As licensed opticians, we’ll also ensure you get custom lenses created with exacting precision to suit your needs.

Well-chosen eyewear can enhance your appearance by creating balance, drawing attention to your best features and offsetting imperfections.

Here’s a link to Finding the Right Frames for Your Face from eyecessorizeblog.com.

It was a great experience for players, coaches, and parents to meet him. And we were fortunate to have some photos taken too.

For all you hockey fans, hope you are enjoying Hockey Day in Canada!!!

Come in to Matheson Eyewear to see the many LinkSkin styles we have available!

LinkSkin uses recycled plastics and stainless steel to create one of the world first options for recycled eyewear.  The plastic is cut from thin recycled polymer sheets and undergoes minimal re-processing or alteration in order to minimize the energy consumption used in production.

Frames are constructed without soldering, screws or hinges.

The case provided with LinkSkin eyewear is also made rom recycled plastic, and the company also encourages buyers to return their used frames to their optician for recycling.

For more details, visit the website for LinkSkin.

Computer glasses differ from regular eyeglasses or reading glasses in a number of ways to optimize your eyesight when viewing your computer screen.

• Computer screens usually are positioned 20 to 26 inches from the user’s eyes. This is considered the intermediate zone of vision — closer than driving (“distance”) vision, but farther away than reading (“near”) vision.
• The simplest computer glasses have single vision lenses with a modified lens power prescribed to give the most comfortable vision at the user’s computer screen. This lens power relaxes the amount of “accommodation” required to keep objects in focus at the distance of the computer screen and provides the largest field of view.
• For maximum viewing comfort, the lenses of your computer glasses should include anti-reflective coating. Sometimes called anti-glare treatment, anti-reflective (AR) coatings eliminate reflections of light from the front and back surfaces of your lenses that can cause eye strain.
• Some eye doctors recommend adding a light tint to computer glasses to reduce glare caused by harsh overhead lighting and to enhance contrast. Tinted computer lenses also are recommended to block short-wavelength,”blue” light emitted from computer screens that is associated with glare and eye strain.
• For more details, go to AllAboutVision.com’s FAQ page about Computer Glasses.

Common Symptoms of Computer Vision Syndrome

Without computer eyeglasses, many computer users often end up with blurred vision, eye strain, and headaches — the hallmark symptoms of computer vision syndrome. Worse still, many people try to compensate for their blurred vision by leaning forward, or by tipping their head to look through the bottom portion of their glasses. Both of these actions can result in a sore neck, sore shoulders and a sore back.

What to do about it?

As one of our services, Matheson Eyewear can schedule an eye exam for you with an optometrist.  Then using your prescription, we’ll help you choose the frames and lens options to alleviate your eye strain.

And here are 10 tips on how to relieve eye strain from AllAboutVision.

More Questions and Answers

Here are some more Questions and Answers about Computer Vision Syndrome that you might find helpful. Questions include:

Q: What to do about tired eyes from too much reading and computer?

Q: How can I relieve eye stress from looking at computers all day every day? 

We’re pleased to announce that we now carry Wiley X sunglasses!

These sunglasses are a great option for men looking for prescription sunglasses and are also great for outdoor sports enthusiasts and motorcycle drivers.  They are Certified for High Velocity Protection.

Visit us at Matheson Eyewear to see the styles and options available.

These sunglasses are a great choice for those needing prescription sunglasses.  They are also an excellent choice for motorcycle drivers.

They are Certified for High Velocity Protection.

Come on in to Matheson Eyewear to learn more about the Wiley X styles and options available.

A trendy pair of frames is an easy way to update your look and give you a fresh start for the New Year.

Here are some tips from the Eyecessorize Blog to help guide you to your next set of specs.  Tips include how to

• Complement Your Face Shape
• Match Your Fashion Personality
• Get the Perfect Fit
• Invest in Multiple Pairs
• Stay on Trend

Kick off the new year in style.  We’ll help you choose the eyewear to look your best in 2012!