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Visual stress? Those words meant nothing to me until Christmas 2024, when I was at a work event and met Kimberley Harrison, the CEO of Cerium Visual Technologies (CVT), a UK company helping a subset of children and adults who struggle to read due to visual stress.
A little while ago, my friend invited me to join her on a glasses shopping trip and I, of course, accepted immediately! Little did I know the experience would be such an eye-opener.
Eyewear is often considered a means of self-expression, empowering individuals and boosting their confidence. But glasses can be highly gender-specific, which can make some patients feel uncomfortable shopping for them.
The issue of wearing contact lenses (CLs) in water-related settings is incredibly challenging. I'm not just talking about swimming – a splash-park experience during my family's summer vacation in Spain inspired me to seek some professional advice.
Barbie, Barbiemania and Barbiecore are buzzwords dominating the media over recent weeks. Ever since the premiere of Barbie, the world has been abuzz over the iconic doll-inspired movie.
For the past few years, we have been hearing a lot about blue-light filtering lenses. Some swear by them, others think they are just another marketing crusade to trick consumers into thinking they need something they don’t.
Since motherhood, I’ve been paying more and more attention to kids' glasses. Not that my children need them (yet), but some of their friends do and my eight-year-old niece started her glasses journey
Much like the rest of the world, the Mido Eyewear Show had to endure a two-year hiatus, eventually taking place on 30 April-2 May 2022, belatedly celebrating Mido’s 50th anniversary.
When you think of an optical store, what immediately springs to mind? Do you imagine mirrors and racks of glasses with a very serious, medical vibe? As a specs wearer from age 12, that’s definitely the vision I have become accustomed to.
When the first Pfizer-BioNTech jab was given to 91-year-old Briton Margaret Keenan in December 2020, it gave the world hope that an end to the Covid-19 pandemic was achievable. But it also had everyone wondering how safe such a quickly developed vaccine could be. Of the seven vaccines approved by th
In today’s society there seems to be a lot of emphasis on maintaining that youthful look. Recently, Jennifer Lopez turned 52 and the media went into a frenzy, obsessing over her exercise, beauty and make-up regimes. What if I said to you that eyewear can help your clients achieve that youthful look
When Covid-19 first broke out, things had never felt so uncertain and every sector had to react quickly. Now, with a year’s hindsight, we can see how the optical industry navigated its way to where we are now. In the UK, where I’m based, dispensing opticians (DOs) have been allowed to operate during
