Contact Lenses 101: Daily vs. Monthly, Astigmatism-Friendly, and Everything In Between The contact lens aisle, or the dropdown menu on any lens ordering site, can feel genuinely bewildering. Daily disposables, monthly lenses, toric lenses, extended wear, lenses for dry eyes. How do you know what’s right for you? If you’ve ever stared at the options…

Your child has been doing homework on a laptop since third grade. They FaceTime their friends, watch videos on a tablet, and, if you’ve looked away for more than ten minutes, potentially even have multiple screens going at once. Sound familiar? That’s the world that we live in now. Screens likely aren’t going away anytime…

If your eyes burn by mid-afternoon, feel gritty when you wake up, or water at the exact moment you need them not to, and you’ve been reaching for eye drops so often they’ve become a permanent fixture on your person, you’re not imagining it. And you’re not alone. But most people with chronic dry eye…

Most people schedule an eye exam when something feels wrong: blurry vision, a persistent headache, or a kid squinting at the board during class. It makes sense. That’s how we’re wired to think about doctors’ appointments: something goes wrong, you get it checked. But eye care doesn’t quite work that way. Many of the most…

If your child’s glasses prescription seems to change every year (sometimes drastically), let us first say, it’s common. But we understand it can also be frustrating. Childhood myopia, also known as nearsightedness, is becoming more common, progressing faster, and starting earlier than ever before. At Monocle, we take a proactive, evidence-based approach to children’s vision.…