Children's Eye Exam

If you haven’t already, add “attend a really awesome country show" to your bucket-list.

I decided this would be an entertaining way to spend my Saturday night; so I grabbed a couple of my guy friends and drove over to Noblesville this weekend. It ended up being a great idea. Rascal Flatts puts on an amazing show! (You can see we got into the theme a little bit..hats, boots, my belt buckle..it was great.)

While we were waiting in the never ending line to get a cold piece of pizza, I watched an elderly man take his glasses off and use his very 90s teal and orange windbreaker (tied around his waste in the same fashion as most 1993 school kids) and use the sleeve to “clean” the dust and smudges off his glasses and lenses (CRINGE!).

Here are a few guidelines from your vision doctor to cleaning your lenses.

1.       If there is loose dirt or little grimy pieces on your lenses its better to rinse them with warm soapy water so you don’t scratch your lenses with any of the pieces.

2.       That said, by soapy, I do NOT mean dish soap, glass cleaner, Windex or anything like that. If you’ve been using these things on your glasses STOP NOW!

a.       A huge mistake often made is cleaning with Windex, dish soap, or other glass cleaners. DON’T DO THIS. Using liquids with all those chemicals can cause unintentional removal of any coatings you may have on your glasses! The chemicals in these products can end up eating away at and eventually destroying your anti-reflective coating or any other coatings you might have on your lenses. Use a solution (like Dr. Tavel’s Optical Spray) formulated for lens cleaning.

3.       If they’re smudgy its best to use a microfiber lens cloth (available in many patterns, pictures, shapes, and sizes at Dr. Tavel) or an old soft T-shirt to gently rub the lenses. This should do the trick.

4.       Don’t use a windbreak, don’t use jeans, don’t use wool, and in general don’t use scratchy material. This can cause little scratches in your lenses that will be noticeable when you look through your lenses.

In sum, if you were to go to into any Indiana eye center they would tell you the same thing: soapy water (not dish soap or Windex) and a soft towel. OR. Soft lens cloth or old t-shirt. End of story.