by Elke Smit | Mar 5, 2021 | Uncategorised
Anti-Reflective coatings. Worth the expense? What is an anti-reflective coating? An anti-reflective or anti-reflective coating (AR coating) is a type of optical coating applied to a spectacle lens surface to reduce reflections. This coating can make a significant...
by Elke Smit | Feb 17, 2020 | Uncategorised
Do your eyes burn, itch and feel like tiny grains of sand scraping over your eyes Ilse? More and more people suffer from dry eyes. However, the condition is more common among older people, as your tear glands tend to become less productive with age. Many people...
by Elke Smit | Feb 17, 2020 | Uncategorised
A target can mean many things Ilse. I studied zoology before I became an optometrist and working outdoors in the field, one should be very focused. This type of focus really helped me keep my eye on target. In particular, my clients vision. But Ilse, the target I am...
by Elke Smit | Feb 17, 2020 | Uncategorised
Elke, I see tiny black-shaped specks that seems to drift or move when I try to read or work on the computer! What you notice there, Ilse, are floaters which are tiny clumps of gel or flecks of protein in the vitreous that fills your eyeball behind the lens. For most...
by Elke Smit | Feb 17, 2020 | Uncategorised
I recently had a marked increase in patients visiting the practice with the following complaint: “Elke, this morning I woke up with an extremely red eye! It is not painfull but it looks awful! Should I be concerned?” My answer is always that this is...
