No two people use their eyes in exactly the same way! Regardless of your unique visual demands and lifestyle, you want to make sure that your eyes provide you with a lifetime of clear vision. Check out this link to see how often you and your family members should have eye exams.

• Get regular comprehensive vision exams. Annual eye exams play an important role in maintaining your family's eye health.  The majority of eye problems go undetected and undiagnosed and can lead to more permanent conditions.  General eye care can prevent and/or help us manage many diseases and disorders of the eye.

• Don't forget your sunglasses. Protecting your eyes from the sun's damaging UV rays can help to delay the onset of cataracts and other eye diseases.
  

• Have any doubt as to the importance of your family's annual eye care?  Check out these eye facts:
  
  1. Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in people over 60 years of age.
     
  2. Lazy eye (amblyopia) generally develops before 6 years of age and if left untreated results in monocular adults.  Over time, the brain learns to ignore the images sent by the weaker eye.  In other words, the weaker eye never learns to "see".
     
  3. The average blink rate is 12 times per minute.  Computer users blink less than 6 times per minute, leaving the cornea extremely vulnerable to dry and tired eyes.
     
  4. The sun has damaging UV rays that can cause permanent retinal damage over time.  Color blind people do see color but confuse certain colors in certain conditions.
     
  5. The older we are the less tears we produce.
     
  6. The reason why your nose gets runny when you are crying is because the tears from the eyes drain into the nose.
     
  7. Your eyes contribute towards 85% of your total knowledge.
     
  8. About half of our brain is involved in the seeing process.