Alderwood Vision Source Blog

Alderwood Vision Source Blog is your trusted source for informative articles, expert insights, and valuable tips related to eye health and vision care. Explore a wealth of knowledge on topics ranging from eye conditions, vision correction options, to maintaining optimal eye wellness. Stay informed and prioritize your eye health with our engaging and educational blog content.

Do You Know How Color Blindness Works?

July 30, 2019

It’s easy to assume that being colorblind means living in a black-and-white film full time, but that’s not how it works in the vast majority of cases. Color Vision And Genetics A recessive gene located on the X chromosome is the main culprit behind most color blindness, which is why men are m...

Read More

Convincing Your Child That Glasses Rule

July 22, 2019

Wearing glasses for the first time can be a difficult adjustment for any child. Being able to see clearly might not always seem worth it to them compared to how strange the glasses feel on their nose and ears or what their peers think, so what can you do as a parent to help them get in the habit ...

Read More

Wear Glasses? Follow These Makeup Tips

July 15, 2019

We use makeup to hide blemishes, enhance our natural beauty, and create our own personal style, but for glasses wearers, this can get a little tricky. We know the struggle. Makeup styles that would look fantastic on someone without glasses might become barely noticeable once the glasses go on. So...

Read More

An Active Lifestyle For Healthy Eyes

July 1, 2019

One of the best things you can do to keep your eyes healthy is to keep your body active! Exercising helps us get stronger, stay in shape, and feel great. An active lifestyle is essential for our overall health, with benefits such as reducing our risk of developing chronic health problems like hea...

Read More

Lifting The Fog Around Cataracts

June 25, 2019

Cataracts are the world’s leading cause of blindness. In the US alone, they affect over 20 million adults over the age of forty and half of seniors aged eighty and up. Babies are sometimes born with congenital cataracts and require surgery so that their vision can develop normally. How Do Catar...

Read More

Swimming Pool Eye Safety Tips

June 18, 2019

School’s out and it’s time for summer! For many of us, summer time means a lot of trips to the pool, but before we dive in, we should take a look at what we should be doing to protect our eyes while we’re cooling off underwater. Invest In A Good Pair Of Goggles Have you ever felt a burning,...

Read More

Enjoy The Fireworks (But Protect Your Eyes)

June 10, 2019

The Fourth of July is a wonderful day to enjoy good food, good company, and, of course, an awe-inspiring fireworks display. If we want to be able to keep enjoying the sight of the rockets’ red glare in future years, however, we need to make sure we’re not putting our eyes at unnecessary risk ...

Read More

Seeing Stars? Could Be An Ocular Migraine

June 3, 2019

If you’ve ever had a series of bright, flickering lights gradually obscure your vision and then go away, you might have had an ocular migraine. We typically think of migraines as the painful headaches that affect about 10 percent of the U.S. population, but the visual distortions that come with...

Read More

What Are Eyebrows And Eyelashes For?

May 28, 2019

According to one MIT study, people might have a hard time identifying you if you didn’t have your eyebrows! While our eyebrows and eyelashes play a big role in the way our faces look, they aren’t just there to be pretty. In addition to helping us express emotion and stand out from the crowd, ...

Read More

Finding Your Perfect Summer Shades

May 20, 2019

Summer is a great time to get some cool sunglasses and relax on the beach, but we should really be wearing our sunglasses all year. Choosing the right pair of sunglasses is a little more complicated than finding the ones that best suit your style. Our first priority should always be finding the p...

Read More
Appointment Background Image