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Choosing between contact lenses and glasses depends on your lifestyle and vision needs. Learn the pros and cons of each to make the best choice for you.
Explore how dry eye syndrome affects residents of Lakeville, MN, and discover the advanced treatments available at our practice.
Dry Eye Syndrome can cause discomfort and affect your quality of life. Learn about the symptoms and treatments available, including Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) Therapy, at Lakeville Family Eye Care.
Annual eye exams for contact lens wearers are essential to maintain eye health, update prescriptions, ensure proper lens fit, and detect potential eye issues early. Proper contact lens care, including thorough handwashing, using the right solutions, and adhering to wearing schedules, is essential.
Diabetic retinopathy is a potentially sight-threatening condition caused by high blood sugar levels in diabetics. Fortunately, your eye doctor can advise on how to manage and reduce the risk of developing it.
Embark on a journey of myopia management with the cutting-edge MiSight contact lenses at Lakeville Family Eye Care.
Myopia, or nearsightedness, is a common vision issue among children, and lifestyle choices play a vital role in its progression. Explore the connection between lifestyle and myopia as we provide you with ten practical tips for parents to support their child's eye health.
While environmental factors such as excessive near-work and limited outdoor activities can cause and worsen myopia, recent advancements in genetic research have revealed an intriguing link between genetics and this visual condition. Explore the role of genetic factors in myopia development and contact Lakeville Family Eye Care today for a personalized approach to managing and preventing myopia.
A holistic approach to treating dry eyes involves addressing underlying health conditions, making lifestyle adjustments, and more.
High myopia – severe nearsightedness – is associated with an increased risk of serious eye diseases such as retinal detachment, glaucoma, and cataracts.
Here's how eye exams helped save Katie's vision and quality of life. Call Lakeville Family Eye Care to schedule your appointment.
Children and adolescents with diabetes are significantly more likely to suffer from dry eye syndrome (DES) than their non-diabetic peers. Read on to learn why diabetics are at higher risk, and how Lakeville Family Eye Care can help.
Discover why experts say there’s a myopia epidemic, and learn what you can do to keep your kids’ eyes healthy. Lakeville Family Eye Care proudly offers myopia management treatments to nearsighted children for healthy and clear life-long vision.
Medication doesn't always work to heal dry eye syndrome's underlying cause. The following natural and holistic remedies may relieve your eye discomfort and relieve your symptoms.
Your eye experts at Lakeville Family Eye Care have compiled our top 7 tips for keeping your eyes healthy and safe this holiday season. Let us know how else we can help!
Did you know that having atrophied meibomian glands can signal uncontrolled blood sugar levels? To learn more or to schedule an appointment, contact Lakeville Family Eye Care today!
Did you know that a risk factor for developing myopia (nearsightedness) is living in an urban area? But don’t worry – the myopia management program at Lakeville Family Eye Care can help.
Many conditions can cause hazy vision and difficulty focusing, including dry eye syndrome. Here’s how your Lakeville Family Eye Care in can help.
It's Contact Lens Safety Month, which makes it the perfect time to brush up on ways to keep your eyes and vision healthy when wearing contact lenses. Here are our top contact lens safety tips to keep your peepers happy.
Traditional myopia correction uses glasses to improve visual acuity, but they are not a solution for controlling myopia’s progression and may even contribute to worsening myopia. Myopia management is an effective treatment program to slow or halt myopia progression.
Seeing floaters is common and usually nothing to worry about. Yet there are times when floaters are a sign of a serious eye condition. Here’s what you need to know about eye floaters, and how Lakeville Family Eye Care can help!
The most important reason for choosing myopia management is to protect your child’s precious gift of sight from sight-threatening eye diseases. But here’s an added benefit: it may save you money in the long run!
Dry eye syndrome is one of the most common eye conditions in the world, yet many people put up with the discomfort, even though it's very treatable. Here are tips to help you deal with your dry eye symptoms, along with treatment from your eye doctor.
Here are 5 eye symptoms that you should never ignore. Call Lakeville Family Eye Care without delay if you or a loved one experiences any of these eye or vision problems.
Childhood myopia — nearsightedness — is reaching epidemic proportions. Fortunately, there are steps parents can take to reduce their child’s risk of developing myopia.
Every child should have a comprehensive eye exam before the start of the new school year. Just as you wouldn’t consider sending them to school without a backpack or a lunch box, make sure their eyes and vision are ready for the challenges ahead.
High myopia isn’t just difficulty seeing faraway objects. It can actually increase the risk of developing serious eye diseases later in life. Read on to find out how you can slow or halt your child’s myopia progression.
Did you know that Nerf® guns, a supposedly safe children’s toy, have been shown to cause eye injury in certain cases? What makes them so dangerous?
Hyperopia affects near vision in children and young adults. Want to know more about hyperopia? Here we explain ways to recognize the condition and help your child if they have it.
Whether you call it eye goop, crusties or gunk, there are times when a bit of mucus around your eyes is normal — and times when it’s not. Learn how a dry eye optometrist can help.
Myopia management, an optometrist-developed program, can slow and even halt the progression of a child’s myopia. Read on to learn more.
Studies have found a correlation between asthma and dry eye syndrome. Fortunately, a dry eye optometrist can help by treating your uncomfortable dry eye symptoms.