“Thank you, Dr Brauer!”

“I’ve been wearing contact lenses for 22 years which is most of my life. For the first 18 years of this journey I wore hard contact lenses (rigid gas permeable lenses), this was horrible, my eyes were constantly red, I would delay putting them in till I was about to leave for work and often […]

COVID-19 AND YOUR EYES

Understandably, the global COVID-19 pandemic is the major topic on TV, in newspapers, on people’s minds and in our daily conversations. As we try to make sense of it, countless questions are being asked and the answers come from a variety of sources and are often conflicting. Some of these questions relate to the eyes. […]

Through Different Eyes

Talk about seeing the world through new eyes. Not long ago, we celebrated the beginning of a new decade. To many, it felt like the dawning of a new era. And suddenly, here we are. Sitting inside our homes for 21 days. I’m not about to ignore the seriousness of the situation, or put a […]

EYE-QUIT! A CLEAR-EYED REASON TO STOP SMOKING

The harmful effects of smoking on the health of the body are well-known. It comes as no surprise that smoking has been linked to eye disease, too. When we take a puff of a cigarette or exhale smoke, the smoke wafts upwards towards the eyes, making them water, burn, look red and feel gritty. While […]

Hungry Eyes

For “2020: The Year of the Eye,” the American Academy of Ophthalmology intended to list 20 vision-healthy foods. Instead, they came up with 36! It is widely believed that failing eyesight is an inevitable aspect of aging, but it has been found that a healthy lifestyle, which includes a healthy diet, can significantly reduce the […]

What Colour Is That?

Colour blindness is a condition that is often misunderstood. The name implies that colour blind people are unable to see colour and can see only black and white, but this is not true. A more accurate term would be “colour vision deficiency” because people are able to see colour but they see a much narrower […]

Change The Way You See The World

CHANGE THE WAY YOU SEE THE WORLD A contact lens is a thin lens placed directly on the surface of the eye and is a comfortable convenient alternative or addition to wearing glasses. Leonardo Da Vinci is frequently credited with introducing the idea of contact lenses in 1508, although his methods were not practical. Modern […]