Joseph Pennington

What does a pair of £5 reading glasses say about you?

Posted on 06/08/2017 (08/07/2017)

What does a pair of £5 reading glasses say about you? Many great things have been said about the eyes. The great Roman philosopher Cicero described the face as a picture of the mind and suggested, “the eyes are its interpreter.” In the Bible, Matthew said they are “the lamps of the body”, and in an instant can reveal your health according to how bright they shine. And maybe most famously and profoundly Shakespeare proclaimed they are “the windows to your soul”….

How safe is Laser Eye Surgery?

Posted on 31/07/2017 (08/07/2017)

How safe is Laser Eye Surgery? When asking friends and family and talking to people around the office about Laser Eye Surgery, you’ll probably find a lot more people have had it than you first thought. Not too long ago we couldn’t escape knowing if someone we know had received Laser Eye Surgery — they’d spend weeks fretting about the procedure, posting blogs about their journey, and making everyone else share their experience. But today it’s not so much of a…

PRESBYOND® Laser Blended Vision surgery recovery time

Posted on 22/07/2017 (20/02/2019)

PRESBYOND® Laser Blended Vision surgery recovery time If you know a little bit about PRESBYOND® Laser Blended Vision, you may have noticed it treats the symptoms of presbyopia in a similar way to the traditional approach of monovision. This is indeed true. Both treatments work by increasing the range of your vision by independently altering the focus of each eye — one to work better up close, and the other to work better at a distance. But the similarities end there….

When does presbyopia start?

Posted on 16/07/2017 (17/02/2021)

When does presbyopia start? Literally meaning “old eye”, presbyopia is the medical term we use for the natural effects of ageing on the eye. The first thing you’re likely to notice is a loss of ability to read fine print and focus on objects up close. It may be you’re holding the newspaper further and further away or squinting to read material you could once see clearly. Add to that stress, eyestrain, and headaches, and you’ve got a typical case of presbyopia. But…

How to look good in your glasses?

Posted on 02/07/2017 (07/06/2017)

How to look good in your glasses? You’ve tried to embrace them as the fashion accessory — you really have. But unlike Jennifer Aniston or Anne Hathaway, you weren’t blessed with perfectly symmetrical features. Your face doesn’t fit nicely into one of the common categories — “Square, diamond, heart, or base down triangle? More like oblong-triangle with a dash of square”— and the only style that does looks good on you went out of fashion twenty years ago. But they’re easier and safer…

Fed up of cheap reading glasses

Posted on 29/06/2017 (05/06/2017)

Fed up of cheap reading glasses They were never meant to be part of your life. It was just another day on a routine shopping trip, after a morning of straining to read this month’s bank statement and the small print on product labels, when you finally decided enough is enough and paused as you passed the revolving rack of shame. You casually rotated the stand, trying to give off an air of passive interest, and then, when nobody was looking…

Anxious about Laser Eye Surgery? Read why you don’t have to be

Posted on 26/06/2017 (24/09/2019)

Anxious about Laser Eye Surgery? Read why you don’t have to be Most of us have a weird, visceral reaction to the thought of someone touching our eyes. And even hearing the word mentioned in the same breath as ‘laser’ is enough to make us cringe. So when it comes to actually considering or preparing for the surgery, well, you can take that icky feeling and times it by ten. Add to that even the slightest trace of negativity about Laser…

Why Laser Eye Surgery could benefit you

Posted on 23/06/2017 (05/06/2017)

Why Laser Eye Surgery could benefit you Wearing glasses or contact lenses can at times feel like being in a relationship: you can’t live with them, but you can’t live without them. So you put up with their non-stop annoyances and tendency to disrupt everything in your life. For the benefits it’s worth it, you tell yourself. But why compromise with second best when you can have the prize guy? With Laser Eye Surgery, you can show your second-rate visual aids the door and…

Wake Up Sharp — Not Blurry with Laser Eye Surgery

Posted on 17/06/2017 (05/12/2023)

Wake Up Sharp – Not Blurry – with Laser Eye Surgery All of us, at one time or another, have woken up with a foggy head and hazy vision – sometimes accompanied by a whisper of a headache. Having fumbled around on the bedside table for your glass of water or stumbled, arms stretched out in front of you, to the bathroom, you might not even be able to see yourself properly in the mirror. But while for some, this…

9 Facts about Laser Eye Surgery to put your mind at rest

Posted on 14/06/2017 (24/09/2019)

9 Facts about Laser Eye Surgery to put your mind at rest No marketing hype or fake news here. Just 9 concrete, evidence-backed facts to wash away your doubts and fears and clear up your understanding of Laser Eye Surgery — once and for all. 1. You will not go blind from Laser Eye Surgery Essentially, no. Technically there is an exceedingly small risk of blindness with laser eye surgery but it is lower than the risk of wearing monthly…

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