Category: Eyeglasses
Free RLE Q&A Night
Posted in Bellingham, Contact lenses, Events, Eyeglasses, Fluctuating Vision, Medical, Mount Vernon, Practice News, Sedro-Woolley, Stanwood, Surgery, Whidbey
Do you want to be less dependent on glasses and contact lenses? Learn more about achieving customized vision correction with Refractive Lens Exchange (RLE) at this event hosted by our experienced surgeon, Dr. Carlindo Pereira. You will find out what RLE really is, have the chance to ask questions, and find out whether you are… Read More
Understanding Your Prescription
Posted in Bellingham, Contact lenses, Eye Blog, Eyeglasses, Mount Vernon, Optical, Sedro-Woolley, Stanwood, Whidbey
Br Jared Rasmussen, OD What Do All the Numbers Mean? Many of my patients wear glasses and contacts. At each appointment, we check, test and treat your vision needs and you leave our office carrying a prescription full of what seems like complicated information. But what do all the figures listed there actually describe? In… Read More
Selecting Monovision for Cataract Surgery
Posted in Bellingham, Contact lenses, Eye Blog, Eye-Opening, Eyeglasses, Medical, Mount Vernon, Sedro-Woolley, Stanwood, Surgery, Whidbey
By Dan Siapco, MD Monovision is a Proven Concept Cataract surgeons have strategically used the concept of monovision lenses with cataract surgeries for several decades now. It minimizes dependence on glasses, has proven to be extremely safe, and improves results for many patients. But what is monovision? What is Presbyopia? Before we proceed, you need… Read More
Buying glasses online: seven claims debunked
Posted in Bellingham, Eye Blog, Eye-Opening, Eyeglasses, Mount Vernon, Optical, Sedro-Woolley, Stanwood, Whidbey
We came across an online “article” with the headline: “These guys are putting glasses stores out of business.” It wasn’t actually a news article, it was an advertisement by a well-known online eyewear retailer. As you can imagine, our CEO (and licensed optician) Sheri, had a few things to say in response. But not just… Read More
Choosing the perfect eyewear frames
Posted in Eye Blog, Eyeglasses, Optical
Here is a guest blog from Sheri Saldivar, Cascadia Eye’s CEO and the designer of our own Cascadia Eyewear! I love my job. As a practice manager and a licensed optician in a progressive, growth-minded eye care practice since 1985, I’ve had the unique opportunity to do much more than select computer systems, hire doctors… Read More
Do your eyeglasses really come from a mega corporation?
Posted in Eye Blog, Eyeglasses, Optical
By Alexandra Brandt This very interesting and humorous video has been making its rounds on the Internet (if you aren’t able to watch it right now — and I do highly recommend watching it — I’ll summarize the contents below): So the gist of the video is this: most of the brands you recognize for… Read More
