BEAUTY & FITNESS

How to Avoid the (Visible) Signs of Aging

Dr. Rhonda Robinson on New Technologies in Eye Care that May Keep You Looking and Feeling Younger

Forty may be the new thirty, and while pesky greys and fine lines can be taken care of in the beauty aisle of your local drugstore, options for addressing vision issues, such as reading glasses, can often make people appear older.

According to a recent survey, reading glasses – often found in the drugstore aisle – appear to be an easy solution for 53 percent of women over the age of 40 who report struggling to read the text on their digital devices1; however,  almost half admit to feeling embarrassed, frumpy or annoyed when reaching for them1.

Rhonda Robinson, OD is available to help your viewers learn what to do to enable them to stop squinting at menus and can discuss:

  • How to identify the signs of developing presbyopia
  • When it’s time to speak to your eye doctor
  • New trends and technologies that may help put reading glasses out of sight for good

About Rhonda Robinson: Known worldwide for her lecturing, teaching and publications, Dr. Rhonda Robinson has shared her expertise in Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America. She is the founding president of Women of Vision, a mentoring, networking and educating professional organization for women optometrists and currently serves as past president.

Review of Optometry named her as one of the top 10 most influential women in Optometry.  Robinson received her doctorate from Indiana University School of Optometry, and has practiced in a variety of optometric settings. From corporate optometry to partnership practice to solo practice to multi-location group practice, she has experienced a wide variety of eyecare-provider environments during her more than 30 year career.  Robinson has been seen on “The Martha Stewart Show,”The Doctors,” “The Balancing Act,” and the Fox affiliate, WXIN, discussing eye care and her specialty; multifocal contact lenses.

Dr. Robinson currently participates in a variety of contact lens hands-on workshops at the various Optometry schools in North America through the STAPLE Contact Lens Outreach Program. She has also been published in a number of periodicals including Contact Lens Spectrum, Optometric Management, Refractive Eyecare, and Primary Care Optometry News. She currently resides in San Clemente, CA.

1The online survey was conducted by Bausch + Lomb, makers of PureVision®2 Multi-Focal Contact Lenses for Presbyopia, in partnership with VibrantNation.  The survey was designed to gauge women’s perceptions of aging, particularly the role reading glasses play.

This interview is provided by: Bausch & Lomb