Dr Newman Optometry and Vision Therapy Clinic

I've been going to Dr Newman for years and I absolutely love her. She's so thorough. She makes sure the prescription is exactly what it should be which is more than I can say for every other optometrist I've ever been to. With other optometrists I used to get new glasses or contacts and they would make me dizzy and my eyes couldn't focus. I was always dismissed and told that I would just have to get used to them. With Dr. Newman, that has never been the case. I always leave with my prescription so precise that there has never been the need to "get used to" anything. I leave with perfect vision and clarity. She is one of a kind and I will never go anywhere else again for glasses and contacts.

Dr. Newman is an AMAZING doctor. She takes her time to examine eyes and answers all questions in detail. She cares a lot and educates you in detail if you ask her a question.

I learned that she does vision therapy for kids and adults who may have lazy eyes or hidden vision problems that affects kids specially with reading and learning in school.

I’m sure Dr. Newman is one of the best optometrists in Los Angeles.

I am writing this review only using my right eye. The reason why that is very special is because when I was 8 I experienced an impact trauma in my right eye that left me with extensive retinal laser surgery, an artificial lens and a large scar in the center of my cornea. I was able to see blurred colors but it wasn’t good enough vision for my brain to uptake so it left me with a lazy eye that I had the vast majority of growing up.

When I was in college I was given a contact lens because my ophthalmologist said that other than the corneal scar there shouldn’t stop me from having good vision. The contact made me see better and got rid of my lazy eye but didn’t help much in the way of improving my vision. I could read massive letters, which was a great feat but still far from good vision.

It's a really tough prescription to. Most doctors will just skip over my bad eye, replace the same prescription year after year and focus on keeping my good eye safe. Which is fine, but what if you did both? That’s where Dr. Newman comes in.

Dr. Newman cares, a lot. When she speaks you can tell that she is really intelligent, but also caring enough to make sure that you understand everything about your situation. She will explain things that she is amazed at that no other doctors explained to you before. She is also caring towards your financial situation and is keenly aware on how to bill your insurance as well. I trust her completely.

She took an entire hour to find me this new prescription. This new prescription has me seeing a 20/60. Which is only ten points higher than what the best case scenario outcome I had for a freaking corneal transplant. (I have looked into all options). Right now I am doing something that I haven’t been able to do since I was 8 years old. I am using only my right eye to type on the computer (Which honestly, I probably didn’t even do then). Also I am experiencing my brain slowly learning to use my right eye as the dominant eye when I open my left eye right now. (I took my left eye contact out, which with my new right eye contact makes it so I have substantially better vision than my left). Sure the font size is literally 30 right now, and my face is a foot away from my computer, but I can see.

I thought I would share my experience, it’s quite amazing one, and people like Dr. Newman definitely need to be celebrated.

Dr. Newman is the nicest doctor ever! She's super professional and really cares about your well being. She also has a great selection of contacts and frames. It is refreshing to find a doctor that cares about you and not just the insurance or payment. I recommend her a thousand times! Thanks for taking care of my eyes!

This is one of the most patient, thorough optometrists I have ever visited. Instead of rushing me through my visit like many others before, she took the time to carefully explain everything she was testing me for and why and discussed several possible solutions. She's also extremely kind and warm. Highly recommend.