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La Pine Eyecare

We are a full-service optometry clinic here to provide for all of your eyecare & vision needs.

We accept most vision and medical insurance plans and are conveniently located in La Pine on Third Street between Highway 97 and Huntington Road.

05/01/2026

Symptoms of Eye Allergies

Eye allergy symptoms can vary from person to person but often include:

-A Change in Appearance. Have you noticed that your eyes are red and irritated or that your eyelids look a little puffy or swollen?
-Sensitivity. Your eyes may become more sensitive to both sunlight and natural light if you have eye allergies. In fact, you may even be tempted to wear sunglasses indoors.
-Discomfort. Burning, itching, pain, and tearing can be quite uncomfortable and make reading, driving or watching TV a little challenging.

Minimizing your exposure to allergens offers a simple way to decrease allergy symptoms, no matter what the cause. Check the local allergy forecast every day if you suffer from eye allergies. If you notice high levels of the allergens that trigger your symptoms, minimize the amount of time you spend outdoors. When you do venture outside, wear glasses rather than contact lenses. Glasses provide a barrier that helps prevent allergens from reaching your eyes.

04/30/2026

Preventing Computer Vision Syndrome.

Also called Digital Eye Strain, Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) can affect anyone who uses a digital device. Although the words you see on your screen may look perfectly clear, they're not quite as sharp as words printed on paper. As a result, your eyes may need to work a little harder than usual. Issues with contrast, glare, and optimal viewing distance can also contribute to the problem.

These recommendations can help you avoid CVS symptoms:

-Take Regular Breaks. Step away from your digital device every two hours. Spend at least five or 10 minutes doing something that doesn't involve digital screens during your break.
-During your break, look away from the screen and spend a few seconds blinking slowly. If your eyes are normally dry, use artificial tears throughout the day.
-Make Blinking a Priority. People tend to blink less when viewing digital screens. Blinking keeps your eyes moist and helps prevent dry eye and eye strain. Fortunately, you can reduce dry eye by taking a blink break every half-hour.
-Follow the 20/20/20 Rule. Look at an object 20 feet away for 20 seconds after spending 20 minutes using a digital device. Following this rule may reduce tension in your eye muscles and decrease eye strain.
-Reduce Glare. Glare is a significant factor in eye strain.
-Reduce it by adding anti-glare filters to your screens.
-Consider wearing computer glasses when you use your devices. The glasses provide clear vision at the optimal viewing distance for your desktop or laptop and reduce glare.

04/29/2026

How your baby's eyesight will develop through their first year of life.

First 2 Months:

Although your newborn can focus on your face when you hold him or her close to you, people and objects more than a foot away will look blurry. Color vision isn't fully developed at birth but will improve in just a few weeks. Black and white objects or deeply contrasting color combinations are particularly appealing to babies for this reason.

3-4 Months :

Your baby's world has rapidly expanded, thanks to the newfound ability to see objects in the distance clearly. Your baby can now recognize favorite people, pets, and toys.

During this stage, your baby will be able to track moving objects with his or her eyes, grab at a dangling toy or latch on to a strand of your hair with a surprisingly strong grip.

5-8 Months:

As visual pathways between the brain and eyes become more developed, your child's vision will sharpen while focusing and tracking become second nature.

The American Academy of Ophthalmology recommends that babies receive their first eye examination between 6 to 12 months of age. This examination is particularly important, as it can identify issues that could have a long-term impact on your child's vision if untreated.

9-12 Months

Your baby's depth perception and ability to judge distance continue to improve, during months nine through 12. These skills are important when performing tasks that require good hand/eye coordination, such as throwing a ball. As your baby explores his or her environment by crawling and walking, hand-eye coordination will become even more refined.

04/28/2026

The rumor that wearing someone else’s glasses may damage your eyes has been proven to be false!

Although you may not be able to see very well with someone else's glasses and may get a headache or double vision, you won’t come to any harm from wearing glasses that are not your prescription. There are also no benefits from wearing the wrong prescription a well.

However, you should only ever wear glasses that are your prescription because they are specifically made to suit you and your vision.

04/27/2026

How To Choose The Best Lenses For Your Glasses

Glass lenses.
In the early days of vision correction, all eyeglass lenses were made of glass.

Although glass lenses offer exceptional optics, they are heavy and can break easily, potentially causing serious harm to the eye or even loss of an eye. For these reasons, glass lenses are no longer widely used for eyeglasses.

Plastic lenses:
In 1947, the Armorlite Lens Company in California introduced the first lightweight plastic eyeglass lenses. Because of its light weight (about half the weight of glass), low cost and excellent optical qualities, CR-39 plastic remains a popular material for eyeglass lenses even today.

Polycarbonate lenses:
Originally developed for helmet visors for the Air Force, for "bulletproof glass" for banks and other safety applications, polycarbonate is lighter and significantly more impact-resistant than CR-39 plastic, making it a preferred material for children's eyewear, safety glasses and sports eyewear.

High-index plastic lenses:
In the past 20 years, in response to the demand for thinner, lighter eyeglasses, a number of lens manufacturers have introduced high-index plastic lenses. These lenses are thinner and lighter than CR-39 plastic lenses because they have a higher index of refraction (see below) and may also have a lower specific gravity.

04/24/2026

5 Interesting Eye Facts!

1. Human eyes are capable of seeing a candle flame from a distance of 14 miles provided all environmental conditions are perfect.

2. Human eyes are capable of processing 36 KB of information each hour.

3. A human eye can see 1 million colors. It also has an extraordinary ability to distinguish between different shades of the same color. For instance, human eyes can actually distinguish between 500 different gray shades.

4. The range of sight for human eyes is 200 degrees.

5. Only 1/6th of the entire eyeball is actually exposed to the outside world.

04/23/2026

Things to look out for in toddlers and young children include:

-Having one eye turns in or out (this may be easier to spot when they
are tired)
-Rubbing their eyes a lot
-Watery eyes
-Clumsiness and poor hand-to-eye coordination
-Avoiding reading, writing or drawing
-Screwing up their eyes when they read or watch TV
-Sitting very close to the TV, or holding books or objects close to their
face
-Having behavior or concentration problems at school
-Blurred or double vision, or unexplained headaches

04/22/2026

Taking Care of Dry Eyes in Winter

1.Regulate the Temperature Indoors
Turning down your central heating to a mild temperature can be the best thing for ensuring ample moisture retention in your eyes.

2. Blink Excessively
One effective way to get around this problem is to blink more so that our eyes continue to produce enough lubrication in the form of tears.

3. Don’t Linger Around Heat Sources
In places and situations where heating is on without a humidifier, it’s better for people with dry eyes to distance themselves from heat sources like heaters and radiators.

4. Artificial Tears Can Also Help
In case your dry eyes continue to bother you despite following these tips, you better resort to a seasoned eye doctor who can examine your eyes in detail. Quite often, they also recommend artificial tears to help you with moistening up your dry eyes.

04/21/2026

Anisocoria: Why is one pupil bigger than the other?

Anisocoria ("an-eye-so-CORE-ee-ah") means you have unequal pupils. One pupil may be bigger than normal (dilated), or one pupil may be smaller than normal (constricted), resulting in different sized pupils.

If you or someone else notices that you have one pupil bigger than the other, see your eye doctor immediately — especially if you have any of the following:

- Drooping eyelid (ptosis)
- Double vision
- Loss of vision
- Headache or neck pain
- Eye pain
- Recent head or eye injury

04/20/2026

How to prevent a scratched eye.

Many corneal abrasions can be avoided by taking some simple, common-sense precautions.

For example, always wear safety glasses or protective goggles in work environments that have airborne debris, particularly in welding environments. Likewise, protective eyewear should be used when doing yard work, using power tools and playing sports.

If you wear contact lenses, always follow your eye doctor's instructions regarding how long to wear them, when to discard them, and the proper contact lens care solutions to use.

If you experience a corneal abrasion that appears to be related to dry eyes, see an eye doctor and follow the dry eye treatment protocol your doctor recommends.

04/17/2026

5 Interesting Facts About Human Eyes

1. Number of working parts present in human eyes is more than 2 million.

2. Human eyes are capable of focusing at 50+ things at any given second.

3. Humans don’t really use their eyes to see. It is the brain! Poor vision, blurry vision etc. are all results of technical problems in brain‘s visual cortex.

4. Human eyes have fastest lens known to mankind. They are way faster than any known camera lens. While camera lenses take a few seconds to focus on objects at different distances, human eyes can adjust focus almost instantly without any noticeable lag.

5. Human eyes blink 17 times every minute on an average. This sums up to 14,280 blinks each day and 5.2 million blinks every year.

04/16/2026

MYTH: Wearing glasses makes your eyes dependent on them.

Eyeglasses correct blurry vision, not the other way around. You may want to wear your glasses more often so that you can see clearly, but your glasses aren't changing your eyes so that they become dependent on your eyeglasses. In fact, over time, your vision may slightly improve. You're just getting used to seeing things more clearly. Similarly, wearing glasses with the wrong prescription won't ruin your eyes. You just won't see as clearly as you would with the proper prescription.

Address

16410 3rd Street Suite A
La Pine, OR
97739

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 2pm

Telephone

+15415362911

Website

https://lapineeyecare.com/

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