Possible Eye Diseases For Contact Lens Wearers | Shinagawa Blog

Possible Eye Diseases For Contact Lens Wearers

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Contact lenses have a lot to offer someone with poor vision. And at such an affordable price, they seem like an attractive alternative to glasses with their strong points. In fact, here are the advantages of contact lenses:

  • You can’t snap or break them
  • They don’t fog up
  • You can wear them while exercising
  • You can buy them as and when you need them
  • They don’t require a large upfront investment

However, like any other quick-fix solution, they come with an equal number of weaknesses as well:

  • They are easily lost
  • They don’t perform well in extreme weather conditions
  • They can’t be worn for certain sports and activities like swimming
  • They require a certain level of care and maintenance
  • They can cause dry eyes and irritation
  • They cost more than LASIK over time

Some of these points may sound trivial to those who are new to wearing contact lenses and experiencing their benefits — particularly ex-glasses users. And it wouldn’t be too bad if that all their drawbacks. But the thing is, the list doesn’t end there.

Being a contact lens wearer is in some ways like being an ice road trucker. When nothing bad happens, it’s a good day. But when something does go wrong, it can be disastrous.

Unfortunately, due to the set guidelines that exist for wearing and looking after your lenses, it’s also not too difficult for things to go wrong. As a result, failure to store and clean them properly, wearing them for too long, or not replacing them when necessary, are all factors that can contribute to the long-term degradation of your vision.

If you’re ready to ditch the contacts, Shinagawa is the place to go for you. We are ready to give you a brighter vision with the best LASIK treatments in the country.

Call our Patient Care Lines: (+632) 7-368 5238 l (+63) 917 862 7454 l (+63) 921 217 0517 for inquiries, questions, and appointments or talk to our consultants via LiveChat here on our website.

Steps For Your Healthy Eyes | Shinagawa Blog

Steps On How To Keep Your Eyes Healthy

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Keeping your eyes healthy shouldn’t be a chore.

Here are easy steps you can take to look at to ensure you’re seeing bright and clear as you carry on with life.

Have an eye-friendly diet

An eye-friendly diet would be one rich in green leafy vegetables such as spinach, broccoli, and cabbage. Such foods may help delay the onset of cataracts and age-related macular degeneration AMD. Other foods such as oranges, kiwis, seeds, nuts, and oily fish have also been shown to improve eye health and slow down such harmful eye conditions.

Maintain good eye hygiene

You wouldn’t think your eyes to be unclean places, but we touch them up to one hundred times a day and so are constantly transferring bacteria to them from various questionable surfaces.

It’s recommended to avoid rubbing your eyes too much, especially when in unclean or outdoor environments. It’s also advisable to always thoroughly wash and dry your hands before putting in contact lenses to avoid potentially sight-threatening infections.

Change your make-up regularly

Many people out there are wearing make-up that could be damaging their skin and eyes. This is because all makeup has a shelf-life, with some products lasting a few months and others a few years. It’s therefore important to check the packaging of your make-up often, as well as remove it each night before bed to further reduce the chances of infection.

Always use sun protection

It’s a big myth that you can only damage your eyes when the sun is out and shining bright. The fact is, even on cloudy days, it’s possible for your eyes to experience UV damage. For this reason, it’s essential to wear high-quality sunglasses with full UV protection when it’s sunny, cloudy, windy, or whatever, as well as when in high glare areas.

Check your family eye history

There are more than 350 hereditary eye diseases, including glaucoma, keratoconus, color blindness, and corneal dystrophies. If you are aware of your family’s eye health history, it becomes much easier to diagnose, treat, and manage such diseases.

Have regular eye check-ups

It’s already been mentioned once but as many people leave having a check-up until too late and their vision is limited, you can never mention it enough.

Eye doctors recommend you have an eye test at least once every year, no matter if you think your vision is better than it’s ever been. Some sight-threatening conditions such as glaucoma have virtually no symptoms. But one visit an experienced eye doctor, and it can easily be picked up and treated before it gets worse.

Like to have the most comprehensive eye exam of your life? Get in touch with our friendly and experienced eye team!

Call our Patient Care Lines: (+632) 7-368 5238 l (+63) 917 862 7454 l (+63) 921 217 0517 for inquiries, questions, and appointments or talk to our consultants via LiveChat here on our website.

Avoiding Suffering From An Eye Injury | Shinagawa Blog

Avoiding Suffering From An Eye Injury

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Whether your field of means of work may be, a clear vision is essential to getting the job done as efficiently and effectively as possible.

Let’s take a look at five of the main factors that are most important in keeping your eyes safe from harm:

Proper eye care and protection
The vast majority of eye injuries can be avoided. And the best way to ensure you avoid them or that you have the best possible protection when they do is to wear the right eye gear. From non-prescription safety glasses and goggles to face shields, helmets, and full-face respirators, the proper eye protection depends on the type of work or activity you are engaging in.

If you feel what you are doing could harm your eyes in any way, it’s important to talk to a professional who should inform you and provide you with any protective gear you may need to wear.

Liming your screen time
Limiting screen time may not seem like a way to avoid eye injuries. After all, it’s not like by sitting in front of a computer you are at much danger of an injury. However, as using a screen for prolonged periods of time can cause eye fatigue, reducing their use means you help keep your vision sharp and clear, and that you stay alert and awake.

The best way to limit your screen time is by using the 20/20/20 method. Basically, for every 20 minutes of screen time, you take a break of at least 20 seconds to look at an object at least 20 feet in the distance.

Taking such breaks and performing such exercises on a regular basis is essential for maintaining good eye health and safeguarding both your near and distance vision.

Sanitized and clean environment
Another way to prevent eye injuries is to ensure the environment is free from any hazards that could potentially lead to a problem.

Again, hazards are specific to the environment you are in. But a few common things to look out for are sharp, pointy objects, slippery surfaces, objects blocking walkways, loose wires and leads, low-hanging lights, and loose cupboard doors or wall fixtures.

Regular eye exams
Along with the aforementioned factors, there are many other preventative measures you can take to avoid eye injuries, such as handling hazardous material or hardware safely and with proper lifting techniques.

However, by far the best way to look after your eye health is to visit an experienced eye doctor and have regular eye examinations.

Eye professionals can spot signs of injury or diseases long before they show visible signs. In this way, having regular check-ups can ensure you spot something early, or something minor you may have missed, and help you retain clear and healthy vision over the long run.

That’s what our eye doctors do at Shinagawa — give you the best eye care and treatments possible. To find out more about the eye care or vision correction treatments, book an appointment with us! Call our Patient Care Lines: (+632) 7-368 5238 l (+63) 917 862 7454 l (+63) 921 217 0517 for inquiries, questions, and appointments or talk to our consultants via LiveChat here on our website.

Brighter Future Together For Jeff & Nikki | Shinagawa Feature Story

Brighter Future Together For Jeff & Nikki

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Engaged couple Jeff Rafael and Nikki Conti are looking ahead to the brightest future for them.

The partner doctors and entrepreneurs made sure that they will shine the brightest in their upcoming wedding on September 12.

Jeff & Nikki both had their LASIK done at Shinagawa last year as part of their preparations for their big day.

They now both enjoy better than 20/20 vision as they gear up for their lives together.

“We have been very happy and thrilled with the results. It has been a life-changing experience for us and one of the best decisions we made in 2020,” shared Jeff.

Before having LASIK, the couple has been struggling with blurry vision, limiting their abilities in lots of ways in their professions.

Prior to their procedures last year, Jeff had a high eye grade of over 200 for both eyes while Nikki’s was over 100 with astigmatism.

As they are about to embark on their journey as a married couple, their vision will most certainly not be a problem anymore. We are glad to be part of their journey.

“We hope that our story could reach to those who have doubts and insecurities with regards to LASIK. We can definitely recommend Shinagawa and its quality services provided by their reputable ophthalmologists.”

For partners in life who are struggling with poor eyesight, you can take the same path!

Call our Patient Care Lines: (+632) 7-368 5238 l (+63) 917 862 7454 l (+63) 921 217 0517 for inquiries, questions, and appointments or talk to our consultants via LiveChat here on our website.

Advantages Of Anti-Radiation Glasses | Shinagawa Blog

Advantages Of Anti-Radiation Glasses

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Anti-radiation glasses that are designed to filter out blue light from computers, smartphones, and tablets are becoming increasingly popular. Ads for these glasses claim overexposure to blue light can cause a number of problems, including digital eye strain, sleep cycle disruption, or even blinding eye diseases.

These are for good reasons.

Advantages of Anti-Radiation Glasses

  1. Anti-radiation glasses adopt the advanced vacuum ion plating technology and can block electromagnetic radiation, therefore have no side effects on the eyes.
  2. The lens contains anti-radiation materials which means it could absorb low-frequency microwaves and eliminate potential symptoms like fever, headache, fatigue, and dryness.
  3. Anti-radiation glasses have the functions of penetration and absorption, which vary according to the different lights. And the wearer would have a fresh and natural vision.
  4. As to computer workers as well as those who love watching TV and playing video games, anti-radiation glasses can prevent the eyes from harmful rays.

Still, the best way to keep your eyes healthy and your vision bright is to have regular eye checks and corresponding treatments, if necessary.

We thrive on taking good care of eyes and vision at Shinagawa! Schedule a needed eye check with us.

Call our Patient Care Lines: (+632) 7-368 5238 l (+63) 917 862 7454 l (+63) 921 217 0517 or talk to our consultants via LiveChat here on our website.