Blog Archive
Eye Safety Awareness Month March More than 3,000 eye injuries occur each day on job sites all over the U.S. 1 in 10 employees will miss work in order to recover. Out of the total amount of eye injuries 10 to 20 percent will lead to temporary or permanent vision...
Does Allergy season make your contacts unbearable? Allergies can make eyes itchy, teary and red, currently relief can be found in the form of eye drops. Contacts lens wearers who suffer from allergies know all too well the struggle with removing their lenses applying antihistamine drops, waiting a few minutes,...
January is Glaucoma Awareness month! Glaucoma is a intra ocular pressure (IOP) related disease that damages your eye’s optic nerve (the optic nerve connects/communicates between your eye and brain). Glaucoma is the leading cause of preventable vision loss in adults over the age of sixty. It can occur due to...
Eye Color Genetics Eye Color depends on pigmentation known as melanin that is produced by melanocytes (a specialized cell located in the front layers of the iris, the structure surrounding the pupil). Individuals have on average the same number of melanocytes, but the amount of melanin produced varies. The color...
November is Diabetic Eye Awareness Month!500 million people worldwide have diabetes and diabetic retinopathy! It is the 4th leading cause ofblindness in the world!Adults with diabetes who are 50 years of age or older are at a higher risk for developing diabeticretinopathy, about ½ of patients in this population category...
Human Cadavers Offer potential treatment for blindness. A recent study from Stem Cell Reports https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stemcr.2020.12.007Found that Healthy retinal Pigment Epithelial cells implanted beneath the macula of blind monkeysrestored at least some vision without serious or deadly side effects.The Retinal Pigmented Epithelium or RPE is a central part of the macula...
What is happening to my eyes!Presbyopia comes from a Greek word meaning “seasoned eye” .You have finally reached your 40th year of life and all is well, until you look down at your phoneand notice the font is blurry! Stretching your arm farther away is the only way to make...
It is with a heavy heart that Marina Del Rey Optometry shares with you the news of the passing of Dr. Kobayashi's dear friend, David B. Golden, OD. Dr. Golden joined his father in optometric practice over 30 years ago and grew the practices to be some of the largest...
Pink Eye AKA Conjunctivitis, Causes and symptoms and what to do about it. Pink Eye also known as Conjunctivitis is a inflammation or infection of the front surface of the eye and or eyelids causing irritated red eyes. The Conjunctiva of the eye is a thin clear layer or membrane...
Omega 3’s, good fat for your eyes We know our diets make up a large part of our overall health, staying in shape with good diets keeps our bodies and minds fit, but what about our eyes? Is there a solution to protect our eye health that can be found...
Computer Vision Syndrome Prolonged computer, tablet, cell phone and other digital device use can lead to a group of eye and vision related problems known computer vision syndrome or digital eye strain. 2020 was a year in which we all became much more familiar with being indoors. When all the...
Christmas Tree Cataracts A Christmas tree cataract is a relatively rare form of opacity seen in the crystalline lens. It can occur in one eye or in both eyes each with their own unique pattern. It is characterized by needle-shaped polychromatic deposits deep in the cortex and nucleus of the...
How to clean Glasses Correctly Daily cleaning of your eyeglasses is the best method to keep your vision looking great and prevent scratches or other eyewear damage. Let’s go over some of the right and wrong ways when it comes to cleaning your glasses. How to properly clean your glasses...
It's Halloween season, and adding colored contact lenses or costume lenses to your costume this year may be the way to add that higher level of fright your looking for. If you are not a contact lens wearer, you probably do know a friend or relative that will possibly wear...
Foggy glasses with your mask? While it is essential for everyone to be wearing face masks to decrease risk of COVID-19 transmission, we all know it can be a bit pesky when our glasses start to fog with our masks. Here are some tips that help reduce condensation from your...
May is Melanoma Awareness Month! When most people hear about melanoma, usually skin cancer first comes to mind—but, did you know we could also develop cancer in or on our eye? Ocular melanoma is a rare type of cancer that develops from the pigment producing cells of the eye, including...
I have worn glasses or contact lenses since I was eight or nine years old. Way more years with corrective lenses than I have been without corrective lenses. I have worn contact lenses since i was in my early teens. I enjoy being glasses free so wearing glasses over my...
Our Marina Del Rey Optometry team had the pleasure of serving the LA community with Share a Meal prior to the COVID-19 crisis. Share A Meal is an amazing organization that comes together 5 days a week at different locations in LA to serve the homeless with basic necessities and...
The macula, the most sensitive part of the retina, is highly concentrated with cells that make up your fine visual acuity, central vision, and color vision. There are two types of AMD; dry and wet. Dry AMD is the early form that ranges from fatty deposit accumulation in the...
As a health care facility, Marina Del Rey Optometry, has always taken care to disinfect instruments to avoid the spread of viruses. The Coronavirus reminds us that there is a difference between disinfecting and sterilizing. Marina Del Rey Optometry is big advocate for single use contact lenses. Since each lens...