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Understanding Your Vision

Vision Basics Everyone Should Know

Why Are My Eyes Watering? Understanding Excessive Tearing and How to Stop It

Excessive tearing is one of the most common complaints we see in our patients, and one of the most misunderstood. It’s common to assume watery eyes are caused by allergies or environmental irritants. While those can certainly be contributing factors, persistent tearing often points to something else entirely. Watery eyes often signal that the eye's surface lacks adequate lubrication. When the tear film becomes unstable, the eye produces a flood of reflex tears to protect itself. These tears ... Read more »

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Vision Challenges

Let Beach Eye Care define your vision challenges and then correct them. With all of the options available for vision correction today, it’s no wonder that people often get confused by all of the choices available. That’s why your initial consultation is so important. Below you’ll find a list of common conditions of the eye, how they affect your vision and the different corrective treatments available. ... Read more »

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How Does Vision Work

Eyesight 101 - Get to know your eyes. The human eye and a camera work in similar ways. A camera allows light in through an aperture, focuses an image with a lens which then projects and records an image on film located at the rear of the camera. Your eye works basically the same way. Rather than film, at the back of the eye is the retina onto which the image is projected. From there the image is conveyed via the optic nerve to the brain which interprets the image by shape, color and dimension. ... Read more »

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