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Contact lenses are a convenient and comfortable alternative to glasses, but they do require regular maintenance to ensure optimal vision and eye health. In this video, we provide tips for cleaning and storing your contact lenses, including the use of proper solutions and avoiding common mistakes like sleeping in your lenses. Ensuring you get the … Read more
Are you tired of dealing with the hassle of cleaning and storing your monthly contact lenses? Have you considered switching to daily disposable contacts? If not, you may be missing out on numerous benefits that can improve your vision, comfort, and eye health. Convenience In our latest video, Dr. Marcus Cuff explores the numerous benefits … Read more
Preparing for your first time in contacts? In this video, Dr. Thomas Cunningham, a top-rated eye doctor for Performance Eyecare, shares his tips for first time contact lens wearers. Our best advice for patients preparing to wear contact lenses is to not worry! Before attempting to put the lenses in, we recommend practicing getting your (clean) … Read more
Don’t delay in making your eye appointment! Take advantage of your flexible spending accounts Your flexible spending deadline is most likely fast approaching, so be sure to spend your flex dollars wisely. Many flexible spending plans have a deadline of December 31st, so be sure and check with your plan administrator to determine the specific … Read more
Q: How can I be certain that I can wear contact lenses? A: We can assure you if you are a great candidate for contact lenses, especially with the advanced technology that our office utilizes. For example, did you know there are bifocal contact lenses for those with presbyopia and lenses for our patients who … Read more
The question of the summer: Can I swim with my contact lenses in? The simple answer is: it should be avoided whenever possible to prevent bacteria in your eye and other damage occurring to the lens. Not only can bacteria grow in your eye, but swimming with your contacts in can result in various eye … Read more
If you’re looking to create a subtle, bold or anywhere in between look, getting colored contact lenses might be the way to go. Prescription color contacts can correct your myopia, hyperopia or astigmatism while enhancing or completely changing your eye color. Plano color contacts are worn purely for cosmetic purposes and have no lens power … Read more
Colored Contacts are all the rage these days, giving people the option to change the look of their eyes in an instant. Even if you don’t need contacts to correct your vision, you can purchase them for cosmetic reasons, just like you can purchase glasses with non-prescription lenses. There are 3 types of colored contact … Read more
Not everyone is an ideal candidate for contact lenses. If you have one or more of the following conditions, contact lens wear may be more difficult: astigmatism dry eyes presbyopia giant papillary conjunctivitis (GPC) keratoconus post-refractive surgery (such as LASIK) But “difficult” doesn’t mean impossible. Often, people with these conditions can wear contacts quite successfully. … Read more
Are you 40 years old and beginning to experience blurred near vision when reading or working at the computer? You may have developed presbyopia. Presbyopia is widespread in the United States as the people in the country are growing older than in previous years. The growing number of older citizens generates a huge demand for … Read more
There’s no need to sit around waiting and wondering when your prescription contact lenses are going to be finished. At Performance Eyecare, we have several hundred contact lenses in our office and can routinely fit our contact lens patients the same day. It is not uncommon to hear from our new contact lens patients, “You … Read more
Progressive addition lenses (also called progressives or PALs) are the most popular multifocal lenses sold in the United States. Sometimes called “no-line bifocals,” these line-free multifocals provide a more complete vision solution than bifocals. Instead of having just two lens powers like a bifocal – one for distance vision and one for up close – … Read more