Optical3 Opticians

26/10/2025

Your jumper may be clean, and it may be lovely and soft, but a lens cloth it isn't!

Fibres such as wool can scratch any special coatings added to your spectacle lenses.

Also avoid using hand soap or baby wipes to clean your lenses, these commonly have moisturising properties that can lead to a hazy residue after cleaning!

22/10/2025

Is it safe to read with low lighting?

There's no evidence reading in poor light damages eyes. However, reading with low light puts more strain on the eyes to make out words, making reading more strenuous and causing your eyes to get tired quicker, potentially resulting in red eyes and headaches.

So if you want to finish that book, or at least get to the end of the chapter, move closer to a light source or make the light brighter. Your eyes will thank you for it🤓

17/10/2025

Which is your dominant eye?

Ocular dominance, or dominant eye, is when you use one eye more than the other, have better vision in one eye, or can fixate on something better with one eye.

Knowing which eye is dominant can be important for performing activities that require you to focus on a target such as in baseball or cricket 🏏🥎

12/10/2025

Are you in the '2% club'? 👀

That's the number of the people in the world with green eyes- the rarest of iris colours.

Whilst green eyes appear that lovely shade of emerald to the outside observer, the irises themselves have no actual pigment!

07/10/2025

A condition called heterochromia causes the iris to be different colours!

People with this condition may have different colours within one eye (for example, the iris may be half one colour and half another), or they may have a different colour in each eye. Most often, heterochromia results from a harmless gene change.

02/10/2025

Wearing great glasses leaves you feeling confident, comfortable, and with the right choice of lenses you can enjoy the best vision possible.

Chat to our dispensing optician about what you want from the glasses on your face, be open to new ideas and dare to try something different. 🤓

27/09/2025

UV rays from the sun are water resistant. In fact, three feet of water blocks only 20 percent of UV rays!

The glare from a pool can also make you squint which can be uncomfortable for long periods, so remember to wear your shades in the pool 😎

02/09/2025

28/08/2025

Colour blindness is where you see colours differently to most people, and have difficulty telling colours apart.

The most common type of colour vision deficiency makes it hard to tell the difference between red and green, and men are far more likely to be colour-blind than women because they only have one X chromosome, whereas women have two and can have one colour-blindness gene while retaining good colour vision.

18/08/2025

A glaucoma diagnosis can feel overwhelming, but you’re not alone. Support goes beyond the clinic - we’re there for every step after diagnosis, helping you find the right guidance and support when you need it most.

Discover the support available: https://glaucoma.uk/care-support/

07/08/2025

If you have a little gamer at home, get them in for an eye test!

We can sort them out with some readers perfect for gaming! 🕹️🎮

26/07/2025

Can the amount of sleep we get affect our vision?

Our eyes need at least five hours of sleep to replenish themselves so that they can function effectively throughout the day. 💤😴

This goes beyond being able to keep our eyes open. Over time, the less sleep we get, the more likely we are to experience eye strain, dry eye, and even eye twitches.