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Makeup and Dry Eyes

Do you experience stinging, burning, or scratchy eyes? For many people, managing dry eye symptoms is a daily struggle. Makeup can cause, or worsen, dry eye symptoms, but it doesn't have to. You can still maintain your routine without irritating your eyes. We're here to give you tips on how to choose and apply makeup that won't worsen your dry eye disease.

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Side-by-side comparison of a person's eye. On the left, the eye appears red, irritated, and shows symptoms of dry eye disease. On the right, the eye looks clear and healthy, demonstrating the effectiveness of Royal Oak Optometry's dry eye relief routine.

Dry Eye Routine for Daily Relief: 3 Easy Steps

Dry eye happens when your eyes don’t make enough tears or when your tears dry up too fast. It often feels like burning, itching, or constant irritation. If you’re dealing with these symptoms, it’s time to build a consistent dry eye routine for daily relief. Finding the right treatment takes time. But a simple, daily...

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Protect Your Eyes This Summer: Tips for Healthy Vision in the Sun

It’s summer 2025 in Victoria, and now is the time to protect your eyes for healthy vision in the sun! Sunny skies, longer days, and warm temperatures are here. Minus a few classic West Coast rainy days that help our community stay green! Are you ready for Summer 2025? Here are 4 ways you can...

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AlumierMD Gift Set Giveaway

Royal Oak Optometry is giving away an AlumierMD Gift Set! AlumierMD is an award-winning skincare brand trusted by dermatologists for their medical-grade skincare. These products can help maintain and restore the sensitive skin around your eyes. The AlumierMD Gift Set includes a Facial Cleanser, Facial Moisturizer, and Brightening Eye Cream – a $300 value! Attend...

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3 Eye-Opening Resolutions for 2025!

Raise Your (Eye) Glasses to the New Year! Royal Oak Optometry is excited and optimistic about what’s ahead—for our wonderful patients, our local community, and our team. We’re committed to providing the best possible service to our clients, and in order to help you start the year off right, we’ve put together a few resolutions!...

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Managing Dry Eye Through Seasonal Changes

As the seasons change, so do the conditions that can affect your dry eyes. From the warmth of your home to the chill of the outdoors, many people notice an increase in dry eye disease symptoms as the weather shifts. How Seasonal Changes Affect Your Eyes In the fall, temperatures drop, and we turn on...

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Dr. Gurpreet Leekha Awarded BC Optometrist of the Year

Royal Oak Optometry’s Dr. Gurpreet Leekha won the BC Doctors of Optometry Optometrist of the Year award for his outstanding work in 2023. The announcement came at the 2024 BCDO Annual Conference & OPTOFAIR.   What is BCDO? BC Doctors of Optometry, or BCDO, is a non-profit organization aiming to uphold patient care standards, advocate...

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The Unseen Threat: Dry Eye Disease in the Workplace

When you think of workplace eye safety, the first image that might pop into your mind is a construction worker wearing giant plastic eye shields that fit over glasses. And you’d be right; it’s important to wear protective safety glasses if working with flying objects or debris, and sunglasses if you’re outside. But did you...

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Healthy Solutions for Digital Eye Strain

Whether it's for work, school, or play, you might be spending a lot of time on a screen. Here are some tips to protect against digital eye strain.

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Welcome to Royal Oak Optometry Dr. Trenton Cameron

Dr. Cameron is excited to be a part of the Royal Oak team and strives to provide exceptional eye care to the community. Although Dr. Cameron enjoys all aspects of optometry, he is most enthusiastic about ocular disease like glaucoma and macular degeneration, as well as dry eye and myopia management.

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