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Seeing the Signs: Understanding If You Need Glasses for Driving
Aug 01, 2020
Let’s state this emphatically right out the gate: If you’re experiencing any difficulty with your vision while driving, either during the daytime or at night, make an appointment with your eye doctor today!
Reading…
Summer Update: Returning to the New Normal
Jun 21, 2020
It feels like forever since we’ve reached out with details about where we’re at and what we’re doing over here at Berlin Optical Expressions. In fact, it has been a few months, and much like you, we’ve…
Business Update: Social Distancing and Watching Out For Each Other
Mar 25, 2020
Like so many businesses in our communities right now, or doors are largely closed to the public, but that doesn’t mean we’re not looking out for you. The Centers for Disease Control, and the Governor of…
The Online Optical Marketplace – An Inconvenient Truth
Feb 25, 2020
In case you haven’t noticed, virtually everything is going online. The internet revolution completely upended any semblance of the traditional American marketplace. To be fair, the consumer marketplace…
Vision Through the Eyes of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Jan 20, 2020
“The difference between a dreamer and a visionary is that a dreamer has his eyes closed and a visionary has his eyes open.” — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
You don’t need prescription eyeglasses or colored…
The Gift of Sight – Happy Holidays from Berlin Optical Expressions!
Dec 14, 2019
Just hear those sleigh bells ringing, and jing-ting-tingaling, too…
This holiday season, give your loved ones the gift that keeps on giving, every time you open your eyes.
Berlin Optical Expressions has…
A Thanksgiving Feast for Your Eyes
Nov 22, 2019
Thanksgiving is the very definition of indulgence. Friends and family gather to indulge (read: gorge) in ways that any other time of the year might seem gluttonous, if not simply a little over the top.…
Best Kids Eyeglass Frames – Back to School Edition
Oct 28, 2019
The first things you think of when buying anything for your kid has to be affordability and durability. I swear it seems like kids are truly living in a real-life Wreck-It Ralph where everything is on…
Blurred Vision – Fall Foliage Edition
Sep 24, 2019
People travel many countless miles this time of year to drive around aimlessly taking in Vermont’s radiant fall foliage. Brilliant reds, yellows, and oranges blanket the hills and valleys for a few short…
Dry Eye Treatment – Tears from Heaven
Aug 20, 2019
Tears are so much more than just a physical expression of heightened emotion, in fact, there’s more than one type of tear; there’s actually three! Tears are produced by several glands in and around the…
Myopia Control – Slowing the Progression of Nearsightedness in Children
Jul 17, 2019
Myopia is a fancy word for nearsightedness, something most everybody is familiar with. People that are nearsighted have no problem seeing things close up like books or tablets, but have difficulty seeing…
Buying Bifocals – What You Need to Know
Jun 14, 2019
First things first: nearly every person out there will experience some amount of vision deterioration as they age; it’s just one of the many things we all have to look forward to! That said, we’re not…
Sleep: One of the Best Things You Can Do For Your Eyes
May 14, 2019
According the Center for Disease Control, over 40 million people in the United States get less than 6 hours of sleep per night. It is recommended that adults ages 18-60 get at least 7 or more hours of…
Go Into the Light… How Light Filtering Improves Visual Performance
Apr 18, 2019
"It's gonna be a bright, bright, bright, sunshiny day!"
We have all had the experience of walking outside into a bright sunny day, and squinting to try to adjust your eyes to the light. If we’re prepared,…
Visionary Kitchen: Eating for Eye Health
Mar 11, 2019
The AREDS Formulation
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research. In 2001, the NIH launched the…
February is National Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Awareness Month
Feb 08, 2019
Macular Degeneration Awareness Matters
There is a month, a week, or a day out there for just about everything, and there’s a good reason for that. By educating and building awareness around things like…
Prescription for Getting Used To Your New Prescription
Jan 21, 2019
Your Eyes, Customized
Even though most of us know better, we tend to wear our outdated prescription far longer than we probably should. If you were to visit the eye doctor more frequently, as you’ve probably…
Making a List, and Checking it Twice
Dec 14, 2018
Reading the List, That’s What Really Matters
Whether you’re going old school this holiday season, and writing your holiday gift list on a papyrus scroll, or dictating a list to your phone as we imagine…
Happy Thanksgiving from Berlin Optical Expressions!
Nov 22, 2018
Our Extended Family…
As a family optometry practice, we pride ourselves on our commitment to personal, professional eye care, and unequaled attention to all of our patients’ needs. We work every day to…
Winter is Coming! How Well Can You See at Night?
Oct 24, 2018
Fall Back, Spring Forward, See the Difference
There are approximately 10 hours and 36 minutes of daylight today, October 24, 2018. In just a few short months that will be down to an annual low of 8 hours…