Many people dislike driving at night. It’s something that my patients commonly mention to me at their routine consultations. Night driving is difficult because the human eye has developed to have its best vision at much higher light intensities. Also, eye disease such as cataract and macula degeneration can cause additional glare from oncoming headlights. [...]
Lens technology has come on in recent years in leaps and bounds. We have lenses that change colour in the sun and variants that will even go dark in the car. We have varifocals that help the over 50s see clearly at all distances with no ugly demarcating line on the lens. We also have [...]
We are proud to announce that we are now working with Tokai Lenses. Tokai manufacture some of the best optical solutions in the world. Their lenses are a perfect choice for bigger more complicated prescriptions to give the best possible cosmetic effect and the highest quality vision. Tokai Varifocals are particularly interesting as rather than [...]
When people ask me which is the best varifocal for them to choose, my answer is simple - go for the best one you can afford because this is going to give you the most comfortable, most natural vision. Some people come to Jacksons with stories of not getting along with varifocals in the past. [...]
Now I know that in business one should always “big up” ones products. I just wanted to share this with you as I was genuinely impressed with the strength and durability of my Essilor X design varifocals. A couple of weeks ago I took Felix sailing to the Queen Mother Reservoir, Datchet which lies directly [...]
As I sit writing this newsletter the sun is shining, but there is a chill in the wind. It will soon be time to take my orange and lime trees that have enjoyed summer on the terrace down to the greenhouse to reside overwinter. We don’t get much frost here on Anglesey, but these visitors [...]
THE FIRST VARILUX PROVIDING TOTAL VISUAL FREEDOM Varilux X series is the first Varilux lens to dramatically reduce head movement and ensure that your vision is as natural as possible for everyday activities within arm's reach and beyond.Essilor claim that Varilux X series is the best Varilux they have ever designed. A NEW DEFINITION OF NEAR VISION [...]
A LENS FOR THE FUTURE University of Liverpool engineers have developed a contact lens that has been found to reliably track Intra ocular pressure changes which is an indicator for glaucoma changes in a small clinical study A contact lens developed by University of Liverpool engineers may help improve the treatment of glaucoma. The soft [...]
