Family Eye Care

11/12/2025

How to NOT Ruin Your Glasses

Now that you have picked up your new pair of prescription eyeglasses, your focus becomes taking care of them. This is a task many disregard, but it is absolutely imperative that you make sure you are following a couple simple steps to keep the...

11/05/2025

Is Your Child's Nearsightedness Progressing? We can help! -

Family Eye Care is now be able to prescribe Stellest lenses to our pediatric patients! Stellest lenses are the only FDA approved prescription spectacle lenses indicated to slow the progression of myopia (nearsightedness) in children, ages 6-12 at the initiation of treatment. In a two-year clinical s...

11/05/2025

Diabetic Retinopathy and the Eye

Diabetic retinopathy is an eye condition that can affect the retina of people who have diabetes.The retina is the light-sensitive tissue that lines the back of the eye, and it detects light that is then processed as an image by the brain....

11/04/2025

We are excited to now offer Stellest lenses to our pediatric patients! Stellest lenses are the only FDA approved spectacle lens to slow myopia (nearsightedness) in children. Call our office at 708-456-3232, or schedule online at www.familyeyecareonline.com to see if your child would be a good candidate.

11/04/2025

Use Your Vision Benefits and Flex Spending Before December 31st! -

If you have a vision plan or participate in a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) through your employer's benefits program, time may be running out. Some plans require the money you contributed to be spent by December 31st, or you risk losing it.

10/30/2025

Twitching Eyelids

Have you ever felt a twitching sensation in your eye? Did it feel like everyone was looking at you because of it? Were you worried that it was the beginning of a big problem?Relax--it’s not likely to be a big deal. Most of the time it is not even...

10/23/2025

Your Eyes and Shingles

Shingles is the term we use to describe a condition that is caused by a re-activation of the Herpes Varicella-Zoster virus. The origin of this infection usually goes way back to childhood with a disease we know as chickenpox.When you have a...

10/15/2025

My New Glasses Are Making My Eyes Worse

Will reading glasses make your eyes worse? The short answer is "No."Although we don’t know the exact mechanism by which humans lose the ability to focus up close as we age , the fact remains that it happens to almost...

10/08/2025

Keep Your Costumed Eyes from Crying BooHoo at Halloween

Fall brings a lot of fun, with Halloween playing a big part in that.But did you know that some Halloween practices could harm your vision? Take Halloween contacts, for instance. Costume contacts vary widely, with everything from monster eyes to...