Holiday Red Eyes

Tis the season for red eyes! Remember to take extra care to protect your eyes. See the attached link to learn safety precautions regarding eye make-up, lotions, and proper contact lens care! Keep your eyes merry and white this holiday season!

http://www.pioneerthinking.com/holidayeyes.html

Holiday Style Show

Join us for our Holiday Style Show this Thursday, Dec 2nd, from 2-7pm! See hot new designer frames for 2011! Receive up to 50% on select frames and lenses! See you Thursday.

Turkey Eye Trivia

Did you know that….
-A turkey can twist its long neck 360 degrees, which in effect gives it eyes in the back of its head?
-A turkey has poor night vision, but can see better than a human with 20/20 vision during daylight hours? Their crisp vision is the turkey’s primary defense mechanism.
-A turkey’s ...eyes are set in the sides of its head for monocular vision? But a hen or gobbler makes up for a lack of 3D vision by cocking it’s head left or right to determine the distance to other turkeys or potential danger.
-A turkey, unlike a deer, can see and assimilate some colors? For example, both hens and subordinate toms react to the changing blues, red and whites of a dominant gobbler’s head and neck during the spring breeding season. A tom’s color-pulsing head stimulates hens for mating and suppresses the breeding urges of beta toms. http://www.turkeyhunting.com/

Holiday Frame Style Show

Join us for our Holiday Style Show on Thursday, December 2nd!

Daraja Children's Choir

Advanced Family Eye Care was honored to provide an eye exam to a member of Daraja Children's Choir from Africa. "Daraja means "bridge" in Swahili, and the 24 orphaned children have journeyed across the bridge all the way from Kenya to bring a taste of African worship and praise. The Choir wishes to inspire you with th...e hope and love they have found in Jesus Christ, in spite of the severe hardships they have faced. Their performances are a blend of traditional African song and dance and contemporary Christian music, which shares that hope in a unique and powerful way." The Choir will be performing in two U.S. tours this year. For more information, visit http://410bridge.org/daraja/

Thanksgiving Oreo Turkey Snack

Looking for easy and fun Thanksgiving crafts that you can do with children? Try the Oreo Turkey Snack!

What you need: Oreo cookies, Candy corn, Miniature
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, Icing, Candy eyes
...
Directions:
Separate the Oreo into two pieces (you may want to use a knife to make sure
the cookies stay in tact). Add icing to the Oreo’s cookie icing and arrange five pieces of candy corn around the top of the Oreo that contains the most icing creating “feathers” and two across the bottom to create “feet” with white tip facing down. (Note:strategically place feet to prop and hold up the Oreo turkey. It may take you a few times to get the exact placing.)Re-close Oreo cookie using icing more icing to attach it if necessary. Using icing, attach the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup with the widest part flat against the bottom of the face of the Oreo. Using icing, attach eyes and a piece of candy corn for a waddle.

Happy Thanksgiving from Advanced Family Eye Care!

*recipe found at http://www.examiner.com/stay-at-home-moms-in-austin/easy-thanksgiving-crafts-oreo-turkey-snack

Sunglasses for the Holidays!

Give A Little Sunshine! Sunglasses make the perfect holiday gift! The time is right for giving gifts to all the special people in your life…including yourself! They’re the perfect gift for anyone on your list who’s planning a winter getaway, or just planning to look fabulous all year-round! Gift certificates available.

Need extra cash for the holidays?

Advanced Family Eye Care is currently enrolling patients for 2 contact lens studies. This is an excellent way to make a little extra money with relatively little time involved!

Study Option #1
Tired of wearing reading glasses?Interested in an extra $90.00?
Start Date: Late November
Duration: Approximately one month
Number of Visits: 3 scheduled visits: 1) Baseline/Contact Lens Dispense, 2) 1 week, 3) 4 week/final visit
Inclusion/Exclusion:1) Must be between 40 and 48 years of age, 2) Have NEVER worn contact lenses, 3) Wear reading glasses for close work AND does not wear glasses to see distance, 4) Never had cataract surgery or refractive surgery and 5) Must be an established AFEC patient
*Certain prescription limitations apply

Study Option #2
Attention Clear Care Users!Interested in an extra $125.00?
Start Date: Early December
Duration: 1 monthNumber of Visits: 3 scheduled visits: 1) Baseline, 2) 2 week, 3) 1 month
Additional: Complete and return brief questionnaire each day for a month (using pre-paid envelopes)
Inclusion/Exclusion:1) Must be over 18yo, 2) Must wear soft contact lenses full time (CANNOT be daily disposables), 3) No overnight wearers, 4) You MUST currently use Clear Care as your daily solution, and 5) You must be an established AFEC patient.

We are seeking the following:
a. 3 patients in Air Optix Aqua contacts
b. 3 patients in Acuvue Oasys or Acuvue Advance
c. 3 patients in Biofinity lenses
d. 3 patients in either Frequency 55, Freshlook colors

If you are interested in participating, please contact jenniferspeight@seeadvanced.com for more information. We will accept the first 5 patients that are interested in study option #1 and the first 9 for study option #2. You will receive compensation upon completion of the study.

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Happy Halloween!

Advanced Family Eye Care hopes you had a wonderful Halloween!