4Sight Newsletters

Women, unfortunately, tend to be more vulnerable to a number of eye diseases, even if they are less likely than men to sustain a sight-threatening eye injury over the course of their lives...

FAQ’s during COVID-19: Eyecare Can I buy contacts/glasses if my prescription is expired? Our doctor is looking at patients on a case by case basis and offering extensions for up to a year where it makes sense. Since we are still open for curbside pickup we can provide temporary diagnostic contact lenses until May if...

How can local community members support small businesses in Plainfield? Well, as is often the case we thought up 4 ways every resident can support local small business: 1) Share positive experiences online: Whether that means a review on your favorite site or a testimonial on that business’s website, sharing something positive can be uplifting...

Whether we’re tired, our eyes feel dry or itchy, or there’s something stuck in one of them, it seems like the easiest way to make it feel better is to rub them a little...

Depending on what type of job you have, your eyes will face different risks of health issues or injury, so we want to approach this in two broad categories: office jobs and jobs that involve physical labor...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) causes the gradual loss of central vision through the deterioration of the macula, or the part of the retina that gives us our sharp, detailed central vision...

That type of color blindness does exist and is called monochromacy, but it is by far the rarest form of color blindness. There are different ways it can happen, just like there are different ways the more common types of color blindness happen...

It affects nearly everyone older than 65, and for the 42 percent of Americans who are already nearsighted, this creates a complication. People who previously had 20/20 vision can just grab a pair of reading glasses to combat presbyopia...

This means that when one of those components breaks down, it can cause big problems for eyesight. A component you might not think of is the pressure of the fluid inside the eye...

For those of us without perfect eyesight, this can be an increasingly stressful adjustment to make every year, and we should all take the dangers of night driving into careful consideration...