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How Often Should You Get Your Eyes Checked?

by Eyes On Missouri | Nov 5, 2020 | Eye Care, Eye Disease, Eye Health, Featured

How frequently we should get an eye exam changes throughout the course of our lives. Here’s when you should be scheduling those eye doctor appointments, and everything else you need to know about that all-important vision checkup. Getting regular comprehensive eye...

What Is Lazy Eye? Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments

by Eyes On Missouri | Oct 15, 2020 | Eye Care, Eye Health, Featured

If you’ve ever seen a young child with an eye patch over one eye, chances are that little one has a visual development condition called amblyopia, or lazy eye. But what exactly is amblyopia, what causes it, and how can you spot it? Let’s take a look. When one or both...

Choosing an Eye Care Center: What to Look For

by Eyes On Missouri | Jan 31, 2020 | Eye Health, Featured

When looking for a new eye care center, it can be hard to know which one is best for you, particularly if you live in an area with many to choose from. Of course, just like selecting any provider of medical or other services, the eye doctor you choose is ultimately a...

Top Five Vision Care Resolutions for the New Year

by Eyes On Missouri | Jan 13, 2020 | Eye Health, Featured, Tipster

It’s 2020: That means it’s time to focus on the health of your eyes. If you want a New Year’s resolution that will really have an impact on your overall health and well-being, then resolve to take care of your eye health. Here are our five favorite ways you can focus...

How to Donate Eyeglasses

by Eyes On Missouri | Jan 3, 2020 | Featured, Tipster

Spring is almost here, and with spring comes spring cleaning. Learn how you can find a new home for the old prescription eyeglasses, reading glasses, and sunglasses taking up space in your drawers. Doing some spring cleaning and have piles of stuff to donate or get...

Best Contacts for Dry Eyes

by Eyes On Missouri | Jan 3, 2020 | Cool Finds, Eye Health, Featured, Tipster

If you wear contacts, you might suffer from dry eyes — especially this time of year. Try our tips to find the right contacts to make your eyes more comfortable. If you’re one of the nearly five million Americans who experience dry eyes, you know how uncomfortable and...