Dark skin people need skin cancer checks too!

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Dark skin people can have skin cancer too.

 Dark skin people can have skin cancer too.

According to SkinCancer.org, here are some statistics that you should keep in mind, no matter what your skin color.

-Melanomas in African Americans, Asians, Filipinos, Indonesians and Hawaiians most often occur on non-exposed skin with less pigment. These melanomas are often discovered on the palms, soles, mucous membranes and nail regions.

-Skin cancer represents 1 to 2 % of all cancers in African Americans and jumps to 2 to 4 % in Asians.

-While melanoma is more uncommon in African Americans, Latinos, and Asians, it is frequently fatal for these ethnicities. Late-stage melanoma diagnoses are more prevalent among these patients than Caucasian patients, resulting in the 5 year melanoma survival rate for African Americans being only 77 % when compare to 91 % for Caucasians.
All skin types should always apply sunscreen 30 minutes before they go out into the sun, and then reapply every 2 hours. Of course, if you sweat or go in the water, it is necessary to reapply more often. Avoid peak burn hours from 10 AM to 4 PM. Clothing, unless specifically treated for sun protection, is not enough to give you the sun protection needed. Be safe by wearing sunscreen.

The Truth about Glasses and Sunglasses

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Many people think that eyeglass lenses are all the same, but are your eyes the same as everyone else’s? Here at The Eye Associates, we take your eyes, your eyeglasses, your sunglasses and the way you see out of them, very seriously. We know that you come to us expecting that we will give you the best vision possible…… and we do that with Zeiss eyeglass and sunglass lenses.

I bet you have already heard the ‘Zeiss’ name, as they have been a leader in the precision lens industry for over 160 years. They won technical Academy Awards for Lord of the Rings and Jurassic Park movies, and they were even part of the NASA space program for man’s first steps on the moon! Now you can have that same level of high technology and advanced engineering with Zeiss eyeglass and sunglass lenses. How amazing is that

We are proud to say that Zeiss chose The Eye Associates to be a Zeiss Certified Practice in our Bradenton, Sarasota, Ellenton and Sun City Center locations. What does that mean to you, the patient? Zeiss brought in their top trainers to teach our board certified optical technicians and Florida licensed opticians about Zeiss precision optics and how to fit such an advanced product. They even took The Eye Associates’ staff to visit their lab to see how high quality eyeglass lenses are made using a precision computer and a pinpoint accurate diamond cutting process.

Why you should chose Zeiss lenses? Because you will simply see better ! A great deal of science, technology, and craftsmanship goes into every pair of Zeiss eyeglass and sunglass lenses. In fact, scientists at Carl Zeiss Vision are constantly developing new mathematical algorithms to improve the optical performance of their lenses. Just as you may have seen a poor quality window with distortions or a mirror that isn’t clear, poor quality eyeglass lenses can have distortions too. For example, poorly made progressive no-line bifocal lenses, known as progressive multifocals, can cause you to stumble, require you to move your head from side to side, and can actually cause blurry vision. The advanced technology of Zeiss progressive eyeglass lenses gives patients a thinner, lighter lens with a wider field of vision and perfect optics with no distortions. They will look great in your favorite frame. Standard progressive lenses are mass produced with a single, fixed lens design but Zeiss offers a completely custom lens, called the Individual 2, that is designed precisely for your prescription and your eyeglass frame choice. This manufacturing process is up to 6 times more accurate and gives you up to a 50% larger field of vision than ordinary progressive lenses. Our goal at The Eye Associates is to give our patients HD vision! And as Zeiss says: Better vision = Better quality of life.