Stonehenge Vision Source

Wishing you a Happy Valentine's Day filled with all the love and happiness! ❤️🌹

Where would we be without our awesome patients? We’re always thinking of ways to serve you better!

HOLY GUACAMOLE! We have the most amazing patients!

Care for your eyes and eyelids with the Optase TTO Wipes. Helps relieve irritation and hydrate the sensitive skin around the eyes.

The ninth-annual WRAL Voters’ Choice Awards has kicked off, and you’ll have the opportunity to help WRAL celebrate the Triangle’s local businesses by nominating and voting for the best. There is no cost for businesses to be nominated, voted on or win awards. Help your favorite local businesses be recognized by nominating for your top picks across over 140 categories through Oct. 8.

We will be out of the office this coming Friday 2/17/23 for a Statewide Vision Source Meeting. We can't wait to mingle with other offices and learn all about how we can better care for our amazing patients!

We are winners of The News&Observer's 2022 Raleigh's Best! Thank You for voting for us for Gold in Best Eyewear Shop and
Silver in the Best Eye Doctor/Care categories! We love providing great-looking eyewear and caring for our amazing patients!

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IF YOU DIDN'T know, here is the definition of optometry which we specialize in! But... Dr. Oberdorf brings so much more into the care of his patients! Helps us show our appreciation by nominating him for best local optometrist!

2022 WRAL Voters' Choice Awards Celebrate the best of local and nominate your favorite businesses now through October 9!

It is the last week of nominations! Help us show Dr. Oberdorf how much we appreciate all of his hard work and the care he gives his patients! Nominate him for best local optometrist.
WE ARE PROUD to be your community optometrist and love taking care of your eyes!

2022 WRAL Voters' Choice Awards Celebrate the best of local and nominate your favorite businesses now through October 9!

This is the last week to get your nominations in! Help us show Dr. Oberdorf how much we appreciate his hard work and expertise by nominating him for best local optometrist!
We give expert eye care and always have the latest eyewear so come see us for an appointment! 🤓

2022 WRAL Voters' Choice Awards Celebrate the best of local and nominate your favorite businesses now through October 9!

This is the last week to get your nominations in! Help us show Dr. Oberdorf how much we appreciate his hard work and expertise by nominating him for best local optometrist!

2022 WRAL Voters' Choice Awards Celebrate the best of local and nominate your favorite businesses now through October 9!

THERE ARE SEVERAL different ways we can test for glaucoma. One of them is a simple puff of air against the eye - BUT, we have some newer technology in our office that has replaced the air puff! That should make your eyes happy :)

WHAT CAUSES GLAUCOMA? In the vast majority of cases, glaucoma is the result of increased pressure in the eye that damages the optic nerve.

WHEN THE NORMAL fluid pressure inside the eye rises, it can lead to vision loss and even blindness! This is known as glaucoma.

DO YOU HAVE astigmatism symptoms? Give us a call so we can check your eyes and help you have your best vision!

DO YOU HAVE a favorite place to eat in town? We want to know about it! Share your favorite lunch spots in the comments and we just might try them out!

HONEY BEES HAVE 5 eyes made up of thousands of lenses! This helps them see patterns on certain nectar-rich flowers.

HERE'S A PRO TIP you might not have known! Try applying just a little bit of makeup primer underneath the nose pads of your glasses to prevent them from slipping!

WHEN TO GET your child’s eyes checked: at six months, three years, and before kindergarten! That way, they’ll be well on their way to great vision!

IF YOU HAVE a hard time picking out what glasses look best on you, here is the best glasses style for your face shape! Our talented Opticians would love to help you find your perfect frames!

WE'VE GOT THAT FRIDAY FEELING! What do you have planned for the weekend?

HELLO MONDAY! Our team is ready to take on the week! Are you? What are you LOOKING forward to this week?

DID YOU KNOW that turnips are good for your vision? They’re a rich source of lutein, which promotes eye health and prevents ocular diseases! Annnnd.... they are in season! Along with strawberries, spinach and kale, which are also super beneficial to the eyes! check out this handy guide to what is in season in NC:https://files.nc.gov/ncoshr/Wellness_AvailabilityChart.pdf

Goodbye April!

HELLO WEEKEND, goodbye problems! Get out and do something you’ve always wanted to do this weekend!

HAPPY SPRING! We think this season is SPECtacular! What is your favorite part about spring?

What Are the Most Eye-Healthy Foods?

We’ve all heard that eating carrots will give us amazing eyesight.
Fun fact: that idea is actually leftover World War II propaganda. The British wanted to keep their new radar technology secret from the Germans, so they claimed far and wide that their airmen got superhuman night vision by eating lots of carrots.

Whether the ruse worked or not, it’s an idea that still lives on in some form eight decades later. There’s at least one grain of truth in it, though: carrots and other nutritious foods might not give us vision-based superpowers, but they do help our eyes stay healthy.

Carrots: the Real Story
Carrots really are good for us. Like other yellow and orange vegetables and leafy greens, carrots are a great source of vitamin A. The color comes from beta-carotene, which our intestines use to make vitamin A. Our eyes use this vitamin to convert light into brainwaves and keep our corneas (the clear layer over the front of the eye) strong. Vitamin A deficiency leads to blindness in as many as half a million children every year.

Oranges and Sweet Potatoes
We need antioxidants like vitamins C and E to stay healthy. For eye health, vitamin C lowers the risk of developing cataracts and may slow the progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). We can get plenty of vitamin C by eating citrus fruit like oranges, grapefruits, and lemons. We need vitamin E to protect our eyes from “free radicals” (molecules that disrupt healthy tissue), and sweet potatoes and nuts are great sources of vitamin E.

Leafy Greens and Eggs
Studies have shown that getting plenty of the nutrients lutein and zeaxanthin correlates with a lowered risk of chronic eye diseases like cataracts and AMD. Eggs and leafy greens are the best sources of these nutrients.

Fish and Oysters
We need plenty of omega-3 fatty acids for good brain function and a healthy immune system, and research shows that they also help with visual development and retinal function. There’s no better source of omega-3 fatty acids than fish.

Oysters, meanwhile, are a great source of zinc. Zinc acts as a vehicle that gets vitamin A from our livers to our retinas. A vitamin A-rich diet is useless if there isn’t any zinc to go with it. If you aren’t a fan of oysters, there are smaller amounts of zinc in nuts, beans, and meat.

Being Proactive About Eye Health Means More Than Nutrition
No matter how many great nutrients we consume for the sake of good eye health, eating right is no substitute for regular eye exams. Eye problems can happen for a variety of reasons unrelated to poor nutrition, and that’s where the optometrist comes in. We can detect problems in the early stages and begin treatment or intervention.

We love helping our parents maintain good eye health for life!
Check out this recipe loaded with eye healthy spinach, sweet potato and egg! Looks scrumptious!

https://downshiftology.com/recipes/sweet-potato-toast-avocado-spinach-prosciutto/

Since as early as 60 A.D., people have been using vision-correcting tools to help them see.
Around that time, the Roman philosopher Seneca used a glass globe of water to magnify text, while Emperor Nero needed a magnifying emerald to see gladiator fights. Thanks to millennia of innovations since then, we don’t need to rely on water bowls or jewels, and it’s fascinating to see how we got here!

Centuries of Evolving Corrective Lenses
The monks of 10th century Europe came up with the next big leap forward in technology for helping with vision. They needed to be able to see small details to do their beautiful illuminated calligraphy work, and so they used polished domes of transparent quartz called “reading stones.”

It would be another couple of centuries before it occurred to anyone to fix reading stones on wearable frames for easy use. The identity of the inventor of these early spectacles is unknown, though a Florentinian named Salvino D’armati is often credited for it.

Glasses Working Their Way Down the Class System
When spectacles were first invented, they could only be made out of very expensive materials like crystal, which made them a status symbol for the wealthy and too costly for anyone else. However, with the skyrocketing literacy rates of Europe after the invention of the printing press in 1440, demand for affordable reading glasses increased. They started using glass to make the lenses, which was much cheaper than crystal.

Folding Frames and Prescription Lenses
Glasses still had a long way to go. The frames weren’t like modern ones; they had to perch on the nose or be held with a handle, and glass blowers who made the lenses couldn’t fine-tune them very much for people with different refractive errors. Glasses finally became hands-free in the 1700s when the temples (the portion that extends back past the ear) were added.

We credit Benjamin Franklin with the invention of bifocals, and that was also when hinges were introduced so that glasses could be folded and stored more compactly. Eye doctors were getting better all the time at tailoring lenses to patients’ individual needs, including cylindrical lenses to correct astigmatism in the early 1800s, and finally, in 1862, Dutch eye doctor Herman Snellen invented the “big E” chart, standardizing vision correction.

Glasses Today
We’re so fortunate to be able to get glasses (or contact lenses) that exactly address our vision problems, and we can also choose from a range of materials and coatings and a variety of shapes and colors to suit our style. Modern optometrists stand on the shoulders of giants! If you’re looking for a new pair of glasses or need an updated prescription, we’re happy to help.

It’s amazing how far glasses have come!

The Impacts of Smoking on Eyesight

A smoking habit damages every organ and system in the body, including the eyes.
We typically think of lung cancer as the main health risk associated with smoking, and then maybe oral health problems next, but the parts of the body that have direct contact with the smoke aren’t the only ones hurt by it. As eye health professionals, we want to focus on what smoking does to our eyes and vision.

Smoking: A Major Risk Factor for Age-Related Eye Diseases
When it comes to smoking and eye problems, studies show a significant increase in the risk of developing everything from dry eye to cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, and age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Smoking and the Risk of Cataracts
A smoking habit doubles the risk of cataracts, which are the world’s leading cause of blindness. Cataract symptoms include faded colors, blurred or double vision, light sensitivity, and poor night vision. Thankfully, cataract surgery is both common and safe, so the vision loss that results from cataracts doesn’t have to be permanent.

From Smoking to Diabetic Eye Disease
Eye problems like diabetic retinopathy obviously have a connection to diabetes. Because smoking increases the likelihood of developing diabetes by up to 40%, it makes the common health complications more likely too, and that includes retinopathy.

This sight-threatening condition involves weakened blood vessels in the retina (the lining at the back of the eye that contains the light-sensitive cells we need to see). These blood vessels can leak dark blotches into the field of vision and starve the retina of essential oxygen.

The Link Between Smoking and AMD
The macula is the part of the retina that gives us our sharpest, most detailed vision, and age-related macular degeneration is a condition in which the macula deteriorates over time, resulting in irreversible blindness. Smokers are three times more likely than nonsmokers to develop AMD, and beyond that, they’re more likely to get it earlier than nonsmokers too.

Smoking Doesn’t Only Harm Smokers
Smokers themselves may feel the worst of the effects of smoking, but it can hurt nonsmokers too through secondhand smoke, which raises the risk of heart disease, lung cancer, and stroke. For children, it can lead to asthma attaches, bronchitis, pneumonia, ear infections, and even an increased risk of SIDS.

Va**ng: The Not-So-Safe Alternative
Many believe that va**ng is a healthier alternative to smoking, but that’s not really true. Many of the chemicals in e-cigarette fluid have been linked with higher risks of the sight-threatening conditions we’ve discussed. The main point is that there is no healthy way to consume to***co.

Break the Habit; Choose Healthy Vision
Many eye disease risk factors are ones we can’t do anything about, but that’s not true with smoking! Someone with a smoking habit can quit to reduce their risk, and someone who doesn’t smoke can continue avoiding to***co products to keep their risk low. Other great steps we can take to promote healthy eyesight are eating healthy, getting regular exercise, and scheduling regular eye exams!

Eye health goes hand-in-hand with overall health!
If you have quit successfully, what are some of your most helpful tips to help others kick the habit? Comment below!

The content on this blog is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of qualified health providers with questions you may have regarding medical conditions.