TESTIMONIALS
As a commercial pilot, having good vision is a requisite for the job. One of the challenges we face is deterioration to our close vision and an increase in astigmatism as we age, thus our vision requires corrective lenses.
Due to the nature of our job, fitting our glasses gets more complex e.g. setting the glasses correctly to compensate for the attitude of the aircraft during landing. Nan Fang Optometrists has always given me that assurance and quality that I demand.
I am very pleased with the professionalism and service that Nan Fang Optometrists has always provided.
Harold Ngo
I have a problem called Hyperphoria, which is where one eye aims at an object higher but the other eye aims at an object lower. It is a problem my eyes have with the vertical alignment of pictures.
Before being diagnosed, I had prolonged painful headaches and realised that images I saw on TV were jerky. Sometimes I also saw double images on the screen. As I was unsure of what was happening to my eyesight, I went to consult Mr Ricky about it. I have known Mr Ricky for more than 10 years now, and still see him regularly even though I now live in Punggol.
After meeting him, he diagnosed me with Hyperphoria and prescribed me spectacles with a prism attached to help align the images. Now after wearing the spectacles for some time, I have stopped having headaches and the TV images are clear and crisp. I really would like to thank Mr Ricky for helping me solve the problem and advising me on my condition.
Zawiyah
In early 2011, I suffered a retinal detachment in my left eye. Although a surgery was done to re-attach my retinal at a hospital, part of my retinal was permanently damaged and I lost a large part of my left vision. As a result, I also developed a complicated double vision with my remaining left vision and my right vision, which the hospital ophthalmologists and optometrists were not able to correct for me. This was very frustrating to me as I was not able to read and function adequately with the double vision. Subsequently, a good church friend recommended me to Ricky Chong from Nan Fang Optical Shop who had helped him correct his severe double vision. I consulted Ricky Chong and he patiently examined my eye conditions and painstakingly checked my vision. Ricky prescribed prism lenses which corrected my double vision. I highly recommend Ricky Chong for your eye vision needs.
He is very patient and thorough in his examination of the vision and prescription of the lenses. He is a most professional and competent optometrist.
Thanks for all your help
Mr Kua
"My family sees an amazing optometrist Ricky@Nanfang Optometrists. Over the years, he detected my mum's glaucoma, my son's convergence insufficiency and helped spot various eye conditions for timely intervention. Ricky, you are so patient and meticulous and a blessing!"
Patricia Lian
"I went to see Ricky to make a new pair of glasses. I had noticed that
my vision was getting worse but I could not figure out what was wrong.
While he was testing my eyes, I mentioned that the alignment of the
letter was different when he covered my left eye as compared to when
he covered my right eye. Ricky was quick to diagnose the problem – I
was having Hypertropia – vertical double vision.
He prescribed prisms to address the issue. The prisms have helped
address most of my double vision. I’m thankful that Ricky was quick to
diagnose my problem before it got worse."
M Lim
My family and I always had great experiences at Nan Fang Optometrists each time we went. Ricky is super careful and meticulous in his work. I remember how he explained painstakingly the merits of different lens types when I was considering switching from spectacles to contact lenses. I arrived at a well-informed decision with his help. And over the years, Ricky journeyed with me regarding my eyesight needs. As a senior now, he helped me see clearly with contact lenses for both distance and reading tasks even though I am a presbyope. I am so delighted. Each time there is a change and I need a new prescription, I will always choose Nan Fang.
William Lim
I was back from Australia to Singapore to visit my relatives. During the trip, I broke my frame and through a friend’s recommendation, I went to see Ricky to get my glasses replaced. Ricky was very detailed and meticulous in examining my eyes. When I was choosing my lens type, Ricky advised me that there was no need to choose a high end lens since I am not using it for computer work throughout (i made a progressive lens) . He has demonstrated that he was not in the business to extract maximum profit from his customers but recommending what is best for his customers! I have been wearing progressive lens for the past 12 years, and had not once use it for reading, had to remove my progressive spectacles when i need to do short while reading, as i always struggle with it. However, amazingly, when i receive the new spectacles from Nan Fang, it is super clear and comfortable. I have since been wearing it throughout, without having to remove my spectacles when doing short reading. I would strongly recommend Ricky to anyone who wants a pair of clear, comfortable glass, which is soothing to the eyes.
Yen Keng
Ricky has been my optometrist for many years.
On one occasion, I still felt giddy after I replaced my progressive lens. Ricky trouble shooted and detected that both sides of my ears were not of the same level. He adjusted the frame and the problem was solved.
I have myopia, presbyopia, and astigmatism. He told me it was possible to wear contact lens as I had desire to do so but thought that it was not possible with my eye conditions.
Ricky was also my son’s optometrist since he was in primary school. Through years of providing care for my son’s eyes, my son’s myopia was well under controlled. He is 17 years old this year.
He was very detailed and professional. His examination included eye disease and cataract which was beyond what an optometrist would typically do. I highly recommended him!
Soo See
I wish to highly recommend *’Nan Fang Optometrists’*I went there many years ago when I was a young teenager until now even at 66 years old.It was run initially by their parents and now through the next generation by their sons. It’s a family run business and has been all along showing dedicated and professional services much with a personal touch and care with a feeling of a conducive home, family and friendly environment.I visited Nan Fang as a child when they were at ‘Idris Road’ and then now as an adult currently located at Serangoon Avenue 3.They far exceeded my expectations as a great eye care centre with a one stop service shop dealing with eye care and spectacles.I love and appreciate my Optometrists *Patrick* and *Ricky Chong* and am privileged to be a patient for over 40 plus years.They are wonderful and provide great service.Kudos to their team
Walter Sng
Patrick has been my optometrist for past 20 plus years when I shifted into this neighbourhood
He has been very professional in his work. His diagnosis of my eyes has always been correct. I could see well after lens change.
Recently I upgraded my lens and his advice on this matter has been good
Mr Wee Kay Kee
My family and I have been going to Nanfang for 20 years. Their service has been consistently impeccable. I would highly recommend Nanfang.
Molly Ee
Nan Fang Optometrists have provided us high quality eye care for almost ten years. Recently when i experienced "double" vision I went to consult Ricky. After a careful examination Ricky explained that the alignment of my vision needed correction. He prescribed prism lens which restored my vision. what a relief as I now could see normally. I have also recommended a friend whose condition was more serious than mine. Happily she now has normal vision after seeing Ricky. The care and service from NANG FANG is consistently professional and cordial. And patient always answering queries and clearing doubts. Thank you Ricky!
Roland
I am always grateful to Ricky who has been always carefully listen to my vision issue in the last 20 years. I was diagnosed with lazy eye since young. During examination, Ricky has always been very patient and allow ample of time to ensure my lazy eye is paired with the correct glass. Over the years, Ricky had also provide advices to vision well being which include prescribing low bifocal lens to help with onset of presbyopia.
In the last few years, I was away from Singapore. My vision start to degrade due to a more pronounced presbyopia. I went to the local optometrist and was prescribed with a spectacles that cause me to get headaches every time I removed it. Instead, I relied on my existing bifocal glass to help with reading and work.
When I was back home, I went to Nan Fang and Ricky told me that the spectacle that was prescribed is too strong for my presbyopia . Once again, Ricky never fails to pin point root cause of the poor vision and address the issues by prescribing the correct matching glass. I can see with more clarity without having headaches. Nan Fang will be the only optics I would go to and I would , without any hesitation, recommend NanFang and Ricky to those have vision issues.
YSA
I am very happy with the service at Nan Fang. I am under patrick's care for more than 20 years, he is very patient and gives good service and advice. I am greatly appreciative.
Melissa Lee
I have Vertical Heterophoria which is a type of Binocular Vision Dysfunction (BVD). This means that one eye aims above the image and other aims below the image.
I first noticed that I have had some problems with my vision since I was 6-7 years old. But no matter how many times I got my eyes checked, be it by a private optometrist or the school mandated yearly check, everyone would say that I have perfect eyesight.
The aforementioned problems were most prominently blurry and double vision when reading for a prolonged period of time and losing my place easily when reading a chunk of text without pointing. After more than a decade of leaving this problem undiagnosed, I have to learn to deal with it resulting in overworked eye muscles, causing frequent headaches stemming from behind the eyes and on the crown of the head.
Finally having enough of it, I searched the internet about “perfect eyesight but blurry vision” and came across BVD. I read up about it and thought a lot of my symptoms fit the description. Hence, I did a test where my score indicated a very likely case of BVD. However, very few optometrists in Singapore test for BVD but I managed to find Ricky from Nan Fang Optometrists.
Ricky spent more than an hour of testing and found out that other than BVD, I also have Convergence Insufficiency which causes double vision when looking at things up close. He prescribed me with prism lenses to correct the blurred double vision and within a few days of wearing it, most of my symptoms were relieved. He also got me to do vision therapy to correct the Convergence Insufficiency. I truly am very grateful for Ricky’s help and patience.
Leanne