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Looking Glass Optical Contacts & Glasses Family-owned and operated Eye Care Center & Optical store located in Pasadena, Maryland. Looking forward to seeing you soon! We also accept Care Credit!

At Looking Glass in Pasadena MD, our mission is to treat the whole person rather than just the eyes. Whether it is for examination, contact lenses, or frame selection, a personalized approach to excellence in vision care is our commitment to you. While in our office, we hope you will experience how enjoyable and relaxed a comprehensive eye exam can be.

Only this one lot is affected — if your bottle has a different lot number, it’s fine. The recall is Class II, meaning an...
08/24/2026

Only this one lot is affected — if your bottle has a different lot number, it’s fine. The recall is Class II, meaning any health effects would likely be temporary and reversible. No contamination has been confirmed and no injuries have been reported. Prestige Consumer Healthcare issued the recall voluntarily.

If you have an affected bottle: stop using it, throw it out, and contact the store where you bought it about a refund.

Non-sterile drops going directly onto the eye surface is nothing to gamble with. If you’ve used this lot and notice redness, pain, discharge, or changes in your vision, give us a call.

📞 410-768-0202
📍 8028 Ritchie Hwy, Suite 124, Pasadena, MD
🌐 lookingglassoptical.com

If you wore glasses as a kid, your child’s odds are higher than you’d think.Nearsightedness, lazy eye and crossed eyes a...
08/17/2026

If you wore glasses as a kid, your child’s odds are higher than you’d think.
Nearsightedness, lazy eye and crossed eyes all cluster in families. One nearsighted parent roughly doubles the odds. Two, higher still.
It’s genuinely one of the most useful things you can tell us at a first visit — family history changes how early we look and how closely we follow a child over time.
Booking August exams now.
📍 8028 Ritchie Hwy, Suite 124, Pasadena
📞 410-768-0202

Why are night-blooming flowers almost always white?Because your eyes change at dusk. As light fades, you shift from cone...
08/14/2026

Why are night-blooming flowers almost always white?

Because your eyes change at dusk. As light fades, you shift from cone vision to rod vision — and rods peak toward the blue-green end of the spectrum. Reds go muddy and dark, while whites and pale blues seem to glow. It’s called the Purkinje shift, and it’s why a red car looks black in a parking lot at night.

Flowers that bloom after dark evolved to be white for exactly that reason: it’s what their pollinators can still see.

This one opened at dusk in Marc Teles backyard and was gone by morning. 🌵

When should a child’s eyes actually be examined?The American Optometric Association’s answer surprises most parents: the...
08/13/2026

When should a child’s eyes actually be examined?
The American Optometric Association’s answer surprises most parents: the first exam is at 6 to 12 months.
No chart reading required. We use lights, lenses and pictures to check focusing, alignment and eye health — most of it looks like a game to a toddler.
Age 3 is the one that matters most. It’s when a lazy eye is still highly treatable, and that window narrows earlier than people expect.
Then before kindergarten, and once a year after that.
More on each milestone at the link in our bio.

Save this one. 📌None of these mean something is definitely wrong. All of them mean it’s worth a look.Vision problems in ...
08/10/2026

Save this one. 📌
None of these mean something is definitely wrong. All of them mean it’s worth a look.
Vision problems in little kids show up as avoidance more often than complaint. The child who won’t stay with a puzzle may not be restless — close work may just be harder for them than for everyone else at the table.
Try this at home: have your child cover one eye and look across the room, then switch. If they fight you on one side, that eye may be doing less work.
📞 410-768-0202

But she passed the vision screening at school.”We hear this a lot, and it’s an easy assumption to make. A screening feel...
08/06/2026

But she passed the vision screening at school.”
We hear this a lot, and it’s an easy assumption to make. A screening feels official.
Screenings are useful — but they’re built to be fast, and they mostly test one thing: how well a child sees a chart across the room.
A child can pass one and still have farsightedness that makes close work exhausting, a big difference between the two eyes, or an eye that quietly does less than the other.
A comprehensive exam checks all of it. Different test, different purpose.
Full breakdown at the link in our bio.

August is Children’s Eye Health & Safety Month.Here’s what catches most parents off guard: children almost never say the...
08/03/2026

August is Children’s Eye Health & Safety Month.
Here’s what catches most parents off guard: children almost never say their vision is blurry. They have nothing to compare it to. If the world has always looked a little soft, that’s just what the world looks like.
So it shows up as behavior instead — the kid who won’t sit still for a puzzle, who loses interest in being read to, who gets called distractible.
All month we’ll be sharing what’s worth watching for, when exams are actually recommended, and why a screening isn’t the same thing. 👁️
📞 410-768-0202

To all the dads who brighten our lives, Happy Father’s Day! 🌟✨ May your day be filled with love, joy, and clear vision. ...
06/21/2026

To all the dads who brighten our lives, Happy Father’s Day! 🌟✨ May your day be filled with love, joy, and clear vision.

Happy New Year! 🎉 From all of us at Looking Glass Optical, we hope 2025 brings you health, happiness, and clear vision f...
01/01/2026

Happy New Year! 🎉 From all of us at Looking Glass Optical, we hope 2025 brings you health, happiness, and clear vision for all the moments that matter. Thank you for trusting Dr. Teles, Dr. Maner, and our team with your eye care. Here's to a bright new year! ✨

From our family to yours, Merry Christmas! 🎄 Thank you for trusting us with your vision care throughout the year. We hop...
12/25/2025

From our family to yours, Merry Christmas! 🎄 Thank you for trusting us with your vision care throughout the year. We hope your holiday is filled with love, laughter, and all the beautiful moments the season brings. Wishing you a wonderful Christmas and a happy, healthy new year! 🎁✨

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8028 Ritchie Highway, Ste 124
Pasadena, MD
21122

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 8pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 8pm
Friday 9am - 4pm

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+14107680202

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