Ophthalmology Blog

As the school year approaches, ensuring that your child is ready for academic challenges is a priority for every parent. One critical, yet often overlooked, aspect of school preparedness is a comprehensive eye exam. Good vision is essential for learning and development, and uncorrected vision problems can significantly impact your child’s academic performance and quality of life. Here’s why it’s important to schedule an eye exam before school starts and how you can help reduce the risk of vision problems in your children.

Our vision plans give you exactly what you need. Comprehensive, budget friendly and personalized care that enables you to commit to good vision health.

This guide was created to assist you in choosing the lenses that are best for you and your needs.

Why vision deteriorates despite wearing glasses? Is it really so difficult to find non-Chinese frames and lenses? Do savers always pay twice? Get clear answers to these and other questions by Arthur Benjamin - the founder of the optical store "Bella Optique" which has opened at Benjamin Eye Institute.

An investment in your personal vision is to make a careful and appropriate lens selection. This process is carried out in the BEI office with a high level of scrupulousness. First of all, you will be trained on insertion and removal as well as the care of the lenses and leave the office with a trial set of lenses. As soon as you determine that the lenses are satisfactory you’ll be able to order a yearly supply of lenses and begin a life free from prescription glasses!

All systems in the body, including the visual system, are linked to the biological clock. It’s about falling out of the 24-hour cycle. 70% of people who are completely blind experience this issue. This fact opens the door to a trendy modern theme: the possibility that the time of day affects the efficacy of therapy for some illnesses (such as surgery). Is it better or wiser in the morning or the evening?

Dr. Benjamin is busting some myths about myopia. Do you need your glasses prescription to be a little weaker to train your eyes? Does constant wearing of glasses exacerbate poor eyesight? Read on!

„A silent killer” – glaucoma and a new way of detecting this insidious chronic eye disease, that can be achieved by “smart” contact lenses for pressure monitoring. Keep your eyes open - the time, when intelligent lenses are in the way of sharing their best practices is around the corner.

Lenses that do not require surgery - a unique method discovered by Australian scientists. The advantages of these scleral lenses are in special cover cells with healing properties. They make the new lenses in a few hours and are compatible with various injuries, including chronic ones.