Optiko Eyeware

Innovative eyewear is an art, as well as an important factor of our fashion. Regardless of price or brand name, your eyewear should represent who you are - unique, distinctive, and characteristic. At Optiko Eyewear, our devotion to innovative eyewear motivates us to constantly search for the latest and rarest eyewear designers and share them with you.

Eyeglasses play a critical role in a child's development because so much of what they learn and experience is accompanied by visual cues and indicators. Most children wear their glasses all day, every day, so it is important that their chosen eyewear be comfortable and the prescription accurate.

Eyeglasses that are ill-fitting, uncomfortable to wear or inaccurate can cause headaches or blurred vision and make it difficult to read, judge depth, or even ride a bicycle.Always ensure that your child's glasses are created in a reputable lab by experienced technicians.

Some of our patients at Optiko Eyewear prefer contact lenses over standard glasses, not only because contact lenses provide a glasses-free appearance while correcting vision, but also because they allow for easy wearing of non-prescription sunglasses and goggles and provide the convenience of not having to worry about misplacing your glasses.

According to Prevent Blindness America, each year more than 700,000 Americans injure their eyes at work, and another 125,000 injure their eyes at home. More than 40,000 American children and adults suffer eye injuries during sports, while many thousands more eye injuries go unreported.

Because experts say proper protective eyewear could prevent up to 90% of all eye injuries, you might want to learn more about the safety glasses and goggles that suit your lifestyle best.Any sport in which balls, racquets or flying objects are present pose a potential for eye injury. Sports such as racquetball, tennis and badminton may seem relatively harmless, but they involve moving objects moving at 60 miles per hour or faster.

They say your eyes are the windows to the soul. They are also the windows to your health because they allow your eye doctor to see what's going on inside you. Did you know your eyes are the only part of your body where eye doctors can look directly at internal, functioning blood vessels?

These offer clues and warnings of serious diseases such as high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, multiple sclerosis (MS), diabetes, and even some types of cancer.A comprehensive eye exam will evaluate not only how well you see, but also identify potential eye diseases which are often silent or asymptomatic.