It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving time at Wilkinson Eye Center unless we talked about the vision benefits of your turkey day feast. Before you sit down and eat a bunch of turkey and stuffing with your loved ones on this fun holiday, you may be surprised to learn that turkey is actually really beneficial to your […]
When a new season rolls around a lot of people start to remember that they have new doctors appointments and things that they have to attend to. Here at Wilkinson Eye Center, we like to remind our patients every now and again that it’s time to get their eyes examined. But how can you tell […]
One of the last things that you’ll want to wake up with after Halloween is a nasty eye infection. And although we can’t guarantee that this won’t happen, there are a few easy things that you can do to prevent against you getting one. Let’s take a closer look at a few tips that we […]
If you have diabetes, then you may know just how important it is for you to stay on top of your game; you know that you can’t miss a meal without taking insulin, you know that unless you have a pump that you need to test your blood sugar every so often, and you know […]
With over 30 million Americans and 300 million people worldwide who suffer from dry eye, it’s definitely not a rarity. If you have noticed that your eyes feel gritty and watery all of the time, then you may suffer from dry eye as well. Even though most people have learned to live with this constant […]
Living with perfect vision can feel like you live a perfect life until one day you realize you can’t see the eye chart as well as you once could. If you have noticed that your vision has gotten increasingly worse, come into Wilkinson Eye Center for an eye exam. With simple glasses or contact lenses, […]
Here at Wilkinson Eye Center, we don’t just provide patients with the basics like eye exams, contact lenses, and glasses, we specialize in a variety of different things including surgeries. One of the most common surgeries that we offer here at Wilkinson Eye Center is cataract surgery. Typically, during cataract surgery, we will remove the […]
With summer in full swing, you are probably spending a lot of your time outdoors with friends and family enjoying the long summer days. And although being out in the sun is certainly good for the soul, too much sun exposure can wreak havoc on not just your skin but your eyes as well. So, […]
It’s normal to have dry eye on occasion but if you suffer from dry eye on a regular basis, then it’s probably a little more serious. Your eyes are naturally lubricated by your tears which contain mucin (a mucus-like substance) and lipids/oils. Each of these substances come from a different structure of the eye to […]
Eye makeup is an easy and effective way to make your eyes pop and make you look otherwise alive (no matter how little sleep you had the night before). However, one problem that we see with patients who wear a lot of eye makeup is that they don’t know how to get it all the […]
