Frame selection goes far beyond just fashion and trends. Your prescription plays a role in the kind of frame you choose, especially if it’s high. Big frames are fashionable, but may not be appropriate for high Myopes, whose lenses are...
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Frames: Is Your Frame Sitting Correctly?
The frame is a very important part of your spectacles, not just because it holds your lenses. The optical centre of the lens needs to be aligned with your pupil, to ensure optimal visual performance. This is even more important...
Contact Lenses That Go Dark In The Sun..?
Acuvue and Transitions have collaborated on a contact lens that darkens when exposed to UV light, just like transition lenses. This is a very exciting innovation, and I for one cannot wait to see how they work and look. They...
What Is Astigmatism?
Astigmatism is a condition where the cornea (transparent layer covering the coloured part of the eye) is oval instead of perfectly round. This irregular curve means that light rays entering your eye focus in two different places on the light-sensitive...
Prescription Lenses
A lens is a lens, and they all work the same way and do the same thing, right? Wrong. It starts with your prescription. There is a basic prescription and there are additions to it. This, in combination with things...
Phone Lines Back Up
Our Woodlands office phone line is back up and working again, thank you for your patience. The 0118440409 number is fully functional again.
Common Myth
An eye examination is only necessary if you have problems Not true. You might experience accurate vision but you have no idea of what is going on in your eyes. Preventive maintenance will keep your eyesight working much longer. An...
Common Eyesight Myths
Reading fine print for too long or Reading in dim light will damage your eyes Not true. You will experience eye strain, yes. But this will disappear after resting. There is no evidence to suggest permanent damage from reading fine...
Phone Line Down
Please note our Woodlands phone line (0118440409) is currently down, until it’s fixed, can reach us on these numbers: 0118440400 – ask to be transferred to the Optometrist 0118003218 – Our Megawatt Park Office 0839904240 Or email info@tekozaoptom.co.za / info@megaoptom.co.za
Keratoconus
Keratoconus is a progressive eye disease in which the normally round cornea begins to weaken and becomes more cone-shaped. This cone shape deflects light as it enters the eye, causing increasing nearsightedness and problems with distorted and blurred vision. Keratoconus can...