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‘Tis the Season to Fall for IRPL and Say Bye to Dry Eyes!
We are midway through September, and there is a crisp, drier change to the air. Despite the seasonal changes, you may have been struggling with dry eyes, especially if you spend lots of time working in front of a computer or spend lots of time outdoors. Dry Eye Disease develops when your natural tears can’t…
Read MoreDry Eye Gadgets and Gizmos: Eye-light® and LLLT
Good day, Merivale Vision Care friends! Thank you for coming back to tune into our third blog installment all about our amazing, high-tech, innovative, and effective Dry Eye treatment gadgets and gizmos. Today we will be learning all about our cool Innova gadget called Eye-light® and LLLT, otherwise known as Low-Level Light Therapy, and how…
Read MoreSupport the Canadian Cancer Society with Us and Help Hope Bloom
One of our core values here at Merivale Vision Care is giving back to our community and helping others in need. We are extremely proud to share with you that will be supporting the Daffodil Campaign and the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) again this April, just like last year. CCS puts it so well: the…
Read MoreSay Goodbye to Itchy Eyes with New ACUVUE® Theravision® Contact Lenses
Howdy friends! There is a new brand of contact lenses in town, the ACUVUE® Theravision® contact lenses, and we are one of the first clinics in Ottawa to offer them to you. We are so proud to offer the latest technologies and hottest products when it comes to your contact lenses and eye care needs.…
Read MoreLet’s Spread Some Love this February with Heart Month!
The Merivale Vision Care, Wellington Vision Care and Ottawa Vision Therapy teams are so excited to share that we are celebrating Heart Month all February long to support the amazing team at The Ottawa Heart Institute! We celebrate Heart Month annually, and in doing so we hope to bring awareness to cardiovascular health and all…
Read MoreDry Eye Gadgets and Gizmos: E>Eye IRPL Technology
Welcome back to the second installment of our dry eye gadgets and gizmos treatment series! This week, we will be sharing all about our E>Eye IRPL device for the treatment of dry eye. IRPL stands for Intense Regulated Pulsed Light, and our new E>Eye is the first medical device in the word using IRPL technology…
Read MoreDry Eye Gadgets and Gizmos – Oculus Keratograph
Hello MVC family! In the not too distant past, we shared the exciting news about our recently opened Dry Eye Treatment Clinic, and all the new gadgets and gizmos that help us treat those dry peepers. Let’s take a deeper dive into the cool factor of each dry eye gadget and gizmo. First up, the…
Read MoreThe Cutting Edge: Single Vision Digital Lenses
If you are someone with a slightly higher than average eyeglass prescription requirement, then you have stopped by to visit us at just the right time! Today we are sharing the scoop on the most cutting-edge lens technology: single vision digital lenses. The benefits that come with these lenses are quite expansive. They include the…
Read MoreFeeling Foggy? 4 Ways to Combat our (Un)Fave 2020 Problem: Foggy Lenses
Are you feeling super foggy these days? I mean literally foggy? One of the un-fun side effects of this less than ideal year we call 2020 is the constant nuisance of having the lenses in our glasses fog up whenever we don a mask. We have 4 options to help you combat this problem and…
Read MoreMiYOSMART Lenses and Myopia Control
Hi Friends, welcome back to another segment with Merivale Vision Care. We are so proud to share that we can now prescribe, fit, and dispense the new MiYOSMART Lenses from Hoya Vision. The MiYOSMART lens product is designed particularly for managing near-sightedness (or myopia) in children and can help prevent the progression of myopia over…
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