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Eyes on the runway…

Fashion for Fall/Winter 2010 is vintage in a big way, and that goes for eyewear too! Glasses and sunglasses have long surpassed their status as merely functional, and instead have become a chic and stylish accessory (think of them like you would a fantastic pair of shoes or a great bag). Lately, more and more […]

Industries for the Blind

It is my pleasure to share with you the extraordinary experience of my recent visit to Industries for the Blind (IFB), a local business operating in West Asheville. In our world of environmental calamities, economic uncertainty, violence and apathy, it's important to focus on something that is truly positive, something that brings a breath of […]

‘Twas the Night Before Halloween

‘Twas the night before Halloween and Envision was stirring With plenty of glasses that had a strong yearning To get out on the town, to go strut their stuff. But Envision was closed; to get out would be tough. The frames began talking, conspiring with each other The OGIs tried opening one window, the Silhouettes, […]

LASIK: New Concerns From the FDA.

Since the mid 90s, over 28.3 million people have had LASIK surgery for vision correction and that number is growing by 700,000 every year. Patients often jump for the possibility of “waking up with perfect vision” ;and in the last few years, flashy advertising, celebrity endorsements and lower prices have made this procedure even more […]

Envision’s Approach to Patient Care

To dovetail on my last blog post, "Envision Eyecare's Approach to Customer Service," this entry will describe how our philosophy on customer service extends into the realm of patient care. Working in several practices before starting my own, I came to recognize consistencies in patient complaints about their past care. They centered on not understanding […]

Common Myths about eyes and vision.

A friend recently asked me what the most common question that I get from patients is. The first query that popped into my mind is “If I start wearing glasses, will they make my eyes worse (or will they make my eyes better?)” I felt like this was a helpful topic for Envision’s new blog […]