Seasonally named eye conditions! We’re sure that you’ve come to recognise our optometrists, Dr. Euan McGinty and Dr. John Wilson, are eye geeks through and through. So for this holiday season, our eye guys thought they’d share some seasonal naming quirks for eye conditions! All of these are real eye conditions … well … almost […]
What’s scary about choosing eyewear?
We have many wonderful interactions with people coming in to Ocean Optometry to look for eyewear, but in the eighteen months since we have opened we have come to realise that perhaps we do things a little differently! I’m not sure if it’s right or wrong; better or worse … it’s just how we do […]
What exactly is a comprehensive eye examination?
When you schedule your eye examination at Ocean Optometry, you can be sure that we are going to take very good care of you and your eyes. Many people may wonder what is involved in an eye examination and may even be a little nervous about it, so let’s try to demystify it a little. […]
Dry Eye – an interview with our optometrists
Dry eye complaints are something both our optometrists, Dr. John Wilson and Dr. Euan McGinty are seeing more and more of in their day to day consultations. With people spending more time doing visually intensive tasks, working on computer screens for extended periods and working in environments with controlled atmospheres which are often dry, it […]
Mental Health
This is going to be a slightly difficult blog post to create, it shouldn’t be … and that’s part of the problem. This week actor and comedian Robin Williams ended his battle with mental health issues by taking his own life. At age 63 he was not going through some sort of growing pains or […]
Tints, mirrors, polarization and other sunwear technology
We’ve all become much more aware of the need to protect ourselves from the damage that the sun’s UV rays can cause. Powerful campaigns like Slip-Slap-Slop has helped to educate us to the need to make sure we take the necessary precautions. The importance of the advice from these campaigns can not be ignored and […]
New York / Vision East Expo … The Revenge!
After so many wonderful days of eye geekery, it was definitely time to head home. Day six was done, we had finished with the expo, safely hopped on board the shuttle bus headed to the airport and settled down. We traversed Manhattan on the way out and managed a last fleeting glimpse of some of […]
New York / Vision East Expo Day 6
Wow! Our sixth day in NYC, this trip has turned into quite some marathon! With yet more appointments, though, it was time to dig deep and find the energy and enthusiasm to keep going. All packed up, a quick coffee and muffin at the Yotel does the trick and we head off back to the […]
New York / Vision East Expo Day 5
Hard to believe that this is our fifth day in NYC, this is turning into quite the marathon event. Looking at our schedule we knew that this was going to be a busy day, we had a lot of appointments, and quite a special day – we would only be spending half of it at […]
New York / Vision East Expo Day 4
With our heads full of exciting ideas from yesterday’s day long workshop and evening festivities, we got up early to prepare for our full first day at the Javits Center. We already had a series of appointments set up for the day, with them carefully spaced out to ensure that we had time for browsing […]
