Zig Eyewear: Eyewear at a new level of fashion and style. Bright colors and intricate details make this collection unlike any other. Create a new look that is truly unique, with designs ranging from whimsical and ornate to dimensional and industrial.

To learn more about this upcoming addition to our collection you can visit their website @ http://zig-eyewearusa.com/ziggy.html

In daily activities at home, work and play, fogged lenses can be a real bother for eyeglass wearers.  Optifog is a new breakthrough technology with superior anti-fog properties. It has an advanced anti-fog top coat that, when combined with the Optifog Activator, provides long lasting fog free vision. The top coat and the Activator work together like Velcro. Each of their unique properties combine to create a revolutionary anti-fog solution.

You can read more about OptiFog at their website HERE

Be sure to stop by our Concord, NC office in Afton Village and take a look at the new OptiFog…

What is the Varilux Physio Enhanced Fit System? (Per the Varilux Website)

Personalized lenses for superior visual performance
With Varilux Physio Enhanced Fit™ you can offer superior visual performance, personalized for each of your patients.

Optimized for both the wearer’s prescription and position of wear, this latest innovative design unlocks new potential and raises Varilux Physio Enhanced™ performance, for the sharpest vision in any light condition and unmatched comfort in the near zone.

Your patient’s visual performance is affected by changing positions of wear. This results in aberrations that affect visual performance. Lens personalization assures optimal vision for each patient – in each lens design.

For your single vision patients who demand a personalized lens solution, ask about the Essilor Fit™ Single Vision lenses.

Measuring for Personalization
ECPs can measure for these products by using any digital or manual patient measurement device. Essilor recommends the Visioffice® System for its accuracy and ease of use. If no digital measuring device is available, we recommend using the Varilux® Patient Measuring Tool for manual measurements.

Availability: For Progressive and Single Vision wearers

Varilux Physio Enhanced Fit™ is available in a full range of materials, and is a 100% digitally surfaced DualOptix™ product.

Essilor Fit™ Single Vision is available in a full range of materials, and is 100% digitally surfaced.

Read more about the Varilux Physio Enhanced Fit here…

Visit the Varilux website here

Here is a little bit about Fysh designer frames…

Hooked on Life: The Big Fysh Philosophy:

Inspired by the beauty and freedom of the sea, Fysh UK symbolizes the choice to take your passion from within and apply it to everything you do.

Embrace You Uniqueness:

With fun and funky styling, creating textures and penetrating colors, Fysh UK gives you the freedom to express yourself and put something new out into the world.  Knowing who you are is empowering. Having the power to show it is invigorating.

LIVE BIG, DREAM BIG, LOVE BIG!

Visit the Fysh UK Website HERE

We have posted a new “Ask the Eye Doctors” question below.  You can view all of our questions and answers as well as ask your own questions here.

Question:
My son is 12 years old. He has worn glasses since he was two. His eyes are +7.75 in the left eye (left eye is also lazy but, is corrected when glasses are on) and +7.25 in the right eye. I took him to be fit for contacts today and the eye doctor told me that when kids get older, you should wean their prescription down. She fit him for the contacts  and put him in +6.25 in both eyes. She did this even though his eyes have not inproved. She also said that he now has an astigmatism in the left eye as well. Is this a normal thing for an eye doctor to do?! He didn’t even keep the contacts in because he said he couldn’t see and everything was blury. Should I get a second opinion or is this normal? – B.

Answer:
Thank you for the question.  I think you will have different answers to your son’s situation depending on who you ask.  My answer assumes that your sons is fully corrected to 20/20 with his current glasses.  If not, the actual best corrected vision would be another piece of information I would need.  I personally do not decrease the plus power if someone has adapted into the full power.  I often “cut the plus” power when someone begins wearing glasses or contacts with a prescription as high as his.  This technique is very common among all eye doctors.  Your sons situation is different in that he has been wearing full correction for 10 years.  As far as his contact lens prescription, that may be a matter of going back to your doctor and having a contact lens check.  Often times we have to adjust the power a few times on subsequent contact lens checks.  - Dr. James Harris

So, come on into the office and check these frames and styles out today.

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