by baymeadow | Mar 11, 2011 | Corneal Conditions, Keratoconus, Scleral Contact Lenses
In an article in its March 10, 2011, issue, The Florida Times-Union profiled Matt Spears, a strength and conditioning coach who was legally blind before optometrist Brian Armitage of Baymeadows Vision Center used special contact lenses to restore his vision. Spears...
by baymeadow | Dec 7, 2010 | Corneal Conditions, Keratoconus, Patient Spotlights, Scleral Contact Lenses
After 16 years of wearing contact lenses, Jorge is finally living life like he wants. Gone are the red, dry eyes; sensitivity to light and poor vision that kept him from driving at night. After less than a year of wearing scleral contact lenses he lives a normal life....
by baymeadow | Aug 5, 2010 | Corneal Conditions, Keratoconus, Scleral Contact Lenses
Baymeadows Vision Center has launched the North Florida Corneal Rehabilitation Center to help patients with distorted corneas find alternatives to invasive surgical procedures. North Florida Corneal Rehabilitation Center is the region’s only facility dedicated to...
by baymeadow | Jun 11, 2010 | Corneal Conditions, Keratoconus, Patient Spotlights, Scleral Contact Lenses
For the past 10 years, Southside resident Matt Spears couldn’t see the expression on his wife’s face as he gave her a gift or told her he loved her. He couldn’t drive at night. He couldn’t even read a newspaper. Spears’ situation had become so desperate that he...
by baymeadow | May 10, 2010 | Corneal Conditions, Keratoconus, Patient Spotlights
A patient that I prescribed scleral contact lenses to can now see the craters on the moon. Previously, Gene had less-than-great vision. He had corneal transplants and was wearing gas permeable lenses. The lenses moved significantly. They often slid off the eye and...
by baymeadow | Mar 13, 2010 | Corneal Conditions, Keratoconus
Dr. Armitage has the only Speciality Contact Lens Practice in Jacksonville. Custom contact lenses such as Scleral gas permeable and SynergEyes Hybrid contact lenses can help improve vision for people with keratoconus, pellucid marginal degeneration, and post corneal...
