Comprehensive eye exam
A full assessment of how well you see and how healthy your eyes are — not just a lens strength.
Services
What we can do for your eyes
Everything below is done here, by a licensed optometrist. If something falls outside what we can treat, we will tell you plainly and refer you on — with your records sent ahead.
Refraction & prescription
The precise measurement behind your glasses or contact lenses, checked against how you actually use your eyes.
Contact lens fitting
Corneal measurement, trial lenses, and a proper handling lesson before you take any home.
Pediatric vision care
Picture-based testing from age three, paced for a child who cannot yet read a letter chart.
Glaucoma screening
Eye pressure and optic nerve assessment. Painless, no drops, and over in about fifteen minutes.
Diabetic eye screening
A yearly retinal check if you are diabetic — the single most effective way to protect your sight.
Dry eye assessment
For burning, grittiness, constant tearing, and the strain that builds over a long day of screens.
Post-operative follow-up
Structured aftercare following cataract or refractive surgery, coordinated with your surgeon.
Low vision support
Magnification, lighting, and contrast advice when a prescription alone can no longer do the job.
In detail
What each visit actually involves
Open any of these for who it is for, how long it takes, and what to bring.
The comprehensive eye exam
Most people book an eye exam because something has changed — headaches at the end of the day, a blurry road sign, a book held further away than it used to be. A comprehensive exam answers that question, and then keeps going: it also checks the health of the eye itself, where problems tend to start long before you notice them.
| Who it is for | Anyone who has not had their eyes checked in two years, and every adult over forty annually. |
|---|---|
| How long it takes | About 45 minutes |
| What to bring | Your current glasses or contact lenses, and a list of any medications you take. |
Contact lens fitting
A contact lens prescription is not the same number as a glasses prescription — the lens sits directly on your eye, so it has to match the curve of your cornea as well as your focus. We measure that, trial a lens, and check how your eye responds before anything is dispensed.
| Who it is for | First-time wearers, and anyone whose current lenses have started to feel dry or uncomfortable. |
|---|---|
| How long it takes | About 40 minutes, plus a follow-up a week later |
| What to bring | Your current lens boxes if you already wear them, and your glasses as a backup for the trip home. |
Children and school vision
Children rarely say they cannot see — they have no reference for what normal looks like. What shows up instead is squinting, sitting close to the television, losing their place while reading, or a quiet slide in school performance. Testing is picture-based and takes about half an hour.
| Who it is for | From age three upward. Before starting school, then every one to two years. |
|---|---|
| How long it takes | We do not rush it — allow for an unhurried visit |
| What to bring | Any note from the school nurse or teacher, and your child’s report card if reading has been an issue. |
Glaucoma and diabetic screening
Both glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy do their damage silently. By the time vision changes are obvious, some of the loss is permanent. Screening is quick, painless, and the only reliable way to catch either one early enough to act.
| Who it is for | Anyone over forty, anyone diabetic, and anyone with glaucoma in the family. |
|---|---|
| How long it takes | A short visit, and you can walk in for it |
| What to bring | Recent blood sugar results if you have them, and the name of your attending physician. |
Your visit
What to expect
Nothing about an eye exam should be a surprise. Here is the whole sequence, in order.
Registration
Your details, your medical history, and your insurance card if you have one. First visits take a few minutes longer.
Preliminary tests
Visual acuity, eye pressure, and an autorefractor reading. Quick, painless, and done by our technician.
The examination
The optometrist refines your prescription and examines the health of the eye — front surface, lens, and retina.
Discussion
What we found, what it means, and what you can do about it. Ask everything; this is the part that matters.
Eyewear, if you need it
Frame selection, lens options explained without upselling, and measurements taken on your face rather than estimated.
Collection and adjustment
We fit your glasses when you collect them, and adjust them free of charge whenever they need it afterwards.
Before you come
What to bring
None of this is mandatory — but each one makes the visit shorter or the result better.
See the checklist
- Your current glasses or contact lenses — even old ones. They tell us where you are starting from.
- A valid ID, so we can register you quickly on your first visit.
- A list of medications you take. Several common ones affect the eyes, dryness especially.
- Sunglasses, in case your eyes are dilated. Light sensitivity lasts four to six hours.
- Someone to drive, if dilation is likely. Near vision stays blurred for a few hours afterwards.
- Your child’s school report, if reading or classroom performance is the reason for the visit.
Getting here
Getting here
By jeepney or multicab
Take any route running along J.C. Aquino Avenue and ask to be dropped at the M.U. Building in Barangay Tandang Sora. We are in Purok 4.
By private vehicle
We are on J.C. Aquino Avenue, in the M.U. Building at Purok 4, Barangay Tandang Sora. Open the map alongside for turn-by-turn directions.
When to come
Any day from Monday to Saturday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM. No appointment, and no need to call first. Mornings are usually the quietest, and we stop at thirty patients so that nobody is rushed.
Questions
Asked often, answered plainly
Do I need an appointment?
No. We are walk-in only and do not take appointments at all. We do cap the day at thirty patients so that nobody is rushed, so on a busy day we may honestly ask you to come back tomorrow. Mornings are usually quietest.
How often should I have my eyes checked?
Every two years for healthy adults under forty. Yearly after forty, yearly if you are diabetic, and yearly for children once they have started school.
Will my eyes be dilated? Can I still drive home?
Only if the examination calls for it, and we will tell you beforehand. Dilating drops blur near vision and increase light sensitivity for four to six hours, so bring someone with you or plan to take a ride home.
Can I get my glasses the same day?
Most single-vision prescriptions in stock lenses are finished the same day. Progressives, high prescriptions, and specialty coatings usually take a few days — we will give you a firm date before you leave.
How long will my eyeglasses take?
If your lens is in stock we cut it here during your visit and you leave wearing them. If the lens has to be ordered in, we tell you a specific 3 to 10 working day range at the counter and send you an SMS the moment they are ready. You are never expected to chase us.
My child is only three. Is that too young?
Not at all. Testing at that age uses pictures and shapes rather than letters, and tells us what we need to know about how the two eyes are working together.
Our commitment
Screenings for schools, barangays and workplaces
We run vision screenings by invitation. If you coordinate a school, a barangay or a workplace in Butuan or Caraga and would like one arranged, get in touch and we will talk through what is possible.
Uncorrected refractive error is one of the easiest things in medicine to fix, and still one of the most common reasons a child falls behind in class.
- 4,795Patient visits recorded
Jan 2025 to Aug 2026 - ~4,500Individual patients
served - 30 minTypical wait for lenses
cut in our own lab
