Do you wear progressive lenses?
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Comments (28)I'm an optician and I also wear progressive glasses, and monovision contacts. I disagree with Beverlyal about everyone needing to go to an opthalmologist. A therapeutic optometrist can't do surgery but can do an excellent job examining eyes and treating infections. Most of the opthalmologists I know hire techs to do the actual refractions and contact lens fittings. She is right that there are vast differences between brands of lenses and doctors, though. But not all cheap places are bad. When I was first starting out I worked at Sears Optical for a year. Most of the lenses they did were fine. The doctor there was very good, we rarely had remakes from his prescriptions. Progressive lenses have their good and bad points. For people with lots of astigmatism they can be harder to get used to. Some of the newer brands are better then others (there are dozens of brands available). Some of the new "free form" lenses are designed with difficult prescriptions in mind. It is also very important that they be measured and made correctly. Made and fit correctly studies show that more then 90% of people can wear them but an adjustment period is normal. If you take them off a lot and just wear them when reading it will make it much harder to get used to them. Even how the frame fits makes a huge difference. They work best when wore close to the eyes. The bottom of the lenses should tilt in a little and the frame front should curve in a little at the sides. As far as size goes, there are newer designs that work in narrower frames but a deeper frame does usually work better. I still sell lots of progressives in narrow frames because that is what people want. In the extremely narrow frames usually one area of the lenses are less then ideal. It is usually the intermediate area but it might be the distance or the near, different progressives differ. Plus in a deeper frame the less clear areas on the side can be spread out more....See MoreProgressive/multifocal contact lenses
Comments (17)Sue -- It does take a couple tries to get it right! I have multifocal contacts (Air Optix) and progressive glasses. Love the progressive glasses for reading, computer and distance! Love the contacts for computer and distance, but reading -- not as much. But that was my choice. The optician told me that multifocal contacts would not be perfect, and would require some compromise between close-up and distance vision. After trying several prescriptions, I chose better mid-range and distance vision over reading because I wear my contacts out and my glasses at home. I can read well with the contacts for short term things like the cell phone, grocery store labels, magazines, etc... At home, if I'm working or reading for any length of time, I'll put my glasses on. The glasses are definitely better, but the contacts are pretty good, and I'm vain enough to not want to wear the glasses. After having to ask a stranger in the grocery store to read my list to me, I'm just happy to be able to see again! Hope this helps. Good luck finding a solution that works well for you....See MoreProgressive Lenses + Prisms: the biggest success yet
Comments (17)bossyvossy wrote: We went w/the big office, believing more & better resources = better care, but all we found was techs w/ 1 year degrees and prescriptions that don't work EXACTLY!! The big office DID give me hope-- but I had but a precious 10 min with the dr himself. That may be fine for the majority of people with minor vision issues-- but it was catastrophic for me. We believe a bad prescription 10 yr ago is what caused my brain to shut down my left eye .. and while my last prescription wasn't bad, I knew it was slightly off. Before I spent another large chunk of money on the progressives, I wanted to be sure my prescription was the best it could be. Astigmatism (especially one as extreme as mine) is tricky to get right. My muscles get tired and they water, it takes time and a few tries for me to know which is better.. first or second. I am not a wilting flower in the least but when the dr is pressing me to answer and I am struggling to see, my anxiety sky rockets. I get intimidated. A good dr OR tech understands this and works with you. They don't care if you exceed the time allotted for the "average" person....See MoreDo any of you order prescription eyeglass replacement lenses online?
Comments (6)delilah66 - The way it works with Replace A Lens is you order the lenses online. Then they will tell you where to mail the frames and the prescription. If you dont have a prescription you can mail them a pair of old glasses with a current prescription. They fit the lenses to the frames and insert them. They then mail back your frames with the lenses already inserted. I like this process because the lenses are very cheap, they will allow you to use old frames, and you can buy readers or any other frames that you come across without spending a fortune. I really like Eyebob readers. A normal optical shop would never put prescription lenses into reader frames. They would say that the frames are not durable. My experience has been that they actually work great. My favorite glasses are the ones I just lost. I purchased them off Ebay for around $40 and the lenses cost me another $40. I used those frame for about 4 years before I lost them. I also had lenses put in $3 sunglasses I purchased on Amazon. I pick up frames all the time for this purpose and have never had a problem, except from the horrible company that I used in NY before I learned about Replace A Lens. I need single vision lenses. They start at $39....See MorePawprint
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