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Monthly Archive for: ‘September, 2015’
Crizal Offer
Crizal Offer available at McLeish Optometrists
Conditions apply – contact us for details.
Complimentary Crizal Lenses!
In conjunction with Essilor, one of our more significant spectacle lens suppliers, we have an excellent offer at this time- order any Crizal Spectacle lens, and receive a complimentary pair!*
If you order Crizal Varilux Varifocals, the offer will entitle you to a complimentary pair of Crizal coated Varilux Liberty in the Orma (standard plastic) material, which could also be tinted as sunglasses.
If you order crizal Single vision lenses, receive a complimentary pair, again in Orma, which could be tinted as sunglasses. (Must be the same prescription as the first pair)
Bifocal wearers will receive a complimentary pair of Crizal coated Orma single vision lenses, which can be for distance or for reading – again these can be tinted if desired.
This offer is only available through independant optician’s practices, and is not available through opticians chains. They might offer you two for one, but they will not be UV protective Crizal lenses.
*Conditions apply – see in store or here for full details. Offer ends 30th November 2015
AMD awareness week
This week, – the 14th to the 20th of September is once again AMD awareness week. This week is about increasing the awareness of Age Related Macular Degeneration, and the two types which can affect us.
The most aggressive form is the Wet (Exudative) form, rare in the under 50s, which can suddenly cause a very serious drop in vision in the affected eye, though there are almost always warnings which may not be noticed. Distortion in the vision of one eye is a “Red flag” that you should be checked urgently. To assess your eyes individually for distortion, you should download and print our Amsler grid available here. Regularly check your vision with the grid.
There is also a more slowly developing “dry” form of AMD which would normally be detected in a routine test.
McLeish Optometrists, as a member of the Association of Optometrists in Ireland, will be offering AMD screening free of charge for this week. However this is not a full eye examination – it is only a screening for AMD signs and symptoms. It is not a replacement for a full and normal eye test.
If you have become aware of the condition called AMD because of this week, happy days! (Assuming it is not because you have it!!)
But if, like the gentleman I had in today, you are calling for a “free test”, pretty much because it is a free test and it has been nearly 5 years since you were last tested, perhaps you should consider booking in for a more thorough full eye test rather than a free screening? Unfortunately, many eye exams do detect issues, sometimes resulting in hospital referrals, some of them urgent – even emergency referrals, and not all of them are due to the aggressive type of AMD, and not all of them are in the over 50s!
Look after your sight and your health- get your eyes checked on a regular basis.
Many people are entitled to an eye examination free of charge, either because of PRSI payments or Medical Card entitlement. For the self employed, as ever there is no help!
To book an appointment, contact us here.
Adolf’s Thoughts
We didn’t make this, and none of us understand much German!
For Varifocals which do not make you feel sick, give us a call.
Oh and by the way, they do not do free Transitions® Adaptive Lenses™, they do free Reactions which are not Transitions®.
