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Eyewear & Contacts • April 9, 2020

Safely Wearing Contact Lenses During This Time

Contact lenses can be worn safely while preventing potential contamination by following the proper contact lens care instructions, which include thoroughly washing, cleaning, and drying your hands prior to handling contact lenses. Good hygiene practices as important as ever before As always, wash your hands with antibacterial soap and water before putting on or taking…

Eye Health • April 9, 2020

Managing Spring Allergies

Itchy, red, watery eyes? Yes, it is that time of the year again where allergies rear their ugly head. Pollen-related allergies are typically the most common in Spring. To add to this, with physical isolation, we are also suddenly finding ourselves indoors much more than normal. Dust(mites) can also find a way to cause annoyance…

Eye Health • April 9, 2020

Screen Time & Your Kids

Like you, we are managing WFH with our kids. Screen time is inevitable and online classes, programs and YouTube Videos keep the kiddos busy while you work. Did you know 90 mins of outdoor time per and helps limit the progression of nearsightedness? That said, these next few weeks are going to involve a significantly LARGER…

Eyewear & Contacts • April 6, 2020

10 Tips for Choosing Children’s Glasses

A lot goes into choosing the right glasses for your child. Not only does your child need to like the frames, but they need to be durable and comfortable as well. The eyeglass lenses are an important aspect, too. If you’re looking for glasses for your child, here are some tips to help you find…

Eyewear & Contacts • March 31, 2020

How to Care for Ortho-K Lenses

How Your Eyes Depend on Your Cornea The way an eye works is by taking in visual data made up of light and shadows into the cornea. The cornea refracts (bends) this visual data through the pupil (the opening of the eye, through the interior of the eyeball). The image projects onto the back of…

Dry Eye Disease, Eye Care Treatments & Medications, Eye Health • February 6, 2020

Don’t Turn a Blind Eye to Dry Eye

The Canadian National Institute for Blindness says that an estimated 30% of Canadians suffer from chronic dry eye. That means nearly one-third of us live with the frustration and discomfort every day. Despite this very high prevalence, I have found that many patients believe their dry eye disease is an inconvenience rather than an actual…

Eyewear & Contacts • January 31, 2020

Scleral vs. Toric vs. Hybrid Contact Lenses: Which is Right for You?

When contact lenses were first invented back during the 1880s, they were made of glass and used to treat slight symptoms of astigmatism. However, they were incredibly uncomfortable and only could be worn for a couple of minutes at best. Despite their issues, contact lenses took off, and decades of research and innovation were poured…

Eye Care Treatments & Medications, Understanding Your Vision • January 21, 2020

Blue Light – Fact vs. Fiction?

One of the biggest buzzwords over the last few years has been blue light. Consumers hear eye care professionals tell them all the time that blue light is dangerous to their vision, there's no escaping it, and only blue light lenses can protect them. Although, some of this may be true, how do you separate…

Understanding Your Vision • December 12, 2018

Is My Vision Perfect? What Does 20/20 Vision Actually Mean?

How clearly do you see? See & Be Seen's Dr. Yang explains what optometrists mean when they say your vision is 20/20. Have a question? Comment below! See & Be Seen is Toronto's urban eye care experience. Visit us at See And Be Seen Eyecare. (Music courtesy of bensound.com)

Eye Care Treatments & Medications • November 27, 2018

Are All Eye Drops the Same? 5 Things to Consider When Buying Over-the-Counter Eye Drops

Find out which eye drops will work best for you. See & Be Seen's Dr. P is here to break down the differences in over-the-counter eye drops. Have a question? Comment below! See & Be Seen is Toronto's urban eye care experience. Visit us at See & Be Seen Eyecare

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Safely Wearing Contact Lenses During This Time

Managing Spring Allergies

Screen Time & Your Kids

10 Tips for Choosing Children’s Glasses

How to Care for Ortho-K Lenses

Don’t Turn a Blind Eye to Dry Eye

Scleral vs. Toric vs. Hybrid Contact Lenses: Which is Right for You?

Blue Light – Fact vs. Fiction?

Is My Vision Perfect? What Does 20/20 Vision Actually Mean?

Are All Eye Drops the Same? 5 Things to Consider When Buying Over-the-Counter Eye Drops

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