Do you protect your eyes as carefully as your skin?

Do you protect your eyes as carefully as your skin?

We know that exposing the skin to strong sunlight contributes to premature skin aging, as all types of ultraviolet radiation damage the skin’s collagen. Almost every one of us also has experienced sunburn and know how that feels like. Sun burnt skin is a memory that...
Beautiful and sustainable

Beautiful and sustainable

What can an individual person, or an optician’s, do for our environment? At Salme Optic, recently we have been thinking a lot about environmental issues and the choices we make. We have emphasized products that are in line with the principles of sustainable...
Rely on your gut when shopping for frames

Rely on your gut when shopping for frames

Photo: Jere Hietala Hanna Brotherus and Mikko Kuustonen came to us with the intention of buying new pairs of glasses. What was the reason behind a trip to an optician’s? We asked the couple about their new glasses and the shopping experience. – My presbyopia,...
A new life for your glasses

A new life for your glasses

Have you accumulated a bunch of much-loved but utterly old-fashioned glasses in your drawers? They are not in use anymore, but you don’t have the heart to let them go?  For many, old glasses are important and they evoke memories of a particular stage or period in...
Let the sun shine!

Let the sun shine!

The days have grown longer and there is a promise of summer in the air. The change of season brings with it warmth and long-missed sunshine. Wearing sunglasses is a style choice for many, but it is also a way to take care of your eye health. Excessive exposure of the...
Workplace glasses

Workplace glasses

What and how we need to see have completely changed over the last few years. Where in days gone, by it was enough to detect a wild beast far away, the life of modern human, for the great majority, happens at an arm’s length. Instead of working at one desktop...