Until the advent of contact lenses or intraocular lens implants spectacles were the only means of achieving a finely focused image on the retina after a cataract operation. Although in many cases this is most satisfactory, there are limitations to such correction. At first some patients find that wearing thick cataract glasses causes a number of problems which arise from magnification of the image, distortion in the peripheral part of vision, and some limitation of the field of clear vision.
These all result from the spectacle lens itself rather than from the operation. Read the rest of this entry »
The correct colour of frames for you is based on your season and hair colour. When buying plastic frames, choose the same colour as your hair, but one shade lighter. If you are pale or sallow-skinned, do choose plastic frames, which bring colour to your face. Autumns in particular should consider this option.
Winters and Summers, the cool seasons, should make sure that their frames — particularly brown ones — are not reddish or golden. Even tortoiseshell must be a cool brown. If you choose metal frames, they should be silver-toned. Read the rest of this entry »
This not always possible for people to go to a competent I physician for relief. As the method of treating eye defects presented is comparatively new, it may be impossible to find a physician in the neighborhood who understands it, and a person may not be able to afford the expense of a long journey or take the time for treatment away from home. To such persons I wish to say that it is possible for a large number of people to correct defective eyesight without the aid either of a physician or of anyone else. Read the rest of this entry »
It is also obvious that the method must have prevented other errors of refraction, a problem which previously had not even been seriously considered, because hypermetropia is supposed to be congenital and until not long ago astigmatism was also supposed to be congenital in the great majority of cases. Anyone who knows how to use a retinoscope, however, can demonstrate in a few minutes that both of these conditions are acquired; for no matter how astigmatic or hypermetropic an eye may be, its vision always becomes normal when it looks at a blank surface without trying to see. Read the rest of this entry »
A shortsighted young woman, to take the opposite of this case, had a passion for mathematics and anatomy and excelled in those subjects. She learned to use the ophthalmoscope as easily as the farsighted girl had learned Latin. Almost immediately she saw the optic nerve and noted that the center was whiter than the periphery. She saw the light-colored lines, the arteries; and the darker ones, the veins; and she saw the light streaks on the blood vessels. Some specialists never become able to do this, and no one could do it without normal vision. Her vision, therefore, must have been temporarily normal when she did it. Her vision for figures, although not normal, was better than for letters. Read the rest of this entry »
If you wear glasses I hope you realise that they are your most important accessory. The same goes for sunglasses. Choose the wrong frames and you can look ineffective, unattractive and even sinister, but the right glasses focus all our attention on you and your eyes. Some women like to have several pairs so they can achieve different looks and there are some ideas for casual, business and evening looks. Other women find that one well-chosen pair is sufficient. Read the rest of this entry »
Admittedly, eyeglasses do have a few advantages over contacts. They’re easy to get used to and easy to care for, but if you’ve ever worn glasses, you’re all too familiar with these annoying disadvantages:
They May Not Be Flattering. Behind thick glasses, which correct large refractive errors, eyes look abnormally big or small. Glasses also tend to hide the natural beauty of the eyes, one of the most important and communicative features of the face. In spite of designer frames (which go out of style) most people look better without glasses. Read the rest of this entry »
