) is only affected when glaucoma has advanced to a late stage.
For most glaucoma patients, the main effect of the condition is the inconvenience of taking eye drops.

Even when central vision is still good, glaucoma may affect the vision needed for driving and getting about. Blindness from glaucoma is rare. If blindness does occur, it is usually because the glaucoma is already advanced when it is first diagnosed, because the eye pressure has not responded well to treatment or because patients have not taken their drops regularly.
At Lynne Fernandes Optometrists we can conduct different levels of assessment. A routine eye examination will pick up Glaucoma through 3 main screening techniques.

1. Measuring intraocular pressure
2. Assessing visual fields
3. Assessing the optic nerve

We also offer more detailed assessments under our EyeSense scheme. These will pick up smaller changes meaning Glaucoma may be diagnosed earlier. This is obviously a good idea.
Also many of our patients who are treated for Glaucoma by the NHS use EyeSense as a safety net to allow for possible variability in NHS follow up appointment delays.
What are the different types of glaucoma?
Adult glaucoma falls into two categories – open angle glaucoma and closed angle glaucoma. These categories are subdivided, according to whether the cause is unknown (primary glaucoma) or known i.e. the high eye pressure is caused by other conditions of the eye (secondary glaucoma).

Fire last saturday

Its lovely to be back in the practice today after all the drama on saturday. We're all still in shock over the fire last saturday, it all happened so fast and was so dramatic. I was based in the Well's practice and was shocked to hear all the tales from the gloucester road team. It seems everything was normal one moment and the next there was thick black smoke bellowing up gloucester road. Over safety concerns the practice had to be evacuated which mean't we had to close the practice for the rest of the day on saturday. Happily we're back to normal today (normal opening hours).

National Eye Health Week

This week is National Eye Health week. Vision is one of our most vital senses and one that we fear losing the most yet very few people realise the importance of regular sight tests. Sight tests are not just about prescribing glasses anymore they are vital health checks as well. It is essential to pick up any problems as early as possible as it is often easier to manage in the early stages.

 It is important for everyone to have a sight test at least every 2 years but it is even more important if you are:

-         under 18yrs old

-         over 60yrs old

-         diabetic

-         family history of glaucoma

-         someone with a learning disability.

The national screening committee recommends that all children should have a sight test at age 4-5yrs to assess their vision and future requirements.

You should always visit your optician if you have any concerns about your vision at any stage.

If you’re not able to go to the opticians due to a physical or mental illness they can come to you.

Some people are entitled to help from the NHS towards their sight test and cost of spectacles. For further information look at http://www.nhs.co.uk/.

Grand re-opening of Lynne Fernandes, Gloucester road.

Saturday May 7 was buzzing.
Our Gloucester Road practice held an open day to celebrate it's new look and it's gorgeous new collection of frames.
We had over 500 people visit and enter 3 competitions....and the response to the new look was fantastic
Roger Owen the original optometrist, also popped in. Actually he was so excited and proud of the way the practice has been developed he stayed all afternoon exuding his well loved charm and reminiscing with long standing patients.
Gerard Fernandes, director said: " It's a delight to be able to show off our teams hard work to the local community. We're positive Lynne Fernandes Optometrists will continue to the place for eye care on the Gloucester Road and today will show our community how we will find and display spectacle designs that are as unique as our amazing Gloucester Road community"

Grand re-opening

Grand re-opening of Lynne Fernandes Optometrists, Gloucester road this saturday (7.5.2011). Come along and see the beautiful new store. Food and drink available on the day.
Goody bags for everyone who books an appointment or purchases a pair specs on the day. There will be a raffle on the hour and at the end of the day with the chance to win a pair of designer sunnies. There will also be a number of other competitions running throughout the day. For anyone who orders a pair of spectacles they will receive 10% off their purchase.