Turners Opticians

Vision Plan - advanced eye care, including sophisticated 3D OCT imaging & detailed peripheral visual fields at your routine eye checks. Vision Plan Plus - dry eye care or contact lens care, contact lens discount, you can add solutions and receive all the Vision Plan benefits. Vision Plan 360 - for those of you with dry eyes & blepharitis requiring ongoing treatment.

Dry Eye (also known as dry eye syndrome or dry eye disease) is a condition caused when your eyes do not make enough tears, or the tears produced are of a poor quality. The surface of your eye is covered by a thin layer of liquid known as the tear film (tears).

Your tears have several important functions: they lubricate your eyes, keeping them clean and free of dust, they protect your eyes against infection, and they aid sight by helping to stabilise your vision.Tears are produced and controlled by a number of systems, and if any part of these systems break down, it can result in a reduced quality or quantity of tears.

Founded by Peter Turner, perviously a dry eye sufferer himself. Are you eyes scratchy, watery, gritty, tired, sore, sandy, itchy, red, dry or do you experience Blepharitis? If you experience these or similar symptoms it is likely you have tear film deficiencies and perhaps meibomian gland dysfunction or blepharitis.

Eyelids become crusty, irritated and red due to a build-up of oil and debris on the eyelids and eyelashes. Blepharitis is a chronic (long-term) recurring condition and so the most important part of treating and managing it is to keep your eyelids clean. Occasionally it is due to an infection, if so you may also have to take medication prescribed by your healthcare professional to be used throughout the prescribed treatment.

What does BlephEx do for you? BlephEx, the newest treatment for blepharitis, is an in-practice procedure performed directly by your specialist Optometrist. Your eye care practitioner can now take an active role in treating your blepharitis instead of you having to perform once or twice eye lid hygiene at home.