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Great article on Cosmetics and Eye Health!

Always remove your eye makeup nightly with eye makeup remover and a q-tip until the q-tip is clean! Clean the area around your lashes twice a day, work it in along with your teeth brushing schedule 🤓

ww1.broadcastmed.com Every day in patient care, I have conversations about cosmetics and products for the face and eye area, whether I’m asked or I start the discussion. With the plethora of lash extensions, TikTok skin care routines and other sources of questionable advisement, I want my patients to see me as an expe...

Please do not look at the sun today without special filters!

Sun: “It's me, hi, I'm the brightest, it's me.”

You: “I’ll stare directly at the sun but never without solar filters.”

Good plan! At time, everybody agrees, the only safe way to look directly at the sun during an eclipse is through special-purpose solar filters, like eclipse glasses or handheld solar viewers. Homemade filters or ordinary sunglasses, even very dark ones, are not safe for looking at the sun.

Solar filters should have:

🌞An ISO 12312-2:2015 certification
🌞The manufacturer's name and address printed somewhere on the product

Do not use solar filters that are:

🌞Missing ISO certification information
🌞Torn, scratched, or have wrinkled lenses
🌞Coming loose from their frames
🌞Made before 2015

Learn more at: https://www.nps.gov/articles/eclipsesafety.htm

Images: A ranger wearing protective solar glasses at Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park

Looking for a friendly, bilingual individual to join our team! Must be comfortable using computers and optometric equipment. Will train, but experience is preferred. Thank you 🤓

Have a great school year kids
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Parents should plan back-to-school eye exams for kids, experts say Nearsightedness is becoming more common in children, and annual visits to the eye doctor can help catch problems earlier and prepare kids for the classroom. CBS News' Bradley Blackburn explains why school vision screenings may not be enough.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/eye-drop-recall-2023-brands-bacteria-infection-cbs-news-explains/

Here's what you need to know about the flurry of eye drop recalls Health officials point to over-the-counter eye drops as the cause of potentially serious infections in more than a dozen states.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-eyedrops-linked-serious-bacterial-infections-rcna68175

Please discontinue use of this drop if you are using it.

CDC warns that a brand of eyedrops may be linked to drug-resistant infections At least one person has died, and others were blinded, after using the over-the-counter artificial tears, the CDC said.

This is a friendly reminder to keep proper hygiene around your eyelashes. Just as you would brush your teeth twice a day we recommend cleaning the eyelash area twice a day with water and baby shampoo or with a product like Sterilid. Ladies, please remove your eye makeup every night.

This is a graphic video of what a demodex mite infestation looks like. If you get squeamish, you should skip this video.

Learn how Demodex mites cause blepharitis

Eyelash extensions can cause blepharitis (eyelid inflammation) and provide a nice nesting place for demodex mites. Please be sure to utilize proper hygiene if you regularly get eyelash extensions. 💕

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22134404/

Ocular disorders due to eyelash extensions - PubMed Eyelash extension procedures may cause ocular disorders, such as keratoconjunctivitis and allergic blepharitis; indeed, all glues for eyelash extensions analyzed in the present study contained formaldehyde, which can cause keratoconjunctivitis. From the viewpoint of hygienics, it is necessary to dis...