The Lens Men

Award-winning optometrists and opticians serving spectacular eyewear, impeccable contact lens fittings and exceptional eye care to families in the East Coast and beyond.

For 40 years, we've been a family business where people walk in as customers and come back as friends, with community service at the heart of what we do.

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Control Your Child's Short-Sightedness For The Long Run!

Don’t fall short on managing your child’s short-sightedness! If your child has myopia and leads an active lifestyle or prefers not to wear glasses all the time, Acuvue Abiliti is the perfect contact lens solution for myopia management!

With proven efficacy to slow down the progression of myopia while correcting vision in as early as six months on average, Abiliti means your child doesn’t have to put myopia management on hold just because they’re wearing contact lenses. Developed for full-time and full-on armoring against myopia, clinical tests have proven Abiliti effectiveness by simply wearing at least eight hours a day on five days a week. Your child can choose to wear Abiliti throughout, or complement usage with glasses fitted with myopia management ophthalmic lenses. Don’t worry, Abiliti works perfectly with any brand of myopia management ophthalmic lenses, whether Hoya MiYoSmart or Essilor Stellest!

Made with silicon hydrogel, the best material available for contact lenses with the highest oxygen permeability and moisturizing, Abiliti also offers the best quality in wearability comfort, hygiene and handling ease. As a daily disposable lens, simply throw away after each use without needing to clean or store - this reduces the risk of lenses getting infected and also makes contact lens wear fuss-free, safe and quick for your child. Abiliti also features UV blocking for safe outdoors use.

Be Proactive About Your Child’s Myopia

Abiliti works best for children age seven to 12 at the start of treatment. Here’s how to get fitted with Abiliti with our team of professional, experienced and licensed optometrists:

  1. Come for a complimentary discussion on how to most successfully and effectively incorporate Abiliti in your child’s myopia management program.

  2. If our optometrist determines Abiliti myopia management contact lenses are suitable for your child, we will do a trial fitting to ensure the correct prescription and wearing comfort and safety for them. If this is your child’s first time wearing contact lenses, we will provide a wearing and handling tutorial and will only dispense the lenses when we are satisfied your child can safely and ably handle contact lens wearing and handling on their own. This consultation costs $50, but the fee is waived when you buy a minimum of two boxes of Abiliti contact lenses from us. If your child decides not to proceed with Abiliti or any other brand of contact lenses, we will credit this $50 towards purchase of a pair of prescription glasses (one-year validity).

  3. You can conveniently re-order Abiliti contact lenses with free delivery by dropping us a WhatsApp (you can re-order contact lenses for everyone in your family this way, too!). As long as the re-orders are within 12 months of the wearer’s last corneal check, to ensure their eyes are still healthy for contact lens wear, we can provide free delivery. Payment can be safely done through your preferred bank transfer app. We can also process CDC vouchers virtually!

  4. Bring your child in every 3 months so we can do vision checks to ensure the myopia management is working well. Your child should remove Abiliti contact lenses at least 30 minutes before this visit for most accurate results.

Cycle For Change x The Lens Men

#TakeCharge: Energise Your Eyes On The Bike!

We’re proud to be the eye care partner for Senoko Energy’s #CycleForChange, an initiative to clock 1 million total kilometres cycled, which will eliminate 187,000kg of carbon emissions, equivalent to taking about 495 cars off Singapore’s roads. [Click to sign up with free registration, the event pedals through 22 April!]

As you’re observing all traffic laws and practising road safety, keep eye care in sight to enjoy healthy vision on the bike — they will keep you safer while cycling, and will better preserve your sight off the bike and for the road of life ahead. Here are our cycling eye care tips — read on to learn how they can help you win a pair of Sunday Shades polarised sunglasses!

Get Shady: Always Wear Sunglasses With UV-Protection!

Without the physical barrier of sunglasses, foreign objects like dust, grit, pollen, even insects and more can fly straight into your eyes and cause irritation — bits like sand can cause abrasion or worse, a tiny particle of metal can even tear your eye surface.

Also, you may not experience it now, but prolonged exposure to ultraviolet light can cause damaging effects later in life. The two most common conditions are more severe and earlier onset of cataracts and age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of vision loss among older adults.

Go Polarised

Polarised lenses block all glare from entering your eyes, especially useful when harsh sunlight is reflecting off long stretches of roads and paths. The most immediate risk of bright sun glare comes from sudden squinting and distractions. Click to see how you can win a pair of Sunday Shades polarised sunglasses with stable, no-bounce fit that’s perfect for outdoor activities!

Pop Eye Drops During Rides

Wind blowing and flowing into your eyes when cycling evaporates their tear film, which causes discomfort and when prolonged, damage to eye surfaces. At best, “dry eye” syndrome is an annoyance and at worst, it can lead to scarring, infection and temporary vision loss. Dry eye from cycling can also contribute to the strain and fatigue you may feel from working at digital screens all day. Artificial tears eye drops such as Systane Ultra and Evolve are without preservatives, and naturally re-wet your eyes just like normal tears. Dab them on during cycling breaks or post-ride.

Get Fit For Your Best Vision Correction For Getting Fit On The Bike With Regular Eye Checks

Clarity is paramount when cycling, especially if you’re a night rider or start your rides pre-dawn — and can make all the difference in spotting road hazards and other moving vehicles earlier for your quickest reaction. This is why you should always ensure your prescription is at its most updated and accurate. Properly eye-equipped, you also won’t strain your eyes as much trying to read road signs and watching out for potholes and scampering critters! An optometrist or optician will fit you with the best vision correction for your cycling needs:

  • Choose a frame that fits stably and comfortably on your face and under your helmet, such as those with non-slip ear tip and nosepads, and are lightweight. You can consider curved eyewear for a more aerodynamic and snug fitting

  • Most sunglass frames and sporty optical frames can be fitted with prescription sun and polarised lenses if you don't like using contact lenses

  • Presbyopes (those needing help with reading vision) can consider progressive lenses to easily read bike computers and fitness watches on the go

  • Consider photochromatic lenses that darken and lighten with the intensity of UV light in the atmosphere, which will also offer some relief from the sun’s glare

  • Consider daily contact lenses to wear and discard on cycling days, so you don’t have to worry about proper cleaning routines and residue building up over the lens’s life span. Silicone hydrogel contact lenses provide the highest hydration levels for your eyes

BONUS! Cycling is a fun and great way to armour kids against myopia!

The World Health Organisation recommends two hours of outdoor activity daily to stem myopia progression by up to 20% — just make sure they’re also practising sound eye care habits on the bike!

Click To See How You Can Enter Our Sunday Shades Giveaway #CycleForChange!

Maximize Myopia Control By Optimizing Frame Fit (And Minimize Carbon Footprint!)

You’re investing in the best myopia management lenses for your child… but did you know frame fit is a crucial aspect of stemming short-sightedness?

Myofit frames are specially engineered to best complement the design of myopia control lenses, whether Hoya’s MiYosmart, Essilor’s Stellest or Zeiss’ Myovision. According to ophthalmologists, when myopia control lenses aren’t fitted correctly on the face and constantly shift in positioning, their focus areas don’t correspond to your child's line of sight. As a result, the spectacles don’t treat the myopia adequately and may even exacerbate its progression.

Myofit features:

  • Provides necessary stability so your child’s vision is always aligned correctly per their customized lens measurements

  • Adjustable silicone nosepad for precise positioning of the glasses on the face

  • Curved, soft silicone temple tips are hypoallergenic and provides secure fit with minimal pressure on the ears

  • Frame dimensions allow for the minimum height required for myopia control lens technologies to work their best

  • Frame shapes truly express the treatment zones of myopia control lenses

  • Lightweight and flexible for comfortable and durable all-day wear

  • Designed and engineered in Singapore — support local innovation!

  • JUST LAUNCHED BioPlastic line is made with high performance recycled plastic so you don’t lose sight of eco-friendliness

Peek at how each Myofit frame best addresses myopia issues (visit us to see the full range of styles and colors!):

MF3005 is great for correcting high astigmatism, and for vertilinear treatment zone profile lenses such as Stellest. Suitable for ages 8 to 12.

MF3006 is great for correcting high astigmatism, and for vertilinear treatment zone profile lenses such as Stellest. Suitable for ages 10-14.

MF3007 is ideal for concentric treatment zone profile lenses such as MiYosmart and Myovision. Suitable for ages 10-14.

Myofit comes in delightful styles and colors for every child’s personality!

Polaroid Sunglasses: The Original Polarized Since 1937

Pioneers Of Polarized Sunglasses

The original Lens Man Peter Koh was the first to introduce polarized lenses to Singapore in the early 1980s and today, we showcase the latest Polaroid Sunglasses - the inventor of these anti-glare, true color clarity sun lenses.

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Designed in Italy and CE-certified, Polaroid's the best in class and best value for great-looking vivid styles paired with the best vision protection on earth. For kids to adults, there’s a sunnie for every lifestyle need and fashion fun, from classic to trendiest, with specialty shades for sports, water sports and wear-overs.

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Polaroid Sunglasses feature high quality hypoallergenic plastic and metals for strong durability and lightweight comfort. Non-slip temples and integrated nosepads ensure comfy fitting. The Kids collection is the perfect playmate with rubber inserts for safer wear, and bright cheery colors. Check out the special Floating active styles that’ll keep your Polaroids from getting lost in the sea!

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Most of our frames can be customized with prescription ultra-polarized lenses, starting at $298 for single vision lenses and $448 for progressives.

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Check out our entire collection here — more styles added always!

Blue Light May Cost You Your Sight

What you may know about age-related macular degeneration (AMD):

A common eye condition that's the leading cause of vision loss for people age 50 and above. It's a disease that damages the macula, a small spot near the centre of your retina - the fragile tissue needed for central, sharp vision and for seeing objects straight ahead. Research has found that smoking and genetics are high contributing risk factors and now, there is a new focus on blue light and its correlation to AMD.

What is blue light?

Light enters our eyes in various wavelengths along the visible spectrum, containing many colours such as red, green and blue.

Where does blue light come from?

Blue light is everywhere! Sunlight emanates 25 to 30% of it, and the rest comes from items we interact with throughout the day such as TV and computer screens, digital devices (smartphone and tablet screens) and fluorescent LED lighting.

What happens when blue light meets your eyes?

The high frequency wavelength of blue light means it reaches deeper into our eyes, cumulatively damaging the retina over time as our eyes' melanin - natural filters - aren't enough protection against it. That eye strain, blurry vision, dry and irritated eyes and headaches you feel after working on your computer or smartphone for long stretches? That's Computer Vision Syndrome, which has now overtaken Carpal Tunnel Syndrome as the number one computer-related complaint. As we grow older, we lose melanin and usually by age 65, half the protection is gone, which leaves us even more vulnerable to AMD caused by blue light.

Some blue light is good!

Only certain wavelengths of blue light have detrimental effects on the eye - blue-turquoise light is essential for vision and pupillary reflexes. It's also beneficial to general body health and it helps regular our biological clock (circadian rhythm) which controls certain hormonal releases and our sleep cycle.

How do we protect our eyes from blue light?

Our easiest and most comfortable way blue light defense is to wear lenses with special coating that filters out these harmful wavelengths, preventing a great amount from reaching the eyes. The option to add on this anti-blue light coating is available for all ophthalmic lenses from good lens companies, such as Essilor's Crizal Prevencia coating or Hoya's BlueControl. Even if you do not need vision correction, plano (no prescription) lenses with anti-blue light coating can be dispensed by a licensed optician or optometrist with a frame of your choice or simply buy off-the-shelf frames with anti-blue light coating lenses.

Highlight your interest in such lenses to your eye health professional so they can further educate you on the product and may have a demo set for you to try. While the subject of the best protection for your eyes is on your mind, you may also consider getting UV protection coating on ophthalmic lenses, together with the anti-blue light coating.

During AMD Awareness Week from September 5-12, get an AMD screening for just $5 at any of our locations, including our boutique The Eye Site (Parkway Parade #B1-99/100). The screening includes a Visual Acuity test, Amsler Chart reading to detect aberrations in central vision, subjective refraction, and referral to ophthalmologist if necessary. Click for more details!

Through September 30, 2015, we're offering free BlueControl coating with all our free upgrades to premium Hoya LifeStyle progressive lenses. Click for more details!

Written by:

Dr. Dion Koh - Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery, Monash University; Diploma in Optometry, Singapore Polytechnic