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Helping Your Child Develop Healthy Vision

Seeing isn’t just something babies do automatically; they have to learn how first! Just like learning how to walk and talk, babies have to develop a number of visual skills in order to use their eyes effectively and understand what they’re looking at. It’s a process that parents can do a lo...

Glasses Across History

Since at least 60 AD, people have been crafting tools to correct vision problems. There are records of Roman philosopher Seneca magnifying text with a glass globe of water. Emperor Nero needed a magnifying emerald to see gladiator fights more clearly. We don't have to resort to these kinds of rud...

Eyes and Sleep: A Two-Way Link

Insufficient sleep can affect the mind and body like alcohol, but what does it do to our eyes? For the sake of both our overall health and our eye health, we need to be getting plenty of sleep, but it's actually a two-way street. If we are more careful about what we put in front of our eyes befor...

Home Eye Injury Prevention

The vast majority of eye injuries (90%!) are preventable, and many of them happen at home. Broadly, the best way to prevent eye injuries is through simple precautions like minimizing unnecessary hazards around the house and yard and wearing protective gear whenever we have to work with harmful ch...

Aging and Eye Health: What You Need to Know

The older we get, the more our eyesight tends to change. As we age, our vision can undergo significant changes, ranging from the subtle to the sight-threatening. Early detection of age-related vision issues is crucial for effective management, which is why we urge our older patients to make regul...

A Guide to Finding the Best Costume Contacts

A lot of Halloween costumes and cosplay outfits aren't really complete without costume contact lenses. This can be difficult, however, because unlike an intricately crafted outfit, costume contacts are medical devices, so it's important for the safety of your eyes that you source good costume len...

Eye Exam Frequency

How often should you be getting an eye exam, considering your eye health history? Preventative care is as important for our eyes as it is for our teeth and our overall health, which means we should be getting regular eye exams even when we don't need a new glasses or contact lens prescription. Ou...

Eye Makeup Safety

"Beauty is pain" is a bad idea in general, but especially when it comes to eyes and makeup. In the modern day, we no longer use makeup made of lead, arsenic, or mercury like people did in previous eras, but it's still not exactly pleasant or healthy to get makeup in your eye. Even makeup made of ...

Use Sports Eyewear to Play Your Best

The vast majority of eye injuries can be prevented easily, including sports eye injuries. How can we prevent them? By wearing the right eye protection. We often think eye protection is mainly for welders or construction workers or people working in chemistry labs, but it can also save an athlete'...

Differences Between Human and Animal Eyes

Our jobs are all about keeping human eyes healthy and making sure our patients see clearly. However, every once in a while, we like taking a look at the fascinating world of animal eyesight. There are some incredible eyes in nature that work very differently from the way human eyes do. Human Eyes...

Preventing Digital Eye Strain

Do you know how much time you're spending each day looking at screens? Between our work computers, tablets, TVs, and smartphones, the average person can rack up a pretty staggering amount of daily screentime these days. That can be pretty taxing on the eyes. All it takes to create a 90% risk of d...

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Dawson Eye Group Blog

Helping Your Child Develop Healthy Vision

Glasses Across History

Eyes and Sleep: A Two-Way Link

Home Eye Injury Prevention

Aging and Eye Health: What You Need to Know

A Guide to Finding the Best Costume Contacts

Eye Exam Frequency

Eye Makeup Safety

Use Sports Eyewear to Play Your Best

Differences Between Human and Animal Eyes

Preventing Digital Eye Strain

All Eye Care Services

Keep In Touch

Contact Information

Hours of Operation

Blog

Dawson Eye Group Blog

Helping Your Child Develop Healthy Vision

Glasses Across History

Eyes and Sleep: A Two-Way Link

Home Eye Injury Prevention

Aging and Eye Health: What You Need to Know

A Guide to Finding the Best Costume Contacts

Eye Exam Frequency

Eye Makeup Safety

Use Sports Eyewear to Play Your Best

Differences Between Human and Animal Eyes

Preventing Digital Eye Strain

All Eye Care Services

Keep In Touch

Contact Information

Hours of Operation

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