Apparently some eyeglasses have a spring in the hinge on the arm pieces. So when you go to replace the screw, the holes will not line up. The fix is to pull the metal hinge piece away from the arm enough that you can place a paperclip as a spacer in between the extended metal piece and the arm so that the hole in the hinge will be extended enough to align with the mating piece of the hinge. I just learned that here: ruclips.net/video/97vN89AYzh4/видео.html Thanks for the other tips and great video production quality, doc.
I went to the optometrist a week ago because the frame had gotten bent by my 3 year old. When I got there I was told that my warranty had just expired the prior week and that I'd hafta buy a new pair. I just ran across your video a few minutes ago, grabbed my pliers and went to work... fits like a glove. #Thankyou
Oke, so your frame is bent, you go back to the shop to ask them to bent it back. and they tell you it is out of warranty and you have to buy a new one. nice service. I hope your garage does not do the same when you need new brakes for your car. buy a new one.
I've worked in optical for about 6 years and I have a few critiques on this otherwise fantastic video... Be sure to pop the lenses in from the front of the frame, not the back. It's generally easier and safer on the lenses, especially those with an anti-reflective coating, since you flex the frame versus a somewhat inflexible lens. If you do use a miniature screw driver to make a repair, hold it with the base in your palm so you have better control and reduce your risk of slipping and causing damage. And if you do the tabletop test, you should flip your glasses upside down so the temple tips are pointing upwards. If the glasses rock while the temple tips are pointed up, then you will definitely know they are misaligned. The opposite position is misleading as Dr. Allen points out because of how our ears sit. Just take it easy on making adjustments because you can get caught up in trying to fix a lot of little misalignments and end up with a warped or broken frame. As with all of these tips, just be extra careful! If you still can make it into an optical, please do! There are still some of us out there during this time to help with optical emergencies! Great work Dr. Allen!
If your glasses are not too expensive, then just buy new ones, I love to change my glasses and get new styles. Now I have reading glasses, regular prescription glasses and dark prescription glasses. I loooooove them.
Dude , I love this channel. You're a godsend Dr. I have horrible vision and go through glasses so freaking much . You've helped me with styes, dry 👀, and much more.
I'm so happy and grateful that I found this video! I got a pair of new glasses from my eye doctor a few months ago and unfortunately while getting ready for work one day they fell on the floor and while rushing around my place trying to get all of my things together, I made the heart stopping mistake of stepping on them. I'm supposed to wear glasses all the time, but I tend to take them off when I'm at home just because the prescription is so strong - The dental floss trick for the broken arm worked great for my wire frames and I'm hoping they will hold for a week or two until I'm able to get in to an optical shop to have them repaired professionally. Thank you!
So glad I found you... I've been using glasses for ages... and am so careless I always end up sitting or stepping on my glasses. And end up bending my glasses. Recently my niece stepped on it...😁 But thanks to you I have adjusted it myself. 😊
Oh my god thank you I broke my dads glasses and I went on RUclips to see how to fix them, i came across you and I followed your instructions and with help from my mom we fixed them. Thanks bro for the help you deserved my like comment and sub ( I’m 11 btw) bye tnx
Thank you so much Dr Allen. This video is filled with answers to every question (as well as things I didn't know, like the rimless glasses fix) I've ever had about at home eyeglasses repair. 👍
I have been adjusting my frames for years and have made most of the mistakes that you speak of in your video. Replacing lenses that fall out is the most difficult task, especially if the metal frame has been distorted to fit a replacement lens. I have never had an easy time of "snapping in" a lens in a plastic frame. It usually requires a bit of heat to make it happen. Thanks for the tips. You are wonderful.
Bruh this guy is life saver. I feel asleep with my glasses on and I woke with the arm broken and my mom got from work in an hour. I was scared to tell her so I looked up videos and found this and I found out I don't need to get new glasses :D
I have three words for you...heat shrink tubing. If you have enough material on each side of a broken off arm and frame, slide a piece of heat shrink tubing over both sides, align the arm, then shrink the tubing with a heat source. It's a lot more flexible than electrical tape, and will last as long as you want it to.
I accidentally dropped some bonding cement of one of the lenses of my glasses while doing some basic fix-it routines. But, it is amazing what sanding can do. I started with 1,500 grit sand paper, then on over to 3,000, and the finishing sanding was done via the use of cloth and tooth paste. At first the glass was so rough that you could not see through it at all, but once finished, it was back to being crystal clear and shinny, and visually perfectly in focus. Anyhow, I was amazed at how glass can be polished so easily.
I suggest to add a metal part embedded in two components glue to make it much stronger, in fact many times stronger than a new pair, I documented the whole process and I am very happy to have my sunglasses back.
I rarely like something on internet, moreover commenting.But... Thank you! This was exetremely helpful in a situation of a rush. Thank you, once again!
If your glasses are sliding off your face when you look down, try wrapping a rubberband around the ends of each arm. This gives the arms a little more traction in holding onto your ears. The rubber grips your hair and ears.
When you need your glasses to fix your glasses but you’re in the middle of a pandemic and you need to adjust your glasses with your spare glasses which are also bent 😭😂. This video is great ! Now I know where to make the bends to avoid that pain behind my ear and the headaches from the glasses feeling off. I still need to go to the opticians to fix them a little more because I think I overdid a bit but they feel much better.
@@moisesibarra OMG the same thing happened to me! I was wearing headphone on top of my glasses and when I removed it and the left arm snapped in half :(
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I LEARNED A LOT & SOME FANTASTIC TIPS! APPARENTLY I’VE BEEN REPAIRING MY GLASSES INCORRECTLY FOR YEARS!! THIS IS AN INVALUABLE CHANNEL FOR ANYONE WITH EYEBALLS!!!! WE ALL KNOW PARENTS, FRIENDS, ETC WHO WEAR GLASSES OR CONTACTS! CANT WAIT TO WATCH MANY OF THE OTHER MORE VIDEOS IN YOUR LIBRARY!!
My husband once lost a screw on his expensive prescription glasses while we were camping so I sacrificed a pair of my cheap readers and gave him the screw from it. It worked great. Now, before I get rid of old glasses (even sunglasses), I take out the screws and keep them in a small baggy as emergency back ups.
thank you so much. i have to go somewhere tomorrow and THANK GOODNESS i saw this video bc my glasses arm fell off, but thankfully i saw this video and tightened the screw driver 😅. thank u so much !!!
wow thank you doctor!! I watched first few minutes of the video, got a motivation and slightly pushed the handle inwards, and it clicked into place!! I was very worried and thinking about going to the optician but ur video gave me the motivation that maybe I can fix it at home myself so thank you for that! ☺❤
The arm came off the hinge and i'm able to just slide it back onto the little post sticking up, but can't find a good video and didn't see it in here how to make it stick back on permanently. Hope someone replies to this.
Fanastic!you HELPED ME Lost the tiny screen and thought of going to RUclips tonight d a solution and your the first video I saw and look nomore the toothpick worked Great !!!! Thank you Thank you!!
Omggg...thank you so much for this. Actually, my little cousin broke it and i was not able to fix it. But after seeing this video, my glasses are now fixed but temporary but it is very helpful. Once again thanks a lot.
This is great! Thank you! I have a bunch of cheap-ish sunglasses that have one or more of the issues you described in this video. Now I know how to fix them! Thanks so much!!
Hello, came across your video. Lots of nice quick info in your video. I'm an optometrist who has to do more glasses adjustments than I prefer. The only place where I might disagree with you slightly is on how to lay the glasses on the table to see if they are level with respect the wearer's ear height. I have told my opticians to always lay the frame upside down instead of top side up. Here's why I say this: If a person's ears are the same height, but one is further back on their head than the other, then the bend in the ear piece will be further back on one side. In this case the when the glasses are positioned top up on a table, there will be a gap between the end of one temple and the table on one side. If you put the same glasses upside down on the table (and assuming their ears are the same height), then the temples will both touch the table (at about the position of the bend) without gaps. So for adjusting glasses if one ear is higher than the other, I believe the upside down technique is more accurate. If any opticians see my post, please feel free to comment.
Hey, thanks for a great video! I have a question about what to do when no matter what kind of glasses I wear, I always get pressure and pain on the bridge of my nose, as if the glasses were tight. I really tried all your tips here but I still cannot wear my glasses every single day for the entire day. I always get nose pain sooner or later. Am i doomed or is there something I can do to the bright of the glasses? Thanks!
Ivan I saw an answer to your question, get a plastic frame ( or a frame without nose pads ) with the frames sitting on the nose, there should not be a gap at the bridge of the nose. The plastic should rest around the nose. The 2nd number is the nose size, usually 14mm - 19mm. My Tom Ford sun glasses are sized 55 ( a square symbol ) 17 145. For me 17mm fits my nose good, but the 145mm is to long to hook my ear, I need maybe 125mm.
Thank you for the subtitle in all of your videos, English is not my first language so it's so cool to have subtitles to read. Your videos are really useful!
I’m little in the middle of class and my glasses just fall off because the screw wasn’t tight enough and I thought I was going to have to buy new glasses 😂😂😂
Hey dude, dental floss didn’t work, but metal jewelry wire did. I tied it 3 times and used UV cureing glue to hold the threads together. My glasses won’t let me screw the screws in, they have this weird extending thing, that won’t let the screw get into the thread. I’m leaving for vacation tommarow so I hope it works!
Thank u even tho it’s been a year because I barely got this glasses and the hands broke and I was so scare my parents were gonna get mad at me I’m so blessed
Thank you for the video! My glasses frame broke and I used electrical tape to tape it and it works! Not sure how long it can stand but will see it these days. If only I could upload photo here as a proof.
Thank you 🙏! I’m extremely hard on my glasses and break them all. Considering I am legally blind in one eye; you would think I’d be careful! I’m subscribed just so thrilled to find your channel!
Thanks to this video I got my glasses fixed. I realized that my ears were not symmetrical and that always made my glasses to bend a little more towards the right. But I got em fixed. Thanks doctor eye health!
Thank You, Your detail is great. My Optimolagist wouldn't tell you to pop out your old lense or how to do it after Cataract surgery. I had to Google it.👍👍👍👍👍
This sorta helped give me an idea of how to fix the problem. My new pair of Oakley prescription glasses sit a little crooked as the lean lower to the right. The nose pieces need adjusting too because they dig in too far on the left and hurt after long use. They weren’t properly fitted and they gave me a very small mirror to use in store as a guide. At the time they looked fine but when I got home and had time to check them out you can clearly see it’s not level. These glasses are the Oakley Metal Plate glasses. Not sure if that helps but they are a pain to bend carefully so I’d rather take them back in and see if America’s Best will resolve this issue. Far too nervous to adjust it myself and have something break being just a day old and claiming it’s not going to be replaced under warranty.
So my brother broke my glasses and we have a warranty on the frames at one store but we are away from home right now so I need to get by for the next 2 days, Tysm
Thank you for telling me about not using super glue. Been trying to replace the broken arm of my glasses with an old pair that I have. Keep trying to unscrew the arm from the old pair and no matter how much unscrew it just doesn't seem seem to be enough for the it to let the screw come out. So why having so much trouble is there a tiny nut holding the screw?
would love to know how to fix broken glasses, as shown in your intro reel at the 5 second mark. My spring hinge has literally snapped - I need to know how to remove the whole spring from both the eye piece and the fringe and glue on a new one.
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🔴🔴 So which part of this video did you find MOST helpful? Any other tips of your own?
Perfect information for all of us having to stay at home
I don't have glue is there a replacement I could use?
Apparently some eyeglasses have a spring in the hinge on the arm pieces. So when you go to replace the screw, the holes will not line up. The fix is to pull the metal hinge piece away from the arm enough that you can place a paperclip as a spacer in between the extended metal piece and the arm so that the hole in the hinge will be extended enough to align with the mating piece of the hinge. I just learned that here: ruclips.net/video/97vN89AYzh4/видео.html Thanks for the other tips and great video production quality, doc.
Repair for semi-rimless.
“On your face or in the case” does anyone even follow that rule. I mean I’ll keep them in the case, maybe. I will for school but still
I love everyone here because we all have glasses
I don’t lol I’m just here cause I accidentally stepped on my boyfriends glasses 😭😭
@@scar7164 ohhh shoot
I'm having to get glasses so I was just looking for some tips
Yess
Yes me too
I’m just crying trying to do this hoping my parents don’t find out I broke them
Aha me toooo
Me too fam my mum will kill me
@@alilgoofer7796 I put it on the sofa and pretended she sat on it and she "broke" them. I got em sorted yesterday hehe
@@zara4343 cool my dad fixed mine temporarily until the opticians is open
Same
I went to the optometrist a week ago because the frame had gotten bent by my 3 year old. When I got there I was told that my warranty had just expired the prior week and that I'd hafta buy a new pair. I just ran across your video a few minutes ago, grabbed my pliers and went to work... fits like a glove. #Thankyou
Thanks for sharing!
Oke, so your frame is bent, you go back to the shop to ask them to bent it back.
and they tell you it is out of warranty and you have to buy a new one.
nice service.
I hope your garage does not do the same when you need new brakes for your car. buy a new one.
They couldn't give you a deal after only a week? Wow great customer service 😅
Anybody else broken their glasses during lockdown? I only just got them fixed as well, I can’t be trusted with glasses!
Me too
Same
Well me too
I broke them 3 times
I cant be trusted with anything
Whos glasses broke during lockdown😢
Me
Mine I haven't even told my parents yet😪
@@karinaa.v1321 same
Haha me
ITS 2 AM TOO!
These comments really help me feel better with the fact I can't go two years without breaking/losing my glasses 😭
Same 1 year 2 times needed to change and 3. Years altogether is 6 - u times😭
same but i'm worst i cant go for a MONTH without my glasses breaking I'm not joking
@@totallyeuropean6342 I got my glasses like a few weeks ago and woke up with them broken
For me its been two months, im disappointed in myself.
@@godzeela i feel you. Its the worst feeling
I've worked in optical for about 6 years and I have a few critiques on this otherwise fantastic video... Be sure to pop the lenses in from the front of the frame, not the back. It's generally easier and safer on the lenses, especially those with an anti-reflective coating, since you flex the frame versus a somewhat inflexible lens. If you do use a miniature screw driver to make a repair, hold it with the base in your palm so you have better control and reduce your risk of slipping and causing damage. And if you do the tabletop test, you should flip your glasses upside down so the temple tips are pointing upwards. If the glasses rock while the temple tips are pointed up, then you will definitely know they are misaligned. The opposite position is misleading as Dr. Allen points out because of how our ears sit. Just take it easy on making adjustments because you can get caught up in trying to fix a lot of little misalignments and end up with a warped or broken frame.
As with all of these tips, just be extra careful! If you still can make it into an optical, please do! There are still some of us out there during this time to help with optical emergencies!
Great work Dr. Allen!
Easier to blame the consumer than to put money and engineerring into building a more durable and higher quality product.
Tell the Chinese since most of them are made in Chynah
@@LVXBeats058 lol *China
@@kalijasin LOL
@@ash1646 whooosh
my one year old just broke my glasses during quarantine...Electrical tape it is :)
Oh yeah I hear that all the time! I hope things work out.
Mine broke in 4 months
Thanks for the idea.
Electric chair 🪑?
lol me too
I'm honestly tired of wearing glasses. Always end up buying a new once every year😞
Get contacts then. I'm thinking of doing it. At least I won't have to worry about breakage or loss then.
Year.??Mine doesn't even last for 6 months
How? I barely break my glasses, and I only need to change my prescription about every 3 years
Part of life live with it and be happy
If your glasses are not too expensive, then just buy new ones, I love to change my glasses and get new styles.
Now I have reading glasses, regular prescription glasses and dark prescription glasses. I loooooove them.
Dude , I love this channel. You're a godsend Dr. I have horrible vision and go through glasses so freaking much . You've helped me with styes, dry 👀, and much more.
💯💯💯💯Thank you SOOOO Much Sebastian! You made my night!
“lets take a look” 💀💀
Bro my glasses are broken I'm wearing them with one arm rn he did not help
@@Quixstar Bruh when I was a kid I had to wear some with no frames for months
@@Quixstar same bro and if my mom finds out I’m dead
I'm so happy and grateful that I found this video!
I got a pair of new glasses from my eye doctor a few months ago and unfortunately while getting ready for work one day they fell on the floor and while rushing around my place trying to get all of my things together, I made the heart stopping mistake of stepping on them. I'm supposed to wear glasses all the time, but I tend to take them off when I'm at home just because the prescription is so strong - The dental floss trick for the broken arm worked great for my wire frames and I'm hoping they will hold for a week or two until I'm able to get in to an optical shop to have them repaired professionally.
Thank you!
So glad I found you... I've been using glasses for ages... and am so careless I always end up sitting or stepping on my glasses. And end up bending my glasses. Recently my niece stepped on it...😁 But thanks to you I have adjusted it myself. 😊
Oh my god thank you I broke my dads glasses and I went on RUclips to see how to fix them, i came across you and I followed your instructions and with help from my mom we fixed them. Thanks bro for the help you deserved my like comment and sub ( I’m 11 btw) bye tnx
My mom gets mad
Yeah, them frames are expensive. I had to use electrical tape, and pray to God that my mom doesn't found out. @@boogerohgravy
Thank you so much Dr Allen. This video is filled with answers to every question (as well as things I didn't know, like the rimless glasses fix) I've ever had about at home eyeglasses repair. 👍
I'm guilty of using superglue. No more! Also, I feel less conscience for my frames slightly tilting. Thanks for sharing!
dude i also use superglue
i used superglue as well and now it tilts
I’m about to use superglue right now
I used super glue just now 💀💀💀 the leg immediately fell off tho LMFAO
I always like Joey's videos in advance, because I am amazed by his strong passion. 💛
💯💯 Extra points to you for knowing I go by Joey lol
@@DoctorEyeHealth I saw it on Facebook. 😂 I just... I just can't forget... 😂
I have been adjusting my frames for years and have made most of the mistakes that you speak of in your video. Replacing lenses that fall out is the most difficult task, especially if the metal frame has been distorted to fit a replacement lens. I have never had an easy time of "snapping in" a lens in a plastic frame. It usually requires a bit of heat to make it happen. Thanks for the tips. You are wonderful.
Thank you! Glad you liked it. Sadly, I have broken a many of frames.
so the screw broke and the temple or whatever it’s called also broke off, is there a way i could fix that at home?
Cus my mom would have to pay another $300 for a new pair and we don’t have that kind of money
@@jessicathornton6445 solder it bud
glasses on amazon or $39 glasses.com. You can take it to an eyeglass place to replace the lenses with prescription
get frames on firmoo
Bruh this guy is life saver. I feel asleep with my glasses on and I woke with the arm broken and my mom got from work in an hour. I was scared to tell her so I looked up videos and found this and I found out I don't need to get new glasses :D
a rare youtube tutorial that is ACTUALLY helpful. miracles do exist
I have three words for you...heat shrink tubing. If you have enough material on each side of a broken off arm and frame, slide a piece of heat shrink tubing over both sides, align the arm, then shrink the tubing with a heat source. It's a lot more flexible than electrical tape, and will last as long as you want it to.
I was watching the video about eye floaters while laying down with glasses on, when this came out . Thank you for your hard work doctor
Did your glasses get bent from laying down?
Luckily no, I try to tuck them into my hair instead of behind my ears this way they raise a bit 😉
Thanks, man. It worked for my problem. Nice video.
Hey thanks 🙏 happy to hear it helped!
I accidentally dropped some bonding cement of one of the lenses of my glasses while doing some basic fix-it routines. But, it is amazing what sanding can do. I started with 1,500 grit sand paper, then on over to 3,000, and the finishing sanding was done via the use of cloth and tooth paste. At first the glass was so rough that you could not see through it at all, but once finished, it was back to being crystal clear and shinny, and visually perfectly in focus. Anyhow, I was amazed at how glass can be polished so easily.
Woah! I would like to see that
I suggest to add a metal part embedded in two components glue to make it much stronger, in fact many times stronger than a new pair, I documented the whole process and I am very happy to have my sunglasses back.
This video is gold🔥 thank you helped me fix me and my daughter's glasses
So happy it helped!
I rarely like something on internet, moreover commenting.But... Thank you! This was exetremely helpful in a situation of a rush. Thank you, once again!
If your glasses are sliding off your face when you look down, try wrapping a rubberband around the ends of each arm. This gives the arms a little more traction in holding onto your ears. The rubber grips your hair and ears.
Thank you so much. I was able to fix my glasses😊😊
When you need your glasses to fix your glasses but you’re in the middle of a pandemic and you need to adjust your glasses with your spare glasses which are also bent 😭😂.
This video is great ! Now I know where to make the bends to avoid that pain behind my ear and the headaches from the glasses feeling off. I still need to go to the opticians to fix them a little more because I think I overdid a bit but they feel much better.
I’m so happy I kept the screw to my glasses. I was able to use a screw driver to get them on AND I was able to tighten them. Good as new! Thank you!
This was 4 years ago
I broke one of my glasses arm it snapped from the half how can i fix that i'm not sure that super glue will be effective
Omg same today the 2nd time this year 😫
Same I didn’t even do anything tho I just took them off and it broke
@@moisesibarra OMG the same thing happened to me! I was wearing headphone on top of my glasses and when I removed it and the left arm snapped in half :(
This is why I hate plastic frames.
After checking warranty, I'd try super glue, backed up with electrical tape.
Thanks for making this video.. I lost the screw. I am able to fix after watching this video. Its very helpful😍😍
Finally, he posted another informational video. Ur videos really help me tho!
This is a very good show for How to Fix Broken Glasses at HOME and thank you very much!❤❤❤
This was so informative!! Thank you
Glad it was helpful! 👍👍👍👍
Thank you so much!!!! was about to glue my broken arm back on, didn't know it would void the warranty... Again, Thank you!!!
You saved me it’s 1am and i have exam few hours later thanks dude
Happy to hear you liked it!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I LEARNED A LOT & SOME FANTASTIC TIPS! APPARENTLY I’VE BEEN REPAIRING MY GLASSES INCORRECTLY FOR YEARS!! THIS IS AN INVALUABLE CHANNEL FOR ANYONE WITH EYEBALLS!!!! WE ALL KNOW PARENTS, FRIENDS, ETC WHO WEAR GLASSES OR CONTACTS! CANT WAIT TO WATCH MANY OF THE OTHER MORE VIDEOS IN YOUR LIBRARY!!
Thank you for breaking your spectacles for us🔥
My husband once lost a screw on his expensive prescription glasses while we were camping so I sacrificed a pair of my cheap readers and gave him the screw from it. It worked great. Now, before I get rid of old glasses (even sunglasses), I take out the screws and keep them in a small baggy as emergency back ups.
I didn't see the kitty question but you should always have your cat in the video. Stunning performance.
Haha thank you! I will let zelda know she can jump in any time 😄
Thank you so much my guy buddy broski man!
a h a h a- i broke my mom’s sunglasses 🤠🔫
I love it as my grandmother when she was wearing glasses then my brother took them and broke them from the arm thanks for this video.
Hi, thanks for this video and the tips!
Always happy to help! Thanks for watching and commenting! I appreciate it!
thank you so much. i have to go somewhere tomorrow and THANK GOODNESS i saw this video bc my glasses arm fell off, but thankfully i saw this video and tightened the screw driver 😅. thank u so much !!!
Just a video that I needed as of that I have broken two pairs
Great timing!
wow thank you doctor!! I watched first few minutes of the video, got a motivation and slightly pushed the handle inwards, and it clicked into place!! I was very worried and thinking about going to the optician but ur video gave me the motivation that maybe I can fix it at home myself so thank you for that! ☺❤
The arm came off the hinge and i'm able to just slide it back onto the little post sticking up, but can't find a good video and didn't see it in here how to make it stick back on permanently. Hope someone replies to this.
I know exactly what your talking about. Unfortunately you will have to either tape it or glue it. Ultimately, you may need new frames
Fanastic!you HELPED ME Lost the tiny screen and thought of going to RUclips tonight d a solution and your the first video I saw and look nomore the toothpick worked Great !!!! Thank you Thank you!!
The most helpful part of this video was the toothpick trick. I lost the screw one time and it was hell trying to get that thing back in.
Yeah those screws are damn annoying!
Omggg...thank you so much for this. Actually, my little cousin broke it and i was not able to fix it. But after seeing this video, my glasses are now fixed but temporary but it is very helpful. Once again thanks a lot.
This is great! Thank you! I have a bunch of cheap-ish sunglasses that have one or more of the issues you described in this video. Now I know how to fix them! Thanks so much!!
My glasses break so much thx for helping me fix them
So happy it helped!
Hello, came across your video. Lots of nice quick info in your video. I'm an optometrist who has to do more glasses adjustments than I prefer. The only place where I might disagree with you slightly is on how to lay the glasses on the table to see if they are level with respect the wearer's ear height. I have told my opticians to always lay the frame upside down instead of top side up. Here's why I say this: If a person's ears are the same height, but one is further back on their head than the other, then the bend in the ear piece will be further back on one side. In this case the when the glasses are positioned top up on a table, there will be a gap between the end of one temple and the table on one side. If you put the same glasses upside down on the table (and assuming their ears are the same height), then the temples will both touch the table (at about the position of the bend) without gaps. So for adjusting glasses if one ear is higher than the other, I believe the upside down technique is more accurate. If any opticians see my post, please feel free to comment.
Hey, thanks for a great video! I have a question about what to do when no matter what kind of glasses I wear, I always get pressure and pain on the bridge of my nose, as if the glasses were tight. I really tried all your tips here but I still cannot wear my glasses every single day for the entire day. I always get nose pain sooner or later.
Am i doomed or is there something I can do to the bright of the glasses? Thanks!
Ivan I saw an answer to your question, get a plastic frame ( or a frame without nose pads ) with the frames sitting on the nose, there should not be a gap at the bridge of the nose. The plastic should rest around the nose. The 2nd number is the nose size, usually 14mm - 19mm. My Tom Ford sun glasses are sized 55 ( a square symbol ) 17 145. For me 17mm fits my nose good, but the 145mm is to long to hook my ear, I need maybe 125mm.
Thank you for the subtitle in all of your videos, English is not my first language so it's so cool to have subtitles to read. Your videos are really useful!
I’m little in the middle of class and my glasses just fall off because the screw wasn’t tight enough and I thought I was going to have to buy new glasses 😂😂😂
I hope you found the screw!
I did actually
Nice tips for heating and banding plastic frames.
Thanks
I sat on mine that’s why I’m here 😭
Thank you doctor Allen!
Any time! Thanks for watching!
Who just sat on there glasses i did😭
Thank you!! Electrical tape works!! 🎉❤
Great!
Who is searching for this so your parents won’t find out you broke your glasses :(
The hot water on plastic frames saved my vintage shades! Amazing tip, thank you so much for making this video 😭
I brok my glasses and watched this video cuz im tryna fix it before my mom finds out , I already used superglue and failed . Im dead
Such a bummer to hear that. I’m sure things will be fine when you tell her though. Hopefully you Can get a replacement
@@DoctorEyeHealth Yeah
my temple at the end part broke and i was wondering if you could superglue it back and will it be stable?
I'm a little kid and my glasses broke and I'm freaking out, and None of these are working!😭😭
Oh so sorry to hear that! Hopefully your parents can help you get to the eye clinic so they can help fix them
Thank you so much I had no idea what to do when the hinges on my glasses snapped I had no idea what to do
HELP ME ONE WHOLE SIDE OF MY GLASSES BROKE THIS IS THE 5TH TIME I HLUED IT HELP ME
Hey dude, dental floss didn’t work, but metal jewelry wire did. I tied it 3 times and used UV cureing glue to hold the threads together. My glasses won’t let me screw the screws in, they have this weird extending thing, that won’t let the screw get into the thread. I’m leaving for vacation tommarow so I hope it works!
me trying to watch this video while being halfblind like: -_-
Oh I can imagine
Thank u even tho it’s been a year because I barely got this glasses and the hands broke and I was so scare my parents were gonna get mad at me I’m so blessed
i fell asleep on my glasses and snapped them lol
i just did this like an hour ago
@@amberlee5565 I did this just now 😭
@@camaritw4339 😭😭
@@amberlee5565 bro I just got elmers glue stick so I’m using taht 😭😭
@@camaritw4339 HAHAHA i used acrylic nail glue last time😭😭 but i fully snapped both sides like two days later
Thank you for the video! My glasses frame broke and I used electrical tape to tape it and it works! Not sure how long it can stand but will see it these days. If only I could upload photo here as a proof.
This is like my third pair of glasses I’ve broke my moms gonna be so mad
SAME
Thank you 🙏! I’m extremely hard on my glasses and break them all. Considering I am legally blind in one eye; you would think I’d be careful! I’m subscribed just so thrilled to find your channel!
Guys i just accidentally sat on my glasses someone help me fastttt
Same thing happened but a classmate sat on mine
Wtf same thing what should I do nowwww22w
@@Jenthetiqsyt Yohhh there's no other way than to fix them
@@ShadiaNkomo-su8ng tf I'm dead,😭
Thanks to this video I got my glasses fixed. I realized that my ears were not symmetrical and that always made my glasses to bend a little more towards the right. But I got em fixed. Thanks doctor eye health!
If the screws in my glasses comes off, I use saftey pins in their holder XD
Thanks bro it’s actually works for me I wear these steel glasses so I just turn my ear sides
Thank You, Your detail is great. My Optimolagist wouldn't tell you to pop out your old lense or how to do it after Cataract surgery. I had to Google it.👍👍👍👍👍
At this moment Monday 5/September 2022 you just saved a brother. Thanks for the video
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Finally a video that is succinct...excellent output!
Your videos are great and very informative. I am Optometrist in South Africa and look forward to your videos . Keep up the Good work..
This sorta helped give me an idea of how to fix the problem. My new pair of Oakley prescription glasses sit a little crooked as the lean lower to the right. The nose pieces need adjusting too because they dig in too far on the left and hurt after long use. They weren’t properly fitted and they gave me a very small mirror to use in store as a guide. At the time they looked fine but when I got home and had time to check them out you can clearly see it’s not level. These glasses are the Oakley Metal Plate glasses. Not sure if that helps but they are a pain to bend carefully so I’d rather take them back in and see if America’s Best will resolve this issue. Far too nervous to adjust it myself and have something break being just a day old and claiming it’s not going to be replaced under warranty.
Didn't know I needed these tips until now. Thank you
I liked the tip about using the tip of the toothpick 😊 that was really useful
So my brother broke my glasses and we have a warranty on the frames at one store but we are away from home right now so I need to get by for the next 2 days, Tysm
Thankyou so much!!
Hello Dr.
Could you talk about eye contacts please?
Are they bad for eyes ? And which ones are the best to use?
Thank you for helping us
Thanks i used the dental floss one and it worked 🙏🏾
Nice!
thanks for the video. if the glasses are made of acetate, would you be better off using acetone instead of super glue?
Thank you for telling me about not using super glue. Been trying to replace the broken arm of my glasses with an old pair that I have. Keep trying to unscrew the arm from the old pair and no matter how much unscrew it just doesn't seem seem to be enough for the it to let the screw come out. So why having so much trouble is there a tiny nut holding the screw?
Thank you for the gluing warning. I was just about to go Craaaaazy Glue to fix a lens, when all I need to do was tighten the screw, duh!
would love to know how to fix broken glasses, as shown in your intro reel at the 5 second mark. My spring hinge has literally snapped - I need to know how to remove the whole spring from both the eye piece and the fringe and glue on a new one.