THE BIG FIT!

THE BIG FIT is happening tomorrow in our practice on gloucester road. Every thought about wearing contact lenses but not sure if you would get on with them well now is your chance. Come along to our practice on gloucester road tomorrow and give them a try. We are open from 9am to 4.30pm.

Sun protection for young eyes

Research conducted over the last 30yrs has shown that many serious eye conditions associated with aging are in part a result of cumulative exposure to UV over a lifetime. Children are especially at risk because of the time the spend outdoors, large pupils, and a clear crystalline lens. For example 75% of UV is transmitted through the crystalline lens of a child under 10, but only 10% is transmitted by the crystalline lens of someone older than 25yrs.

We always ensure that children wear adequate sunscreen but few children wear sunglasses to protect their eyes as the risks of ocular damage from UV has not been as adequately communicated.

What you can do to help protect your child from the sun:

• Never let them look directly at the sun
• Always wear good quality sunglasses that are marked with CE or BS EN1836:2005. We have a number of suitable sunglasses in the practice suitable for young children and teenagers.
• UV has been implicated in a number of eye conditions later in life such macula degeneration, pinguecula, pterygium and development of cataracts.
• It is important to make sure your children wear their sunglasses both during the summer and the winter.

The wearing of sunglasses is especially important will children are involved in water and snow sports because of the increased exposure to UV.

March

Its almost a whole week since we had lots of little people coming to explore our lovely new practice on Gloucester road. And just like the last time the most exciting area was the instore lab which the kids found absolutely fascinating - seeing how glasses are made. Its reassuring to see that over half the kids have had sight tests but it also shows we have a way to go to ensure that all children have a sight test before they even start school and continue to have one every 1-2yrs. It was also interesting to see that about 2/3 of the children wear sunglasses, so parents are becoming more aware of the damage that sun can do to young eyes.

We can't believe its almost a month since the lovely new Gloucester road practice re-opened, it looks so lovely and bright now.

When one door closes, another opens....

A picture of our lovely shop on Gloucester road, empty and ready to be refurbished.

We've relocated across the road for the duration of the re-fit, hopefully you've been able to find us there.

Our first day back is the 28th of February so do pop in and have a look.  We are also planning a bigger opening event in early March that is not to be missed!

temporary new home

Lots of changes are set to happen over the next few weeks as the gloucester road practice is refreshed. Yesterday saw us relocating - not that far away- to across the street. We've brought all our lovely frames and sunglasses with us - so its a home away from home. And we can still spy across the road at all the wonderful changes that are being made.

school visit

Yesterday, saw lots of 'little people' in the Gloucester road pratice as we had some kids from a local school come and visit us. They were very enthusiastic...and we thoroughly enjoyed having them visit.

Gloucester road

Yesterday was an eventful day in the gloucester road practice - there were some tears as we waved goodbye to our old reception desk (its going to a good home)....with even more changes set to happen over the next few weeks.