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There are a number of conditions which can affect your eye health and often have uncomfortable symptoms. Knowing exactly which eye condition you have helps you to treat yourself as best as possible with home remedies, and also allows you to know when to seek help for something more serious. Blepharitis is a relatively common eye condition which occurs due to inflammation and infection of your eyelids. There are two different types of blepharitis so we’re going to cover the differences between each, risk factors for them, and how they can be treated.

It’s that time of year when all the trees regrow their leaves, the flowers are blooming, and the days are longer and warmer. Unfortunately for the 18 million people in the UK who suffer with hay fever, the air is filled with pollen at this time of year. Pollen is a fine powder that plants and flowers release which can trigger an immune response...

April 2022 marks 30 years since we performed our first laser eye surgery procedure at Optimax! You may not have heard, but our first patient was actually our founder and chairman, Russell Ambrose. He founded the company in response to the enthusiasm shown by London teaching hospitals about the amazing results of laser eye surgery. In fact, Optimax was one of the first private clinics to offer laser eye treatment, as well as being the first to introduce Intralase lasers for LASIK treatment.

The days are growing longer, the weather is getting warmer and, on hot days, our houses are getting stuffier. With talk of a heat wave this summer, as well as the very warm April we’ve just experienced, now is the perfect time to look into how air conditioning can affect your eyes. While we don’t all have AC units in our homes like our friends in Australia or the US do, the majority of our office buildings, shops and public spaces have. Although this can feel incredible on a very hot day, you may have noticed yourself experiencing increasingly dry eyes during times when the AC is switched on.

We cater for patients from all walks of life here at Optimax. Everyone’s motivation for getting laser eye surgery is different, whether they’re a busy parent with no time to faff with contact lenses, a HGV driver who requires excellent vision on the road, or an office worker struggling with strained eyes from looking at screens all day.

Sophie is the clinic manager of our Reading clinic. She spends her days ensuring the smooth running of everything in the clinic, as well as helping our patients on their journey to clear vision. Wearing glasses and contacts herself, Sophie was able to understand patients’ frustrations with their own poor vision. After having worked as a patient advisor for 5 months and then becoming clinic manager in September 2021, Sophie decided it was time to have laser eye surgery herself.

If you have had a lifetime of glasses and contact lenses to correct your eyesight, then laser eye surgery can feel like a dream come true. However, there are some dos and don’ts that you should follow after your laser eye surgery in order to achieve the best recovery and result possible.

April is Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month, making it the perfect opportunity to discuss women’s eye health, as well as eye conditions which they are more likely to develop than men. We have written previously on this blog about eye diseases which women may find themselves more likely to develop, but today we’re looking specifically at cataracts and why women are more likely to experience them.

If you’ve ever looked up at the sky, or at a plain background like a white wall, and have seen little black dots or lines across your vision, you’re not alone. These are floaters and 70% of people will experience them at some point in their lifetime. Floaters can appear as spots, squiggles or cobweb-like shapes...

As you look lovingly into your baby’s eyes, have you ever wondered just how much they can actually see? Well, it’s entirely dependent on how old they are, as their vision changes so much over the first few weeks and months of their lives. We’re going to look at (no pun intended!) exactly what babies can see over the first few weeks and months of their lives, as well as discussing ways that you can improve your baby’s vision.