Welcome to your new home for better vision!
At Far West Optical, you will receive our undivided attention and expertise. You can be confident that we combine our dedicated service with premium quality eyewear. Enjoy our broad selection of styles and cutting-edge prescription materials. Take your time browsing and feel free to have any questions answered by our highly skilled opticians and lab technicians. Our friendly receptionists will make you feel at home right away. Above all, our doctors are beloved by their devoted, long-term patients. Many extended families have been our patients for over a generation. We have enjoyed over 25 years of serving our neighbors here in NW Hills and the greater Austin area. Our success is based on our dedication to providing the best service possible to every patient, every time. Enjoy!
We're here in your neighborhood. We're independent; there's no corporate headquarters telling us what brand of contacts to fit, or forcing us to use their lab, or telling us to spend less time with our patients because our productivity is 10% below average. We have spent our careers here, doing exactly what we enjoy doing, taking care of our friends and neighbors' eyecare as well as we possibly can. I invite you to join us. Come by and see our office, stop by for a free adjustment of your eyeglasses, and don't hesitate to call and ask any questions. Let us start taking care of your very valuable vision.
The Three O's
Optometrist: A doctor, licensed by the state after four years of post-graduate study of the anatomy of the eye, vision and the science of optics, and diagnosis and treatment of eye health and eye diseases.
Ophthalmologist: An MD who underwent residency concentrating on the eye. Usually a surgeon (cataracts or laser) or a specialist dealing with one eye condition or region (retina, glaucoma, or eyelids).
Optician: No formal training is required in Texas (college curriculum is also rare). National certification requires passing a rigorous test, followed by annual seminars, similar to the other 'O's'. There are several different specialties available; including,
Lab Techs whose duties range from actually devising the lenses, to treating or re-sizing them.
Retail Opticians whose responsibilities include patient-specific frame styling, advising patients on types and features of available lenses, interacting with the Lab Tech, verifying the accuracy of finished prescription lenses, minor frame repairs, and measuring and fitting eyewear to the patient's face appropriately.
Other Specialties include fitting prosthetic eyes, major frame repairs, sculpting lenses, accessorizing eyewear with jewelry.
We're here in your neighborhood. We're independent; there's no corporate headquarters telling us what brand of contacts to fit, or forcing us to use their lab, or telling us to spend less time with our patients because our productivity is 10% below average. We have spent our careers here, doing exactly what we enjoy doing, taking care of our friends and neighbors' eyecare as well as we possibly can. I invite you to join us. Come by and see our office, stop by for a free adjustment of your eyeglasses, and don't hesitate to call and ask any questions. Let us start taking care of your very valuable vision.
The Three O's
Optometrist: A doctor, licensed by the state after four years of post-graduate study of the anatomy of the eye, vision and the science of optics, and diagnosis and treatment of eye health and eye diseases.
Ophthalmologist: An MD who underwent residency concentrating on the eye. Usually a surgeon (cataracts or laser) or a specialist dealing with one eye condition or region (retina, glaucoma, or eyelids).
Optician: No formal training is required in Texas (college curriculum is also rare). National certification requires passing a rigorous test, followed by annual seminars, similar to the other 'O's'. There are several different specialties available; including,
Lab Techs whose duties range from actually devising the lenses, to treating or re-sizing them.
Retail Opticians whose responsibilities include patient-specific frame styling, advising patients on types and features of available lenses, interacting with the Lab Tech, verifying the accuracy of finished prescription lenses, minor frame repairs, and measuring and fitting eyewear to the patient's face appropriately.
Other Specialties include fitting prosthetic eyes, major frame repairs, sculpting lenses, accessorizing eyewear with jewelry.