Clamp Optometrists Ltd - Award Winning Practice

25/07/2026

New Maui Jim drop (and it's hot 🥵)

A new restock of have landed at Clamp - with a mixture of best sellers and cool new styles. 🌞😎

With a balance of protection and fashion - Maui is the gold standard of sun eye wear. Available in prescription and zero power.

Make the most of summer, come have a look!

25/07/2026

Sunshine looks better through the right lenses. ☀️🕶️

Life is brighter when you can see every colour, every smile, and every moment in crystal-clear comfort. The perfect pair of sunglasses doesn't just complete your look—it protects your eyes, reduces glare, and lets you enjoy summer exactly as it was meant to be seen.
Question: What's the one place you never leave home without your sunglasses? 🌊🏖️🏔️🚗 Tell us below! 👇😎

25/07/2026

17/07/2026

17/07/2026

Every dry eye protocol we've refined over the years comes back to one principle: treat the cause layer by layer, not just the symptom.

A patient walks in with gritty, burning eyes. The temptation is to throw lubricants at it and review in six weeks. But when we image the meibomian glands, measure tear break-up time, and assess inflammatory markers properly, we often find three or four contributing factors stacked on top of each other — lid margin disease, incomplete blink patterns, environmental triggers, even medication side effects from antihistamines or antidepressants.

Our tiered approach now runs: Zest treatment for demodex and lid debris, targeted heat therapy for meibomian gland expression, then tailored anti-inflammatory regimens where needed. The order matters. Skipping straight to expensive treatments without sorting the foundation is like painting over damp walls. Has anyone else found that sequencing — getting the basics properly addressed first — makes the bigger interventions actually stick?

04/07/2026

Wearing frames for our American friends today 🎉🇺🇸🤓😎❤️💙🤍

04/07/2026

Punctal plugs are tiny silicone inserts placed into the tear drainage channels of your eyelids. They stop your natural tears draining away too quickly, keeping the eye surface hydrated for longer. We use them regularly for patients whose dry eye doesn't respond well enough to drops alone — the procedure takes seconds and most people don't feel a thing. Have you ever wondered why your eyes still feel gritty even when you're using drops religiously?

24/06/2026

A question we get from parents more than almost anything else: "My child's prescription has jumped again — is there anything we can actually do?"

Short answer: yes, but timing matters enormously. The research on atropine drops, orthokeratology, and specialist soft lens designs all points the same direction — intervention works best when myopia is still progressing, typically between ages six and fourteen. Wait until the prescription stabilises in the late teens and you've missed the window where these strategies have their greatest effect. We combine axial length measurement with refraction trends to build a proper progression profile for each child, then match the right approach — sometimes ortho-k alone, sometimes in combination with low-dose atropine. There's no single protocol that fits every kid, and that's precisely why we spend longer in these appointments than most practices would consider reasonable. If your child's gone from -1.00 to -3.00 in two years, that trajectory deserves more than a stronger pair of glasses every six months.