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Cleaning Your Glasses: How to Clean Your Lenses Without Streaks or Scratches
If you wear glasses full-time, your lenses are bound to accumulate dust, dirt, and oils throughout the day. There are few things more frustrating than looking through a smudged pair of eyeglasses. You may be guilty of cleaning your glasses by breathing onto the lens then wiping it with the edge of your shirt. This…
Abbey Eye Care & EnChroma Launch the Loaner / Gift Program
Abbey Eye Care in partnership with EnChroma eye wear, is excited to offer a new and exciting program called the EnChroma Loaner / Gift Program. Since we began selling EnChroma eye wear in January 2018 we have literally had hundreds of patients come into our practice to experience this exciting colour enhancing technology. Typically, patients…
Jamaica Eye Care Mission
DR TINA GOODHEW RECOUNTS HER RECENT CHARITY EYE CARE MISSION TO JAMAICA! In the late 80s, at the age of 17, I wrote a reflective letter to myself stating that βSince the age of 14, I have had a burning desire to contribute to the world in some manner and have asked myself what should…
Enchroma Glasses – For Colour Blindness Enhancement
ENCHROMA COLOUR VISION ENHANCING EYEWEAR NOW AVAILABLE! Abbey Eye Care is very excited to be the third location in Canada (and the first in Ontario) to offer the exciting new Enchroma lens technology. The only specialty eyewear available to help alleviate red-green colour vision deficiency. Allowing countless people to finally discriminate between two of the…
Stay Visible – Halloween Costume Tips
Remember to stay visible this Halloween Did you know that children are twice as likely to be in a car accident on Halloween than any other night during the year. Here are some tips to help you stay visible during all Hallows’ eve! choose bright and light coloured costumes and clothing wherever possible give your…
Back to School – Vision & Learning
The importance of back to school eye exams Summer is starting to wind down, and if you are a parent, you are likely preparing your kids for back to school. It is a busy time, as you are trying to get school supplies, new clothes and uniforms, and signing up for extracurricular activities for your…
