Imidazolidinyl urea, quaternium 15. Methylisothiazolinone (MI) -- do you know what these products are?  You are likely smearing them on your face every day when you put on your makeup and again when you are removing it at night.  These chemicals are preservatives or formaldehyde-releasing agents meant to keep bacteria out of your makeup, but they are known skin irritants and common culprits...

Negotiation can be so intimidating for new doctors, so I was thrilled to get a chance to pick the brain of optometrist Mark Phebus, the expert behind 20/20 Consulting.  Wouldn't it be great if you had your own personal coach with years of negotiating experience to guide you through your contract and help find ways to maximize your offer? That's Mark.  He's a...

Why do men make so much more than women in our profession, even in our very first jobs where experience is on a level playing field?  Negotiating the initial salary offer is the most important thing female optometrists can do to close the gender pay gulf (gap is kind of an understatement after Review of Optometry reported a 68% gender pay difference across full-time...

We've been fortunate in our industry to have several new multifocal contact lenses to launch in the past year that are offering significantly better optics for patients with higher reading needs.  Both the Clariti 1-Day Multifocal and the Acuvue 1 Day Moist Multifocal are fantastic lenses.  But we haven't had new innovations in a monthly multifocal contact lens material in quite some time....

Welcome to our first #WomenInFocus article!  I wanted to start things off at the very beginning -- starting salary is one of the very first numbers you have to evaluate when beginning your career, and one of the very first times that being female really comes into play in your optometric career as a disadvantage. Review of Optometry's 2015 income survey showed that the...

Eyedolaty celebrates its 5th birthday next month, and it's been amazing how much has changed in the world of optometry in the short time since I began blogging.  We've grown from the days of a free blogspot domain posting pictures of conjunctival cysts and bad NBA glasses fashion, to a trusted optometric resource where thousands of readers around the world turn to find...

If you've ever looked in the mirror and seen this: via Thankfully subconjunctival hemorrhages look at lot worse than they truly are in most cases.  Blood is trapped on the surface of the eye due to a broken blood vessel in the conjunctiva (the vascular tissue that overlies the white of the eye). Because the conjunctival tissue is a vascular membrane, blood that...