Dr. Lareen Dawn Tan

27/09/2026

What are the chances?! Same flight. Huge plane. Full of passengers. And somehow… FAMILY still finds family. 😂✈️❤️

Such a funny little airport coincidence today. 😂

I unexpectedly bumped into my uncle, Father Randy Baluso, at the airport, and neither of us had any idea that we had just been on the same flight to Manila.

The plane was huge, the flight was full, and with hundreds of people going in different directions, somehow our paths crossed while we were both walking to the baggage conveyor belt.

He’s in Manila for his priesthood engagements, while I’m here for my scheduled patients.

Different missions. Same destination. Same flight. And one completely unplanned family reunion in the middle of the airport. ❤️

But looking at this photo, I realized something else…

Can we talk about the FAMILY GENES?! 😂

Same smile? Same eyes? Same cheeks? At this point, I don’t think we need a DNA test. 🤣

Sometimes the sweetest moments aren’t the ones you schedule, they’re the little surprises life puts in your path.

Safe travels and God bless your engagements, Father Randy! ❤️🙏

Okay, be the judge: can you spot the resemblance? 😂 What feature do you think we share the most? 👇

26/09/2026

FROM 20/600 TO 20/20 IN JUST ONE NIGHT

No eyeglasses
No surgery
Just orthokeratology!

Let’s talk about Orthokeratology. 👁️✨

When a 9-year-old came to us with rapidly progressive myopic astigmatism (up to 2.75D increase per year), her vision without correction was only 20/600 in the right eye and 20/500 in the left eye.

She was experiencing blurred vision, headaches, light sensitivity, and had to bring her books very close just to read.

Instead of relying only on stronger eyeglasses, we initiated Orthokeratology (Ortho-K)—specially designed lenses worn during sleep to temporarily reshape the cornea and provide clearer daytime vision without glasses.

Her visual response was remarkable:

Baseline: OD 20/600 | OS 20/500
After 1 hour: OD 20/30 | OS 20/30
After 1 day: OD 20/20 | OS 20/20
At 1 year: OD 20/20 | OS 20/20

Even more importantly, her recorded refractive findings after one year showed no further increase in myopia, while her stereopsis improved from 400 to 80 seconds of arc.

Her parents also noticed meaningful changes beyond the eye chart; better reading behavior, fewer headaches, improved school performance, and greater confidence in everyday activities.

This case reminds us that pediatric myopia management isn’t simply about helping a child see clearly today. It is about carefully monitoring how their eyes change as they grow and choosing management based on the individual child.

Is your child’s eyeglass prescription increasing every year?
Don’t wait until the numbers become much higher. A comprehensive myopia evaluation can help determine whether conventional glasses alone, or a dedicated myopia-management strategy, may be appropriate.

Clearer vision today. Myopia monitored for tomorrow.

Eyecare Deluxe Capital Region

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8000 Davao City, Philippines
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24/09/2026

Some friendships don’t need constant communication to stay constant. ❤️

Two years. Different countries. Different lives. And somehow, when we finally see each other again, it feels like no time was ever lost.

My best friend is based in Japan while I’m here in the Philippines, so catching up in person doesn’t happen very often. We may go a long time without seeing each other, or even talking as much as we used to, but apparently, friendship doesn’t always measure closeness by frequency.

We started talking at 7 PM.

Then suddenly it was 11 PM… and kulang pa rin. 😂 Four hours of stories, updates, laughter, “Wait, may ikukuwento pa ako!” and trying to compress two years of life into one evening.

I think that’s one of the beautiful things about genuine friendship. You don’t have to be present in every chapter to still know the person behind the story.

No awkward catching up. No feeling like strangers. We just picked up where we left off.

I’m surely going to miss you, Besi. ❤️ And knowing us, our next proper catch-up might be a few years from now. 😅

But whenever and wherever that happens, I already know how it will go:

“So… saan na nga ba tayo natapos?” 😂

Tag that friend you rarely see, but when you finally get together, it feels like nothing has changed. ❤️

23/09/2026

Not all baddies are influencers. Some are optometrists. 🤓👁️
Because somebody’s gotta hold it down for optometry.

Cute outfit? Yes.
Good hair? Absolutely.
But behind the glasses is a woman who can talk corneas, retinas, binocular vision, specialty lenses, and eye health all day. 😂

I love showing that being serious about your profession doesn’t mean you always have to look serious.

You can be feminine and formidable.
Stylish and scientific.
A little extra, and still know your optics. 💅👓

Here’s to making optometry look good while doing good. ✨

Tag an optometrist who’s holding it down for the profession. 👇

22/09/2026

If I were a wife, mom, president, and doctor in the ’80s… this would be me. ✨

Apparently, I belong in an ’80s magazine. 😂

Different roles. Different versions of me.
Wife. Mom. President. Doctor.

A wife who loves.
A mom who nurtures.
A president who leads.
A doctor who cares.

Some days, these roles compete for my time and energy. But I’ve realized I don’t have to choose just one version of myself.

Behind every title is still the same woman, with the same heart, the same dreams, and the same desire to build something meaningful for the people I love and serve.

Same passion. More roles. Still me. ❤️

If your life were an ’80s magazine cover, what 4 roles would be on yours? Tell me in the comments. 👇

21/09/2026

Words are not enough to describe how good the food is… 😂🤌

Date night at the MICHELIN-selected China Blue by Jereme Leung. ✨

Some date nights are memorable because of the place. Others because of the company. This one? Definitely both, and the food deserves its own category. 😂❤️

We had dinner at China Blue by Jereme Leung and started with a truffle mushroom bun that looked like an actual mushroom. 🍄 The aroma of truffle hit us before the first bite, and that filling was incredible.

Then came lobster soup with an enormous scallop, followed by the biggest surprise of the night: deep-fried bean curd with chives and seafood.

I’m NOT a bean curd person… but apparently I am now. 😂

Then came crab and lobster fried rice with glazed honey pork, golden crab roe with tofu, and our refreshing pomelo-guava juice.

By this point, everything tasted so good that my vocabulary had basically been reduced to:

“Ang sarap.”
“Super sarap.”
“Grabe, ang sarap.” 😂

We ended with a mango crepe parcel made with glutinous rice, mango syrup, and strawberries, the perfect sweet ending to an already unforgettable dinner.

Good food. Beautiful setting. My favorite dinner date. ❤️

Which dish would you order first: 🍄 truffle mushroom bun, 🦞 lobster & scallop soup, 🍚 crab & lobster fried rice, or 🥭 mango crepe?

20/09/2026

We spend our days caring for others. This time, we made time to celebrate the people we serve alongside. ❤️

About 50 employees from Eyecare Deluxe, New Hope Healthcare, and NephroMed Asia Dialysis Center - Mintal Davao City, came together for our 2026 Team Building, a day to step away from our usual routines, play, laugh, relax, and simply enjoy being together.

But beyond the games and the fun, the day reminded us that although we may work in different companies, departments, and roles, we are working toward the same purpose.

Every patient experience is built by a team. Every challenge is easier when we face it together. And every organization grows stronger when its people grow together.

ONE MISSION. ONE TEAM.
Caring Together. Serving Together. ❤️

Here’s to stronger relationships, better teamwork, and many more milestones together.

Because great patient care starts with a great team. 👁️❤️🩺

To our NephroMed Asia Dialysis, Eyecare Deluxe, and New Hope Healthcare family: What was your favorite moment from Team Building 2026? Drop it in the comments! 👇

18/09/2026

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11/09/2026

Lumalabo ba ang mata mo pagkatapos mo magcellphone? Baka ciliary spasm na yan!

“Malinaw naman ang mata mo… pero after mag-cellphone or computer, biglang malabo ang paningin mo at sumasakit ang ulo mo? 👀

Hindi ibig sabihin na kailangan mo agad ng eyeglasses.

Your eye’s focusing muscles might simply be having difficulty relaxing.

When you’re looking at something near, like your phone, computer, or a book, may maliit tayong muscle inside the eye called the ciliary muscle.

When this muscle contracts, it changes the shape of your natural lens para makapag-focus ka sa malapitan.

Normally, kapag tumingin ka ulit sa malayo, the muscle relaxes and your eyes quickly refocus.

Pero kapag matagal at tuloy-tuloy ang near work, minsan hindi siya nakaka-relax agad.

So pagtingin mo sa malayo…

malabo muna.

Then after a few seconds or minutes, luminaw ulit.

This can happen with accommodative or ciliary spasm and what we call near-work–induced transient myopia or pseudomyopia.

And headaches and difficulty shifting your focus from near to far are also common symptoms.

(PubMed Pseudomyopia: A Review, María García-Montero, Gema Felipe-Márquez, Pedro Arriola-Villalobos, Nuria Garzón, March 4,2022)

Pero here’s the important part:

Hindi natin masasabi from symptoms alone kung ciliary spasm talaga ito.

Similar symptoms can also happen with an incorrect eyeglass prescription, uncorrected refractive error, binocular vision problems, dry eye, and other eye conditions.

That’s why simply buying eyeglasses without properly checking your ciliary muscles can sometimes miss the real problem.

In suspected pseudomyopia, cycloplegic refraction is particularly important because temporarily relaxing accommodation helps us distinguish true myopia from an apparent myopic prescription caused by excessive accommodation.

And don’t ignore persistent symptoms.

Prolonged and very close near work has been associated with the development and progression of myopia, although the relationship is complex and ciliary spasm itself doesn’t automatically mean you’ll develop permanent myopia.

(PubMed A systematic review of near work and myopia: measurement, relationships, mechanisms and clinical corollaries
Shail Gajjar et al. Acta Ophthalmol. 2022 Jun)

So kung araw-araw sumasakit ang ulo mo, nahihirapan kang magbasa, or lumalabo ang malayo after using your phone or computer, don’t just assume you need stronger glasses.

Have your focusing system, prescription, binocular vision, and overall eye health properly evaluated.

👁️ Get a Complete Comprehensive Eye Examination at Eyecare Deluxe, because sometimes the problem isn’t simply how clearly you see, but how hard your eyes are working just to see clearly.

👁️ Book your Complete Comprehensive Eye Examination at Eyecare Deluxe.

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☎️ 0954 335 5314

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02/09/2026

Alam mong successful ang vacation kapag pagod ka na… pero ayaw mo pa ring umuwi. 😂🤍

After two very busy days, Days 3 and 4 were all about slowing down.

No packed itinerary.

No rushing from one activity to another.

Just food, shopping, movies, and enjoying whatever time we had left together.

We started with a relaxed brunch at Nono’s inside S Maison at Conrad Manila.

And after that, we headed to SM Mall of Asia.

Of course, kasama ang mga bata, so alam niyo na kung saan kami napunta…

toy shopping. 😂🧸

We let them look around, choose what they liked, and then headed to the cinema for a family movie.

Simple lang.

But honestly, I loved this day.

Because sometimes we become so focused on maximizing every minute of a vacation that we forget…

vacations are also supposed to give us time to simply be together.

And then suddenly, Day 4 arrived.

Yung feeling na paggising mo, alam mong last day na…

pero parang ayaw mong pag-usapan. 😂

Before heading to the airport, we had one last breakfast buffet at Fresh Buffet inside Solaire Resort

No rushing.

Just one more meal together before packing our things and heading home.

And just like that, our four-day vacation was over.

We came home with more toys, more photos, probably a little extra weight from all the food… 😂

but most importantly, more memories with the kids.

They’re growing up so quickly.

And that’s why, whenever we can, I want to keep making time for days like these.

Because one day, they may not remember every restaurant we ate at or every hotel we stayed in…

but I hope they’ll always remember how much fun we had growing up together as a family. 🤍

And that’s a wrap on our Solaire vacation.

So… saan naman tayo next? ✈️