Silhouette Optics has added a new collection to the Silhouette eyeware range. The outstanding and highly sophisticated HINGE C-1 creation with the innovative cylinder hinge solution combines elegance and sports for unmatched style and wearing comfort. The new Hinge C-1 Collection implements perfectly shaped, ingenious cylinder hinges, turning rimless eyewear into technical masterpieces. “Highly ...
After a 5 year-long fruitful and productive cooperation, LACOSTE and Charmant announce today their decision to end their partnership for eyewear products. Charmant had become the worldwide licensee of LACOSTE S.A. in 2006 and had helped the brand significantly to improve the quality of its products thanks to an outstanding manufacturing knowhow, positioning LACOSTE among […]
It’s always a pleasure spending time with my patients and during the eye exam we normally have time to talk about matters of life in between all the ‘Which is better, One or Two’s’. So it came to be that Mr van Zyl and I had a long conversation about his colorful 91 years of […]
It’s now an old cliche that times are a changing, but one thing that doesn’t change and in fact is expected in South Africa is the annual price increase. In Optometry, as in all medicine disciplines, all our suppliers diligently send out their notice of ‘Price Increases for 2011’ the moment the Post Office came […]
This year the practice have been heavily involved in community eye care and specifically with Jonga Trust activities. Jonga Trust is an NPO/NGO that provides eye care to disadvantaged communities. One of the key projects that Basil and Johann have been involved in was providing eye care to school going children. Over the last few […]
Day two in New York saw us up and about early in the day. We booked a city tour of New York the previous evening and the driver was going to pick us up at 9h00 in the morning. On the dot 9h00, in walks a near look alike of Sammy Davis,Jr. He introduces himself […]
It’s Sunday night and we arrived in New York City. We are on the first leg of our journey in the USA on our way to the Vision by Design congress. Chris Eksteen and I have been invited to present a paper on advance Orthokeratology at the Vision by Design congress which is the annual […]
It’s Eye Care Awareness Week and what a busy and exciting time for all of us at the practice. During the week we have been involved with Jonga Trust, Ster Kinekor, Lions International, Rotary Club Durbanville, Transitions Optical and Liquid Lingo in special projects to provide over 300 pairs of spectacle to school going children […]
More and more we are discovering that prenatal health is important in normal human development. Retinopathy of prematurity is a debilitating condition that permanently effects the sight of a new born. This is an interesting study looking at the link between low birth weight and the development of refractive errors which was published in Br […]
This is an interesting study on computer vision syndrome and yoga published in the Head Face Med. 2006 Dec 3;2:46. The authors were: Telles S, Naveen KV, Dash M, Deginal R, Manjunath NK. Background ‘Dry eye’ appears to be the main contributor to the symptoms of computer vision syndrome. Regular breaks and the use of […]
