About
We’re a new kind of optical shop, crafted to fit your unique eye care needs. We want you to see and look your best.
Gaze Optical in Watertown, MA has you covered for all your eye care and eye wear needs. We offer high-level personalized service, use the latest technology to assess the health of your eyes, and we take the time to ensure your care is right for you.
SEEING YOUR FUTURE CLEARLY STARTS HERE!
Our optical services start with a lifestyle analysis, to make sure that your eyewear is going to work for every area of your life. Spend all day on the computer? Need progressives? Play a sport? Got a cool hobby? Great! We use our expertise to create custom lenses and put them in the highest quality frames to ensure you love your new glasses.
Gaze Optical was founded in 2020, born out of Dr. Ah-Kiné and Mac’s mutual desire to change the world, one eye exam at a time. We choose to focus on ensuring the best possible patient experience and providing personalized care.
OUR OPTOMETRIST
Dr. Diane Ah-Kiné
Dr. Ah-Kiné says that “the patients who want to have a relationship with their eye care provider who gets them to know them over the years – those are the folks who make me passionate about my work and dedicated to continuously bettering myself as a healthcare provider.” Dr. Ah-Kiné aims to provide the best patient care possible while also striving to meet patients where they are in their eye health journey.
Dr. Ah-Kiné lives in the greater Boston area with their partner and two rescue dogs. They are an active participant in several social justice causes because they believe we can all work to make the world a more just and equitable place. For fun, they foster adoptable dogs through All Dog Rescue, train Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and can be found enjoying the warmer weather months zipping around on their trusty Ruckus scooter.
See Dr. Ah-Kiné for pediatric and adult comprehensive eye exams, soft contact lens fittings, speciality contact lens fittings, myopia management, chronic headache treatment, and eye misalignment evaluation.
OUR OPTICIAN
Kara “Mac” MacFarland
Kara “Mac” MacFarland has been working in Optometry offices since 2013. First on the exam side, working with the doctor, before deciding to become an apprentice and deepen her understanding of optics and opticianry. She became a licensed Dispensing Optician in 2017. She also holds dual national certifications with the American Board of Opticians and National Contact Lens Examiners. Her special areas of interest include customizing lenses using the latest technology to achieve your best vision, hunting for the most stylish new independent frame brands, and changing the minds of patients who think they don’t look good in glasses. Mac is a glasses-aholic, and currently has 25+ pairs and counting! She believes that a sense of humor and a listening ear will always be the best tools to find what works for you.
“I like to think of my job as part stylist, part therapist, part scientist. Developing a relationship with my patients to understand who they are, how they spend their day-to-day, and what hobbies they’re passionate about is the most important part of what I do. People often don’t realize how much a properly chosen pair of glasses can positively impact their life!”
Mac lives in Watertown with her two spoiled dogs. When she’s not at work, she enjoys traveling the world, hiking, yoga, and creating art in many mediums.
