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The UK government recommends we all eat 5 portions of fruit...
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Most metal, rimless and semi-rimless frames have adjustable...
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When you order glasses from Conlons we guarantee to carry o...
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Some people, because of the complex nature of their prescription,...
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Also known as AMD or ARMD, age-related macular degeneration...
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Amblyopia is the technical term for “lazy eye”. ...
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An uncoated lens reflects up to 8% of light from each surfa...
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People with astigmatism will have blurred vision at all dis...
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This is the distance between the back surface of the le...
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Almost all prescriptions take a basic form, including a...
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Bifocal literally means “two focuses” and there are man...
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C segment bifocals are similar to a D segment bifocal, howe...
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If the lens inside your eye becomes cloudy it is known ...
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Cellulose Acetate is a material commonly used for the manuf...
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A contact lens optician is a specialist dispensing optician...
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Your contact lens prescription includes the power and f...
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Cornea - the clear curved surface at the front of the e...
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This refers to the distance between the distance portion an...
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In D segment bifocals as the name suggests the reading area...
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This is the most commonly dispensed bifocal. The reading s...
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The most commonly dispensed wide segment bifocal. ...
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Conlons branches stock the best selling models of leadi...
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There are a number of types of diabetes, however the mo...
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Diabetes is the biggest cause of blindness in people of...
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A balanced diet including 5 portions of fruit and vegetable...
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If you do not eat five portions of fruit and vegetables eac...
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Once you have had an eye exam you have a wide choice of...
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A dispensing optician, having studied for a minimum of thre...
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A distance prescription is for general purpose. If you are...
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DBL is commonly known as the bridge size on a frame. Imagi...
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An enhanced eye exam includes retinal photography as an opt...
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At Conlons, whether you pay for your eye test privately...
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Not as you might think anything to do with your eye as such...
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At Conlons whether you pay privately for your sight tes...
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The fundus is another name for the back of the eye includin...
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All qualified opticians must be registered with the General...
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Glass lenses are available in 1.523, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, and 1.9...
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The term glaucoma refers to a group of eye conditions w...
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Technicians are responsible for making up glasses – using s...
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All Conlons glasses are covered by a 90-day no quibble ...
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Lens materials come in refractive indices from 1.49 up to 1...
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Many of us invest considerably in our favourite hobbies...
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Hypermetropia or long sightedness (also known as hyperopia ...
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see Interest free credit...
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Conlons are unusual amongst opticians to offer interest...
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In our fifties presbyopia advances such that our near glasses can...
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From early childhood as we get older we gradually lose the ...
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Jaundice - yellowing of the skin and eyes caused by high levels o...
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Jump - As the eye crosses from the distance portion of a bifocal ...
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Keratoconus - literally conical cornea - is a hereditary degenera...
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Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation is a high...
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Also known as Amblyopia. Reduced vision in one or both eyes wh...
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Your optometrist or dispensing optician will ask you ab...
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The macula is the central part of the retina responsible fo...
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Low macula pigment density has shown to predispose the ...
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Multifocal – simply means many focuses. Multifocal spectacles in...
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People who are short-sighted can usually see close up v...
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In our forties we develop presbyopia. Our eyes lose the ability ...
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Development of new blood vessels as an abnormal response to, fo...
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Currently about 70% of people in England and Wales, and...
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Many of the people who are entitled to an NHS eye test ...
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Many people wear glasses without a prescription to chan...
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Be sure to get sunglasses that comply with British Stan...
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For healthy eyes be sure to eat a balanced diet rich in ant...
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Most of the people employed in an optician’s are optical ad...
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If you have a complaint about an optician or optician’s bus...
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If you currently buy your contact lenses from another optic...
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An optometrist is qualified to test sight and examine eyes ...
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A tint that absorbs less than 20% of visible light (transmi...
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Your PD is the distance between 2 imaginary lines runni...
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Photochromic lenses react to bright light by going dark...
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A layer of special crystals enable polarising lenses to blo...
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This term rather unflatteringly comes from the Greek meanin...
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If you are under forty your prescription will probably ...
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Prism corrects for muscle imbalance or a squint – if you ha...
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Conlons obtains all the goods it dispenses / sells from quality...
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Reading area refers to the part of a spectacle lens tha...
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Refractive surgery – a range of procedures, usually involving spe...
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Many people wonder if we can put new lenses in their ex...
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The recommended period after which a contact lens should be repla...
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Rimless spectacles do not have a frame; rather the lens...
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All lenses can scratch if they are not looked after, howeve...
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Semi-rimless glasses, also known as supra spectacles, do not have...
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Smokers are between 4 and 8 times more likely to go blind t...
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All Conlons spectacle lenses are subject to strict qual...
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see spherical power ...
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see spherical power ...
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The spherical power of a lens is denoted by the term sphere...
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CR39 has been available since the Second World War but didn...
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Virtually all our frames and lenses can be made into pr...
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Conlons offer a wide variety of pale cosmetic tints and...
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A term given to special contact lenses that correct astigmatism i...
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Transitions are the best selling photochromic lens availabl...
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Trifocals offer an alternative to varifocals for people who...
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UV protection is important as UV can damage the eyes. It h...
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Varifocals or progressive lenses offer clear vision at ...
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Vision is a measurement of a person’s ability to see cl...
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Visual acuity is the measurement of vision with any correct...
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The recommended number of hours a daily wear lens should be worn ...
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A fatty yellow bump found at the nasal corner of the eyelids and ...
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Alternative biological term for the macula lutea, the central por...
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A carotenoid pigment found in yellow and orange vegetables and da...
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A contraction of Zylonite an American trade name for Cellulose Ac...
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