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stop the fog!

6/10/2013

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Yesterday's rain inspired this blog.  Everyone was walking around Pier Park with fogged up eyeglasses.  Why do glasses fog?

Fog is a water vapor which is condensed into tiny droplets lying close to a surface, like lenses in glasses, which limits visibility. Most of the time, eyeglasses become foggy when you move from a cold to a hot environment. For us Floridians, this typically happens when we move from the cold AC inside to the warm and humid outside environment.

At the end of 2011, Essilor came out with a new product, “Optifog”.  How does it work? The lenses have a unique fog repellent property that is enhanced with a specific concentrate called the “Optifog Activator”. Each week, you apply this activator to the lenses. This will repel all the tiny water droplets off the lenses resulting in a pair of truly fog-free lenses. This will decrease distortion, blur, and contrast lost from the fog.

If you’ve been frustrated by foggy lenses, we would recommend the addition of  Optifog technology to your next pair of eyeglasses or sunglasses. Come by Academy of Eye Care and ask about it today!


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use it or lose it!      (FSA/HSA spending)

11/4/2012

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Starting around this time of year, we seem to get a lot of questions from people about their Flexible Spending Account (FSA)  and Health Savings Account (HSA). In most cases, FSA / HSA must be used by the end of the calendar year, or you lose it. Here are a few answers to our most Frequently Asked Questions!

1.  Can I use my FSA/HSA for prescription sunglasses?     Yes! For lenses or frames!

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Can I use my FSA/HSA to pay for my husband’s / wife’s / child’s / grandmother’s eye care?      Yes!  It can be used for anyone you claim on your taxes as a dependant. 

3.  Can I use my FSA/HSA for contacts?     Yes! You may use it for contacts and any other expenses incurred in the maintainence of contacts, including cases, solution, rewetting drops, etc.

4. Do I need a receipt to send in to the administrators of my FSA/HSA?     It varies widely by plan. Some plans see that the expense is from a doctor’s office, and so do not question it. Other plans want an extremely detailed receipt. We are happy to give you a detailed copy of your receipt with the insurance CPT codes on it if your FSA / HSA needs it. We can give this to you when we dispense your glasses or contacts to you, at the time of the exam, or can mail or fax the receipt to wherever you need it to go.


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sunglass fashion and function

6/21/2012

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“Every year 3.2 million people go blind from prolonged UV exposure.” – World Health Organization .

 The sun’s UV radiation can cause cataracts; benign growths on the eye’s surface; cancer of the eyelids and skin around the eyes; and photokeratitis, sometimes called snow blindness, which is a temporary but painful sunburn of the eye’s surface. Of course we all want to look good too. The latest trends in sunwear are vintage cat-eye shapes, two-tone selections and gradient polarization. So stop by and let our staff show you the latest in fashion and function.

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