Eyecare

Read more about Ocular Coherence Tomography, which is included in our Premium Eye Examination.

Learn more about how our Premium Eye Exam can help manage Macular Degeneration

Learn more about our OCT and what it can mean for you.

Introducing shared care Glaucoma treatment in partnership with Ayrshire Eye Clinic.

Find our more about Visual Stress and our new Clinic.

We've launched our new Visual Stress Clinic at Troon

Working from home means more screen time than ever...read what you can do to avoid Eye Strain.

Alistair shares how best to care for your glasses.

Here's a reminder of how best to clean your contact lenses.

National Eye Health Week is running from 24th - 30th September, 2018. To promote the importance of regular sight tests, we decided to speak to people about why their vision matters.

The Scotsman recently reported that a Scottish Tourist went blind after swimming in the sea while wearing Contact Lenses. In this short video Alistair gives us a few tips on the importance of Hygiene when wearing Contact Lenses.

One of the most common conditions that we diagnose at Urquharts is Cataracts. Find out everything you need to know about this condition.

Diabetic retinopathy is a diabetes complication that affects eyes. This article highlights how NHS Ayrshire & Arran work with community Optometrists to provide Diabetic Retinopathy Screening.

In this video, Heather provides 3 helpful tips for getting perfect fitting spectacles.

Short sightedness can be it your genetic make up, so what actions can be taken to reduce it at a young age. There are some new contact lenses, MiSight which have been released to control the onset of Short Sightedness.

So what is short sightedness? One of our Optometrists Alistair tells us.

An Ayrshire-based optometry group will be urging patients to ‘keep their distance’ during National Eye Health Week (18-24 September 2017).

At Urquhart Opticians, we are delighted that one of our Optometrists Lisa Haldane has qualified as an Independent Prescriber. Find out more about what this means for you!

Patients at Kilmarnock’s Urquhart Opticians can now opt for a significantly enhanced eye examination thanks to a major investment in new ground-breaking technology.

Ayrshire Opticians Highlight Eye Protection for Sun Awareness Week

At Urquhart Opticians, the health of your eyes is the single most important aspect of our service. Sight is the sense that people fear losing the most and so we want to share with you the reasons why we would not recommend wearing ‘ready readers’.

Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases which result in damage to the optic nerve and vision loss. Risk factors for glaucoma include increased pressure in the eye, a family history of the condition, migraines, high blood pressure, and obesity.

Urquhart Opticians are now stocking 'EyeBags' - offering effective eyelid warming for the treatment of Dry Eye, Blepharitis and Meibomian Gland Dysfunction.

Eyecare Ayrshire’ is aimed at promoting Optometry services as the first port of call for eye problems within Ayrshire and Arran.

Urquhart Opticians Back National Road Safety Week’s #brakepledge

As fun as fireworks are, they also present dangers such as serious eye injuries from watching or handling fireworks. Risks include corneal abrasions, ruptures of the globe of the eye, retinal detachment, and chemical and thermal burns.

At Urquhart Opticians, we often get asked by patients as to whether they can wear Contact Lenses while swimming. Our advice would be to avoid this whenever possible.

Diabetic retinopathy is a common complication of diabetes. It occurs when high blood sugar levels damage the cells at the back of the eye (known as the retina). If it isn't treated, it can cause blindness.