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Best Vintage Eyewear in KL

Best Vintage Eyewear in KL

The classic and antique eyewear collection has arrived again now! Here, we are expanding our vintage eyewear collection to bring back the ageless and uniqueness feel while wearing it. While glasses are now an integral part of our daily lives and have even become essential fashion accessories, you’d probably expect that not many people wore them 2000 years ago. This is why at Malaya Optical we are exploring and taking a look back to the history of glasses for you, from antiquity to vintage glasses of today and serves you only the best vintage eyewear in KL! This kind of eyewear will remain its timeless fashion look to all the wearers. To manufacture a vintage frame, it took about years to come up with its own style and designs that can fit for many…

Which Tint Is more Satisfying For Me?

Which Tint Is more Satisfying For Me? You shouldn't assess a pair of sunglasses by their hue, at least not for the sake of eye protection. UV (ultraviolet) blocking ability is not reflected in the tints and colours of sunglasses. To prevent UV light, eyewear lenses are coated with UV-absorbing compounds throughout the manufacturing process. Clear glasses could block light equally as well as dark-coloured lenses because these compounds are usually colourless. So, why are there so many different lens colours? Which Tint Is more Satisfying For Me? When you match your lifestyle and preferred activities with the advantages and benefits that each lens colour offers, choosing a sunglass lens colour is simple. Different shades filter light in different ways, and some tints block more light than others. While certain…

How to take care of contact lens?

Not really focusing on how to take care of your contact lens appropriately can prompt an assortment of eye infections. If serious, including some eye infections that cause visual impairment. An expired, overworn contact lens over the recommended period or that doesn't fit well can scratch your eye. They can likewise cause veins to develop into your cornea, a hazardous condition that undermines your vision. Eye drops can cause issues with your contact lens. It is ideal to try not to utilize any eye drop when wearing contacts. Notwithstanding, you can utilize wetting drops or additive-free lubricating eye drops as suggested by an ophthalmologist or optometrist. Stop using your contact lens and visit the opthalmologist if your eyes are red, painful, watery or sensitive to light. Do likewise if you…

iSee Orthokeratology Contact Lenses

iSee Orthokeratology Contact Lenses Are your kids nearsighted? Nearsightedness, also known as myopia, is a common vision problem that causes distant objects to appear blurry and out of focus. iSee orthokeratology contact lenses correct myopia and are worn at night. The lenses are placed before bedtime and gently reshape the corneal surface while you sleep. With the lenses removed in the morning, your child can enjoy a clear, natural vision for a whole day. (more…)

How can you reduce your myopia

How Can You Reduce Your Myopia ?

How Can You Reduce Your Myopia ? This question is often asked by those who've been living with myopia or started to have it when they visited an eye clinic or an optometrist practice. For those who don't know what myopia is, let’s have a quick introduction on this.  Nearsightedness or another name called myopia is a vision problem in which objects close to you are plainly seen but objects further away are blurry. When light rays bend (refract) wrongly due to the structure of your eye, images focus in front of your retina rather than on your retina.  Physical development of the eye occurs when myopia progresses, increasing the length of the eye (this is termed axial length elongation). As the eye matures, the point of focus moves further…

Polarized and non polarized

Are polarised sunglasses good?

Are polarised sunglasses good? You probably know the importance of UV protection sunglasses to our eyes. UV rays from sunlight are harmful to our eyes and extended exposure to UV rays can lead to development of ocular diseases such as cataract, ARMD (age related macular degeneration), pterygium and so on.  As we all know sunlight scatters in all directions. However, when sunlight strikes on a flat surface, the light is reflected by the surface. At this time, the reflected light will travel in a uniform direction and most of the time they reflected horizontally. This phenomenon of light is known as polarization. The polarized light creates an annoying and sometimes dangerous intensity of light that results in glare and reduced visibility.  Annoying polarized light and sun glares create unnecessary troubles…

Tokai Lutina Ophthalmic Lensn

Tokai LUTINA Ophthalmic Lens

Introducing the Tokai LUTINA opthalmic lens, derived from the word lutein, a nutrient that offers the protection of the eye from harmful high energy violet light such as the UV rays from sunlight, is input to the ophthalmic lenses we are wearing today. TOKAI presents a new standard of eye care design lenses which ophthalmic lenses not only provide vision correction instead it also comes with the function of protecting the eyes. Eye disorders such as age-related macular degeneration and cataract are common to people age starting 50 years old. It is due to the long term exposure of harmful rays, in addition to, lack of diet intake rich in lutein, which results in damage towards the eye structures. The macula is the central part of the eye and plays…

How can I improve my eyesight

How can I improve my eyesight?

When it comes to vision, it is better to understand what is really happening to our eyes. Eyesight is always been one of the most important sense to all of us. Most of us knew that, we may have eyesight problem in any stage of our life starts from birth till we get old. But nowadays, vision issues have been developed in more earlier stages. However, this is a normal change with the eye’s ability to focus and may progress with time.One should also be aware and able to recognize the causes of eyesight problem, so that we can improve our vision by correcting it. Vision may improve by wearing prescription glasses, contact lenses, and surgery, but if you want to do more to improve your vision, there are other…

Dry eyes

What happen if I have dry eyes?

The most common eye disorder which can affect an individual eyes is Dry Eyes. Nowadays, dry eyes is being a common eye problem which can affect anyone due to inadequate and unstable tear flow or productions. Understanding tear layers and its mechanism is quite complex as tear structure is made up of various components. The interactions of tear layer which composed of lipid, protein, salts, mucin and water is quite essential to obtain its stability. The outermost lipid layer functions to prevent our tear from evaporating, the middle layer of aqueous supplies moisture to our eyes, and the innermost mucus layer is to allow our tear to stick on the front surface of cornea. When this layer has been interrupted, dry eyes may occurs. There are numerous causes and reason…

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Maui Jim Polarized Lenses

 Maui Jim has 4 types of polarized lenses- Neutral Grey, HCL Bronze, Maui Rose and Maui HT. The materials of Maui Jim polarized lenses are also divided into 4 types -SuperThin Glass, Maui Brilliant, Maui Pure and Maui Evolution. Maui Jim Makaha 405 Sunglasses with Neutral Grey Lens  Neutral Grey  It offers the highest available light reduction for the richest colours and the sharpest contrast in bright or direct sunlight. Maui Jim Lighthouse 423 with HCL Bronze lens HCL Bronze  HCL is known as High Contrast Lens. It provides the wearer with a warm, soothing tint which is excellent for varied and everyday uses. Maui Jim HO’OKIPA 407 Sunglasses with Maui Rose lens Maui Rose  Maui Rose is perfect and suitable for fast-moving sports in which it provides the highest…