Getting an eye exam has always been a moderately annoying yet ultimately benign chore that doctors recommend you do every year or so. But now, in the times of COVID-19, getting an eye exam ...

For most people who wear prescription eyeglasses or contact lens, it’s an annual or biannual ritual: a trip to “the eye doctor” — usually an optometrist — for an exam and an updated ...

Remember when you couldn't get your eye doctor to give you your contact or eyeglass prescription? Nowadays the law requires them to hand it to you if you ask. But have you noticed? Those ...

My eyeglass prescription is sphere -0.5, a very small nearsighted prescription. I wear glasses when I need to focus on things at a moderate distance: while driving, ...

But have you noticed? Those prescriptions don't last as long as they used to. One-year prescriptions now. Several viewers have asked me why they need to get their eyeglass prescription renewed ...

Your doctor may give you just an eyeglass prescription, which cannot be used to order contacts, and vice versa. Each has to be fitted to your eye.

Your doctor may give you just an eyeglass prescription, which cannot be used to order contacts, and vice versa. Each has to be fitted to your eye.