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Hello! Love your videos! You mentioned that the higher the prescription, the smaller the lens you would want. While I understand the logic, wouldn't the size of your head also come into play? If you have a huge head and small lens, wouldn't the arms of the glasses flare out and not fit well? This is often my dilemma haha
I definitely liked this video for a high level overview, but I think the difference in clarity between CR-39/Trivex/1.60/ and PC at any index is definitely understated. There is a significant difference in Abbe/Chromatic Aberration/Color fringing between CR-39, Trivex, and PC that while niche may affect quite a few people who want color accuracy. If you're weight conscious, Trivex 1.53 or 1.60 is a significant improvement in clarity over PC, but insurance coverage varies wildly for that material. Mine covers Trivex 100% but PC is 70%.
Do you remember where you got the first set of glasses you were wearing in this video?? I've been trying to find something similar with no luck... Would appreciate it so much
My tips after living with glasses since early childhood: 1. When your glasses hurt you when you try them on for the first time, it won't go away. They are not measured, produced or fitted right! All former opticians (before the recent one) told me, I would get used to the new glasses. But this will not happen. Your eye will adapt to a faulty lens putting strain on it, thats all! 2. Even if you feel the slightest discomfort, they are, again, not measured, produced of fitted well. 3. Insist that the glasses are checked and reworked. They eye can adapt to a lot of optical issues, but you will tire fast and your eye sight will deterioate more rapidly. 4. While being measured: Do not be shy, ask the doc if you are positioned right. if you need to bend forward a lot to get your face to the Phoropter (the device with the many lenses and knobs) you are doing it wrong! the doctor should set up the device to have you sit straight but relaxed in the chair. 5. While being measured: The refraction of any optical system does also change with the eye-to-glasses distance. Make sure that you sit relaxed AND have the right contact to forehead and chin. Keep this in mind, there are different foreheads and chins out there. Notice and tell the doctor if you repositioned by mistake. If you need thick lenses, evey small error starts multiplying in effect 6.When you are nearsighted with a pretty high value (>3) the distance of the glas to the eye starts to make a big difference! I for example (-6) always had too high values in my glasses as the Phoropter did sit in a different spot than the final glasses will be. maybe because of my accentuated forehead? Maybe.. After 40 years i finally found an optician who took this into account and reduced my values by 0.75! (-5.25). Now i can read my smartphone again and do see roadsigns clearly as well. all my glasses for decades, 3 different doctors and over 20 different opticians, just were way too strong! and this was systemically. 7. If you have a cylinder (but this is true also also for "normal" glasses) there is also a chance, the glasses were fitted poorly into the frame. Again, if you feel discomfort instead of "ahhh i can see clearly now" something went wrong on the way to your glasses. Either the lenses were rotated wrongly while fitting into the frame or the optical axis is off. in both cases your eye will adapt but you will get sore eye muscles every evening! Sometimes just left and right are confused 🙂 (and they were expensive glasses) For the nearsighted: if you slide down the glasses your nose to read small writings (glasses get further away from the eye) do this check: leave the glasses in a comfortable (low) reading position. now raise the head and muster the horizon. if you also can read signs, see antennas, everything, your glasses are too sharp! the values are too high. Do this test also in poor lighting condition to be sure. If you tend to press your glasses against your face to see someting better (in the distance) their values are too low. If this does not work.. you are getting old. once again, good glasses are a joyful surprise when you put them on, from the first wear to the last. Good glasses will never "need time to get used to"! Attention parents, kids may not speak up and take this crap, ask your child if it is amazed or in pain. Again: it will not go away after a week or two, the glasses are just defective 🙂
As a 28 year old who always had 20/20 vision is both eyes(Or better) and still do but am getting glasses for dry/wet eye, eyestrain and a small loss of vison in one eye thanks for letting me know I had a good experience at my eye doctor and what to look for when I pick up my new glasses in a few days!
The part about the first number on the inside of the frame and how you should choose that depending on how strong your prescription is was very helpful. I would have liked to hear about the other numbers on the inside of the frame.
just keep something in mind I recently wanted to choose new lenses and I had chromatic aberration in my sight and shifting. I searched alot and found that right now with the tech we have the higher the number of the lndex, the lighter it will be but you will see more shifting in color and sight. the number I'm talkin about is the Abbe value. you can get ASpheric lenses instead of Spheric, it makes a huge change in shifting in lenses and if you can aford ot you can choose Double ASphric lenses for even less distortion and your eye sight and your'e eyes will keep there natural size when people are seing you. don't go to 1.67 if you can use 1.60, I personally upgraded from 1.67 to 1.70 tokai and it's great it was the only lens that had a higher Abbe value 36 compared to 30-32 of 1.74 lenses (BHW 1.60 is 42) the higher the better.
Thanks for this. I’m 37 and just had my first eye exam in quite some time due to a concern that I had developed a retina injury. Luckily, everything was fine physically. However, the optometrist helped me to understand just how poor my vision was, the corrections were *really* stark. I had never really noticed the severity of my astigmatism until then. I was really stressed out and anxious about needing to wear glasses going forward and I really didn’t know where to start.
Wow thank you so much!!! I know I made several generalizations but it turns out the fitting of “good” glasses is more complicated 😂. As you know. Thanks for sharing!
@@nithinv48 You should ask your doctor to make sure you do not have a health condition that needs to be treated. Transition lenses might help or you might want to get a pair of prescription sunglasses.
I'm glad I found these video. I've been shopping online for designer glasses and didn't have a clue. I do wear bifocals so I will go to my appointment get my script, and try on different styles while I'm there. Is that to tacky? My husband will be buying his frames from the optometrist 😊
Had my first eye exam on Wednesday and I was told to pick a pair. After consulting an employee at the place about which one looks the best (also liking the look myself) I went ahead and bought the style for the prescription (added non-glare and screen protection too). Nobody told me about lens size/thickness depending on the numbers. But my numbers are pretty low, so I'm pretty confident in my choice of glasses.
All of your content has been extremely helpful to me and has given me a better understanding for my next visit and frame order. Prescriptions, how frame size matters and progressions were the most enlightening. Thank you SO much!
I have a low nose bridge and a wide face I always felt the professionals helping me pick out glasses didn't really help. Glasses would always be sliding off and bending. Now I always buy glasses online. I always do my research before buying lenses and frames online, and used warby parker's glasses to know my measurements. This video was extremely helpful! P.s. there is no evidence that blue light glasses will help with eye strain. Eye strain is most commonly caused by not blinking enough when we look at our screens.
Thank you for your videos. This is my second time around buying glasses. I’ve learnt a lot from your videos and was educated enough to make the right choice for me. I recommend people shop. Service is everything. Took me 4 places before I found the right store that offered me great service and pricing was actually okay. What people don’t realize is lens options. Again I was educated and knew I exactly what I was buying. The first time I bought glasses, I had no clue. Keep up the great work.
I’m way overdue for a new prescription and to replace my aging glasses, and this video was wonderfully helpful as I go about that process. Thanks, from a new subscriber!
Dr Allen, I'm 65 I been seeing my current eye doctor since I was about 27. I have always picked my frames and lenses in their office. All the things you mention choices of lenses and the diopter of your lenses depends on a lot of factors. I enjoy watching your channel you give us so much great information I thank you.
Best info video I have seen on picking the right glasses. I wanted to try something different as far as style and was deciding on what size glasses to buy. This video was a big help in my decision. Thanks.
I agree! Purchasing online is great after years of wearing glasses. Knowing what you need and the correct measurements is key. I purchase online. Retail & small business gave me poor quality products. Better quality control is needed. I got tired of having photochromic lenses peeling off and lenses randomly popping out of frames within a few days of buying them. It is frustrating lenses popped out while walking in a parking lot & while competing in sports. It took 6 times to finally fit the lenses correctly into the frame. Customer service at the stores are good, quality control is poor. I haven't returned any of my online purchases. Online cost is a lot cheaper if you know where to shop.
Lab optician here! A common misconception is that 1.74 is always going to be thinner then 1.67. This is due to different minimum center thickness requirements for different materials and substrate matching amongst other factors. Due to this, 1.74 really only makes sense above +6 and -9 diopters I believe. You can actually have a lens be thicker in 1.74 depending on RX. Also when opticians say X material is 50% thinner what they actually mean is UP TO 50% thinner depending on RX and surfacing technique it could be the same thickness or anywhere from 5-50% thinner.
Hey! I got around -4.5D (L-4.25, R-4.5?) in my glasses, however i got a solid face distortion when looking at myself from up close. Basically, if i were shooting a selfie from up-front, the edges of my glasses would make my head look skinnier. This gets better with distance, but i am still wondering and lowkey hoping, whether it is possible to improve this bit with more expensive lenses. Money for once would not be problem, so what lenses do you think i should go for? Those 1.67? Also my frames are 50-17-140. Not the biggest, not the smallest, somewhere in the middle. Throughout the next week im going to visit my optician, i am just preparing myself for what can i ask for etc. Thank you for your answer!
Thank you for explaining everything that needed to have ben said. I feel like a lot of ophthalmologist or assistants do not explain this stuff to new people that need to wear classes, but i feel like i said everything and broke everything down to be understood. ❤❤❤❤❤ Thank you
Best video explanation I've ever encountered. I had to comment. I have been wearing glasses for over 20 years and even though I have experience buying online by myself, I learnt something new. Thanks!
Nice video 👏👏👏👏 UV and Anti-scratch coating is a must IMHO. And as you say, AR coating makes a big difference; the best I've found is Oleophobic (resistant to oil) which keeps the lenses cleaner and also makes them easier to clean. Photochromic lenses are nice too if you can get used to the lag-time.
0:34: 👓 A beginner's guide to buying great eyeglasses, including tips on getting an accurate prescription, finding quality frames, selecting the right lenses, and choosing lens enhancements. 3:25: 👓 Buying glasses online vs. in-store: pros and cons. 7:17: 👓 The higher your glasses prescription, the smaller the lens size you should choose to avoid thick and heavy lenses that cause distortions and discomfort. 11:00: 👓 The video discusses different lens options and coatings for glasses based on the refractive index and power. 15:00: 👓 Eye health and the effectiveness of blue light glasses are still uncertain, so it is recommended to consult an eye doctor for personalized advice. Recap by Tammy AI
I've been wearing glasses since my teens and always had trouble finding a pair that didn't slide down or clench uncomfortably behind my ears, until I accepted that my face is simply far too narrow for most adult frames, and started buying my frames from the kids section. I'm 34 but buying kids' glasses has been a major improvement for me, because now I have frames that actually fit me. Glasses for very young children will be too small even for me, but the larger sizes in that section (maybe intended for 8-10 year olds) are often a perfect fit. So I could wear Spiderman glasses if I wanted to! Another thing is a bit weird, but I used to have very mild astigmatism, too mild for opticians to properly spot and put in my prescription (I'm also mildly near-sighted) but too strong for me to be able to wear glasses with no astigmatism correction added to them, as I had a constant headache. Since my parents wear glasses too, my mother suggested that I could have astigmatism which my opticians didn't notice, and she was right, but this just didn't help. Then years later I wore an eye patch for non-medical reasons, every day for about half a year, which worsened my astigmatism quite a lot. I had trouble finding any info on if wearing an eye patch every day for non-medical reasons could be bad for one's vision, but I had heard that it potentially could, so I'm not surprised that it did, nor did I particularly care. This was actually ironically good, because now my astigmatism can be put in my glasses prescription and this pretty much cured my headache. Finally I'm actually comfortable wearing glasses. So, if you have issues with your prescription no matter how much you try to improve it with new eye exams, you may have very mild astigmatism like I did, which is just too mild to show up during exams but bad enough that it causes headaches long term. I can't say that pretty much deliberately worsening my vision was a good thing, or that anyone else should, I can't even guarantee that wearing an eye patch would worsen specifically astigmatism for eeryone, but I'm glad that it did for me. Because I dunno how else that problem could have been fixed. Also, I get dizzy when half my vision field is outside of my frames because it keeps distracting me, so I definitely prefer getting glasses with bigger lenses. As I said my prescription is mild/small (-0,75 on one eye and -1,25 on the other) so bigger lenses work well for me. They aren't very thick in the outer edges. Barely even thicker than the frames. I honestly need glasses more so for the headache I get from my astigmatism than for my near-sightedness. If I only had my near-sightedness I frankly wouldn't have bothered wearing glasses at all. Which is why I didn't wear my glasses most of the time up until after my eye patch adventure about a year ago. I can see well enough to get by without glasses in most situations, in regards to blurriness/clarity. So back then I only wore them when watching a movie and when travelling. But now I wear them all the time.
The choice for buying frames are: 1) Submitting to the Luxottica Rule, dictating that 90% or more of frames you are going to find at local shops are made and sold by them (in China, rather than "in Italy"). 2) Ordering a couple of frames online. You will have to bear the costs for returning all of them but one, but you can choose from a lot of better makers, with better quality and better quality/price ratio. You can also pick any colorway the glasses are made in.
I found this video _very_ helpful. I have a +7 prescription, so I worry slightly that my new glasses (which I won't see for at least two weeks), I may have purchased something "too big." BUT, I learned a lot, and Thanks a Lot for producing it.
So many factors I was unaware of! This is VERY helpful. Case in point: Smaller lenses for higher corrections to minimize distortion, sounds helpful for balance in quick head/body turns. Thanks!
Thanks for the information on this video. I was recently introduced to the progressive lens as I am almost in my 50’s and I battled with not being able to see my smartphone but could see clearly at distance. I tried to go the cheap route with cr-39 and with progressive lenses they were so thick and really hurt my face. I really try to look to save money on glasses but after watching your video I saw you mentioned high index lenses. I thought my optometrist was just trying to make money off me, but I was wrong. My lenses are super thin and light and it was the best decision as I though polycarbonate/trivex was my only choice. Thank you for all your information.
Thank you. One tip--if the frame you are trying on feels torked or just off in any way, require the optician to order a new frame from the manufacturer. Once a floor frame has been mis-handled and bent if it can't be fixed on the spot it's not going to go away.
@Doctor Eye Health It was great to see someone talking about glare-free coatings in an educational way. A lot of my customers come to me thinking I'm selling snake oil when I want to add a simple glare coating to their $800 rimless frames , but I truly just want their eyes to see as well as they can! Fun fact, don't choose plastic or CR-39 lenses. Polycarbonate are stronger, lighter, harder, and much more resistant to scratches than plastic. Poly is pretty cheap still, and will make your lenses last FAR longer than plain plastic. Also NEVER get plastic without a good additional hard coat, for the scratching reasoning above.
Finally!!! I am SO glad you mentioned that people with stronger prescriptions (I'm -9 now) need smaller lens sizes. Plastic / acetate frames are great for me, but I do have to skip the chunkier ones because even that adds a noticeable weight (even with the very thinnest glass option)
I've purchased most of my eyeglasses the last 10 years online. ironically my worst experience was with the last eyeglass store that i went into that charged me 3x as much, and i kept complaining that the glasses were not right until they just dismissed me and said it was "all me". That's even with them doing the new prescription,etc. so it's really a YMMV. look at reviews online for the store if you are going to a in person store.
The actual lens size that you describe is very helpful. Too large, even if the lens is not wrap around, and it can distort with a higher prescription was something I did not know. Thx!
Interesting, I’ve resisted wearing glasses all my life. I’ve been told anytime I’ve had an eye test that I have a small prescription. I don’t know why I’ve had this reluctance as I regularly wear sunglasses and appreciate anti glare, colour enhancement/contrast etc. I’ve just ordered a couple of pairs of new sunglasses but now I’m thinking maybe I should have ordered them with a prescription.
I hate contacts too. I didn’t like cleaning them. Also, it was a nuisance to add putting them in to my getting ready am routine. Hated adding to my getting ready for bed routine in cleaning the contacts.
Dear Dr. EH, One more thing that may be useful to other viewers regarding progressive lenses. For me (and perhaps I'm an anomaly), I like the starting point of the "bifocal" part to be LOWER than normal. For me, this works better ... when I'm on my daily walks, I'm always looking through the "normal" part of the lens, and _only_ when I look down, do I see through the magnified portion. Of course I have a strong prescription, that may be a factor, but this small change made a HUGE difference to my comfort.
Doctor, appreciate all you do. I’ve watched all of your videos on Keratoconus. I’ve recently gotten CXL and will probably go the Scleral route once healed. Any recommendation for any doctors in the North Georgia area?
Wow thank you! Glad you are getting so much help! I don’t personally know any specialists in that area but I’m sure your surgeon or whoever did you CXL could recommend someone. Either way, god bless and I hope you have a great experience moving forward.
This was a helpful video. I also watched your progressive video. Would you recommend having your frames adjusted to your face before they measure for the progressive lenses or measure for progressive then adjust frames to your face when you receive them.
Hey thanks for watching! Very good question! I think an astute optician will adjust and verify proper frame design. And fit before measuring for PD and progressives before ordering, but of course a final adjustment is best right when starting to wear the new glasses.
I would like to learn more about glass frame materials other than plastic or metal such as wood (bamboo, which is technically a grass or any other type of wood). I'm going to my eye doc right now, so this video was very helpful. Thank you.
The first time I had anti-reflection anti-scratch coating on my lenses it triggered a migraine headache within a minute of wearing them. The coating had a very subtle green-blue tint and that seems to be a trigger for me. Every time I move to a new place I have to explain why I don’t want the coating. Most people don’t even notice the subtle tint, but to me it is really strong.
@@DoctorEyeHealth less than 1 diopter and I think it was the plastic lenses. However I can see the green blue tint on my mums polycarbonate lenses and on my dads that are the very high diopter very expensive lenses to make them thinner and lighter. I’m in the uk.
There are different AR coatings. Some are blue-purple, which tend to be the newer, slightly more expensive ones. Give those a try if you can, might help.
Hey, I wanted to ask about green or black buildup on the nosepads initially I thought it was mould so I got my nosepads replaced and it still came back later and this is something I notice on other pairs also is there something I should do to avoid it?
@@DoctorEyeHealth Q: should we wear prescription eye glasses all the time, or only when we need it (driving, reading small fonts, computer use, UV protection from the sun, etc.) and not wear them when not needed? Thanks!
Hi, great content. I just got glasses for the first time, they are reading/computer prescription....but when I am wearing them I seem to be able to focus well for distance as well, is this normal? Will it cause strain on my eyes for distance viewing?
Hi guy! Thank you for your video. I have learned a lot from your videos and have enough knowledge to make the right choice for me. Keep up the great work.
blue light fliters help with eye strain when looking at screens not just the point of being drowsy ect. with todays technology i would highly recommend that as a must get thing :) they actually sell non prescriptions called gunner glasses for use for pc gaming
Also, if you have a strong prescription or travel a lot, make sure to get an inexpensive backup pair of glasses in case your main pair gets lost or broken. Most places have a second pair discount, or Walmart Vision is a great place to get a backup pair or rx sunglasses (or Sams).
I just got my first pairs of glasses after about ten years without them. I always felt like I could see well enough to get by without glasses, so I could never justify optometrist prices and bought glasses online. They definitely work and allow me to have multiple pairs affordably. I just wish more feminine or neutral options were available in larger frame widths.
65 years in glasses, I've always gotten them in my eye clinics optical dept. Looked online this time just to see current styles and colors, had both colors and shapes in mind when I had my appointment yesterday. I really thought tortuous shell or gold would look good, they were horrible. Even had difficulty with shapes. My new glasses are catseye, tan with a bit of pattern across the top. The change of style will be fun to wear.
Great video. Just about to get a new pair of glasses, too. Been wearing for 20 years and have had many fittings, refittings and experienced most of your examples of lens coatings through the years. My trouble is usually weight of glasses and the measurement of the bridge of my nose being quite small/narrow. I have been told to shop for children’s eyewear on occasion to get a better fit so your comment about the large frame look that’s fashionable hit home. Thanks for sharing your experience.
And the prices of frames are insane. The place I get my glasses keeps the inexpensive frames in an old cardboard box under the counter, and those inexpensive frames are dirty (dusty, smudged, icky). Who would want to try those on? Everything else is displayed beautifully and clean. Hundreds and hundreds of dollars just for the frames. I hate it.
If you know your glasses dimensions and what styles fit you best, you can always try an inexpensive online shop like Zenni. Key phrase being you should really know what you need before you order. Zenni after sales customer support is very good in my experience, but it's still best to know what you need, since they only provide replacements or store credit. Once you do, you have a cheap option to get secondary or tertiary pairs of glasses. Great when you need a pair for work that you don't need to be super careful with. Or even primary, since I use my Zennis more than the expensive pair I got at my optometrists office.
Very good video. I've never seen you comment on stores like Costco. Their prices are very good, but I'm concerned with the manufacturer and quality of the lenses. Should I be concerned?
Great video; thank you for all the helpful information. I was wearing contacts, and now I wear progressive lenses. How long should it take to get used to them?
Very informative video. You mentioned that your prescription is around -5 diopters, which is relatable. The main thing I dislike about wearing glasses is how distorted my eyes appear, despite sticking to a small frame and highest possible index material. However, I noticed that your glasses typically have very mild (or no) distortion. You did, at one point, show your "full strength" glasses, which you don't seem to wear in this video. Just curious why this is and what sort of corrective glasses you're wearing instead.
I have been wondering about chromatic aberration, i.e. the lens diffracting colors differently. I have had glasses with reasonably high myopic diopter for 20 years or so, and only in the last two pairs of glasses have I noticed that colors don't behave themselves. When I move my head, some colors move more than others. This can, for example, lead to the red color of a red lamp moving off the lamp. Is there a coating for glasses that prevent this?
I did find this helpful. I've worn daily contacts since 1997 and hate glasses, so I've never cared much about them and only used them to wear at night. As I'm seeing the benefit of spending more time without the contacts, however, I realize that I could do a little bit better with the glasses I have so that it doesn't totally suck to leave the house. I made the mistake of going to America's Best for glasses two years ago with no research on lenses and they sold me photochromic lenses that only react to UV. So, that makes them pointless for 90% of what I do outside, which is drive in Phoenix. I'm going to try for something a little better and more comfortable now so that maybe I wear the glasses more and don't feel like I NEED to put in my contacts to leave the house.
If you have a high Rx, the edges of the lenses can get sharp and off colored. In that case having the edges rolled and polished is a nice thing to have
I’ve had 7 different eyes exams in the last yr. Everyone different bcs most optometrists pressure me to see 20/20 and I get headaches with those ones. It’s frustrating to get a good optometrist.
Hi Doc My son has +0.75 hyperopia on both eyes and 0.5 and 0.25 astigmatism as well Should he get progresive glasses or the the regular single vision glasses
He had Right Spl +0.75 Cyl. - 0.5 axis 30° Left Spl. +0.75 Cyl. -0.25 axis 170° He's 16 .Well the Doctor didn't say anything about bifocals or single vision lens and no he does not have any add on
Hi! I absolutely loved this video. Something I have been struggling with is the side of my head feeling sore as well as my ears hurting. It is almost like the glasses are causing pressure. My optician tried to adjust them but they still hurt. Would getting a different frame be better for me in this case? What would you recommend I do?
Doctor ❤❤❤ from india i have a question 1)Blindflod can reduce dry eyes lagophthalmos? 2)how many months can i use blindflod lagophthalmos ? 3)i am using carboxymethylcellulose sodium lubricant eye drops from i week symptoms are not cured for how many months can i use this eye drops or suggest eye drops and how many times a day ? 4)which ointment should i use for lagophthalmos and how many months to use?
Farsighted is a really poor word to describe what is medically referred to as hyperopia. Essentially, a hyperopic eye is a weak eye and without adequate muscle range or “accommodation” ability a hyperopic person won’t be able to see far or near. So the term farsighted only makes sense when comparing to a young myopic or nearsighted individual
0:06 I like these glasses our host is wearing, because they're basically "invisible." We can see the top, but the lenses are clear, there's no obvious frame ... we see his face, we are not distracted by any fancy ornamentation. Others may disagree, but that's my 2¢.
This was useful. Thanks lots of different things to take into consideration, and that can be hard to do in a sales / insurance influenced environment. Question: Does the length of the earpiece matter? I would think so.
Just came back today from the eye doctor after having my eye exam and ordering my new pair of glasses. Something I'd also recommend as a bonus tip while choosing glasses is to ask your technician to take down notes on where your eyes are positioned in the frame when at rest if they didn't do so already before they order the new glasses (especially for progressive lenses). It makes a world of difference! Also, I just wanted to thank you so much for your channel! It is a wealth of information that helps so much. :)
If you're adding prism lenses to a prescription, would that make a difference on the type of coating and thinning of the lenses? I have a +6 with prism so I'm really curious
I have a question I went to get my new eye prescription at a new eye doctor before I had precision one astigmatism daily the doctor gave me my prescription and she gave me precision 1 contacts but with no astigmatism label on it and she knows that I have astigmatism but she says it okay but it feels burry. Also another questions is it normal for contact prescription to go down in power. Pls answer😢 Love the videos❤
Q: When adding a blue light filter coating when ordering new lenses, does it get applied over top of the base AR coating… or can you only have 1 type of coating (either AR or blue light) applied onto the lenses?
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I liked the type of lens upgrades. Polycarbonate and all.
Hello! Love your videos! You mentioned that the higher the prescription, the smaller the lens you would want. While I understand the logic, wouldn't the size of your head also come into play? If you have a huge head and small lens, wouldn't the arms of the glasses flare out and not fit well? This is often my dilemma haha
I definitely liked this video for a high level overview, but I think the difference in clarity between CR-39/Trivex/1.60/ and PC at any index is definitely understated. There is a significant difference in Abbe/Chromatic Aberration/Color fringing between CR-39, Trivex, and PC that while niche may affect quite a few people who want color accuracy.
If you're weight conscious, Trivex 1.53 or 1.60 is a significant improvement in clarity over PC, but insurance coverage varies wildly for that material. Mine covers Trivex 100% but PC is 70%.
@@Nick-_-452 Ha ha, thanks for confusing the heck out of me!
Do you remember where you got the first set of glasses you were wearing in this video?? I've been trying to find something similar with no luck... Would appreciate it so much
My tips after living with glasses since early childhood:
1. When your glasses hurt you when you try them on for the first time, it won't go away. They are not measured, produced or fitted right! All former opticians (before the recent one) told me, I would get used to the new glasses. But this will not happen. Your eye will adapt to a faulty lens putting strain on it, thats all!
2. Even if you feel the slightest discomfort, they are, again, not measured, produced of fitted well.
3. Insist that the glasses are checked and reworked. They eye can adapt to a lot of optical issues, but you will tire fast and your eye sight will deterioate more rapidly.
4. While being measured: Do not be shy, ask the doc if you are positioned right. if you need to bend forward a lot to get your face to the Phoropter (the device with the many lenses and knobs) you are doing it wrong! the doctor should set up the device to have you sit straight but relaxed in the chair.
5. While being measured: The refraction of any optical system does also change with the eye-to-glasses distance. Make sure that you sit relaxed AND have the right contact to forehead and chin. Keep this in mind, there are different foreheads and chins out there. Notice and tell the doctor if you repositioned by mistake. If you need thick lenses, evey small error starts multiplying in effect
6.When you are nearsighted with a pretty high value (>3) the distance of the glas to the eye starts to make a big difference! I for example (-6) always had too high values in my glasses as the Phoropter did sit in a different spot than the final glasses will be. maybe because of my accentuated forehead? Maybe.. After 40 years i finally found an optician who took this into account and reduced my values by 0.75! (-5.25). Now i can read my smartphone again and do see roadsigns clearly as well. all my glasses for decades, 3 different doctors and over 20 different opticians, just were way too strong! and this was systemically.
7. If you have a cylinder (but this is true also also for "normal" glasses) there is also a chance, the glasses were fitted poorly into the frame. Again, if you feel discomfort instead of "ahhh i can see clearly now" something went wrong on the way to your glasses. Either the lenses were rotated wrongly while fitting into the frame or the optical axis is off. in both cases your eye will adapt but you will get sore eye muscles every evening! Sometimes just left and right are confused 🙂 (and they were expensive glasses)
For the nearsighted: if you slide down the glasses your nose to read small writings (glasses get further away from the eye) do this check: leave the glasses in a comfortable (low) reading position. now raise the head and muster the horizon. if you also can read signs, see antennas, everything, your glasses are too sharp! the values are too high. Do this test also in poor lighting condition to be sure. If you tend to press your glasses against your face to see someting better (in the distance) their values are too low. If this does not work.. you are getting old.
once again, good glasses are a joyful surprise when you put them on, from the first wear to the last. Good glasses will never "need time to get used to"!
Attention parents, kids may not speak up and take this crap, ask your child if it is amazed or in pain. Again: it will not go away after a week or two, the glasses are just defective 🙂
Man! This is some invaluable advise garnered from years of real life experience. I can not thank you enough. Hats off 🎩🎩🎩
As a 28 year old who always had 20/20 vision is both eyes(Or better) and still do but am getting glasses for dry/wet eye, eyestrain and a small loss of vison in one eye thanks for letting me know I had a good experience at my eye doctor and what to look for when I pick up my new glasses in a few days!
Thank you. I've just realized that I press my glasses to see things that are far away. I'll change my glasses taking all this into account!
is hurt the same as being dizzy? i was really dizzy at first
is hurt the same as being dizzy? i was really dizzy at first
The part about the first number on the inside of the frame and how you should choose that depending on how strong your prescription is was very helpful. I would have liked to hear about the other numbers on the inside of the frame.
just keep something in mind I recently wanted to choose new lenses and I had chromatic aberration in my sight and shifting. I searched alot and found that right now with the tech we have the higher the number of the lndex, the lighter it will be but you will see more shifting in color and sight. the number I'm talkin about is the Abbe value. you can get ASpheric lenses instead of Spheric, it makes a huge change in shifting in lenses and if you can aford ot you can choose Double ASphric lenses for even less distortion and your eye sight and your'e eyes will keep there natural size when people are seing you. don't go to 1.67 if you can use 1.60, I personally upgraded from 1.67 to 1.70 tokai and it's great it was the only lens that had a higher Abbe value 36 compared to 30-32 of 1.74 lenses (BHW 1.60 is 42) the higher the better.
@photographybya7602: The numbers are lens size, bridge width and arm length, usually in that order. For example mine are 50-18-145 mm.
Thanks for this. I’m 37 and just had my first eye exam in quite some time due to a concern that I had developed a retina injury. Luckily, everything was fine physically. However, the optometrist helped me to understand just how poor my vision was, the corrections were *really* stark. I had never really noticed the severity of my astigmatism until then. I was really stressed out and anxious about needing to wear glasses going forward and I really didn’t know where to start.
As a former optician I thought it was great. I shared it with my friends and family.
Wow thank you so much!!! I know I made several generalizations but it turns out the fitting of “good” glasses is more complicated 😂. As you know. Thanks for sharing!
Can you suggest me a glass for light sensitivity
@@nithinv48 You should ask your doctor to make sure you do not have a health condition that needs to be treated. Transition lenses might help or you might want to get a pair of prescription sunglasses.
I'm glad I found these video. I've been shopping online for designer glasses and didn't have a clue. I do wear bifocals so I will go to my appointment get my script, and try on different styles while I'm there. Is that to tacky? My husband will be buying his frames from the optometrist 😊
Hey man i have a problem please answer.
I see blurry things far away but i got my eyes checked two times and the power came to be +ve. What's wrong...
Had my first eye exam on Wednesday and I was told to pick a pair. After consulting an employee at the place about which one looks the best (also liking the look myself) I went ahead and bought the style for the prescription (added non-glare and screen protection too). Nobody told me about lens size/thickness depending on the numbers. But my numbers are pretty low, so I'm pretty confident in my choice of glasses.
How do they fit? Right nobody told me nothing either about the numbers lol
All of your content has been extremely helpful to me and has given me a better understanding for my next visit and frame order. Prescriptions, how frame size matters and progressions were the most enlightening. Thank you SO much!
of course! Thank you so much! Glad you are finding the content so helpful!
I have a low nose bridge and a wide face I always felt the professionals helping me pick out glasses didn't really help. Glasses would always be sliding off and bending. Now I always buy glasses online. I always do my research before buying lenses and frames online, and used warby parker's glasses to know my measurements. This video was extremely helpful!
P.s. there is no evidence that blue light glasses will help with eye strain. Eye strain is most commonly caused by not blinking enough when we look at our screens.
Thank you for your videos. This is my second time around buying glasses. I’ve learnt a lot from your videos and was educated enough to make the right choice for me.
I recommend people shop. Service is everything. Took me 4 places before I found the right store that offered me great service and pricing was actually okay.
What people don’t realize is lens options. Again I was educated and knew I exactly what I was buying. The first time I bought glasses, I had no clue.
Keep up the great work.
Appreciate you going in-depth explaining all the characteristics and lens coatings! 💚
Hey thanks! Glad it was helpful!
I’m way overdue for a new prescription and to replace my aging glasses, and this video was wonderfully helpful as I go about that process. Thanks, from a new subscriber!
Hey! Amazing! Good timing right?! Thank you 🙏
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Dr Allen,
I'm 65 I been seeing my current eye doctor since I was about 27. I have always picked my frames and lenses in their office. All the things you mention choices of lenses and the diopter of your lenses depends on a lot of factors. I enjoy watching your channel you give us so much great information I thank you.
Appreciate that so much, Michael!
Best info video I have seen on picking the right glasses. I wanted to try something different as far as style and was deciding on what size glasses to buy. This video was a big help in my decision. Thanks.
Thank you for this video! I had a very bad 1st experience last year getting glasses. Now, I know what to look for & what to ask.
Sorry to hear your first experience didn't go well. I hope it goes much more smoothly next time!
I agree! Purchasing online is great after years of wearing glasses. Knowing what you need and the correct measurements is key. I purchase online. Retail & small business gave me poor quality products. Better quality control is needed. I got tired of having photochromic lenses peeling off and lenses randomly popping out of frames within a few days of buying them. It is frustrating lenses popped out while walking in a parking lot & while competing in sports. It took 6 times to finally fit the lenses correctly into the frame. Customer service at the stores are good, quality control is poor. I haven't returned any of my online purchases. Online cost is a lot cheaper if you know where to shop.
From 6:10, best advice I wish I knew before buying my glasses.
Lab optician here! A common misconception is that 1.74 is always going to be thinner then 1.67. This is due to different minimum center thickness requirements for different materials and substrate matching amongst other factors. Due to this, 1.74 really only makes sense above +6 and -9 diopters I believe. You can actually have a lens be thicker in 1.74 depending on RX. Also when opticians say X material is 50% thinner what they actually mean is UP TO 50% thinner depending on RX and surfacing technique it could be the same thickness or anywhere from 5-50% thinner.
Hey! I got around -4.5D (L-4.25, R-4.5?) in my glasses, however i got a solid face distortion when looking at myself from up close. Basically, if i were shooting a selfie from up-front, the edges of my glasses would make my head look skinnier. This gets better with distance, but i am still wondering and lowkey hoping, whether it is possible to improve this bit with more expensive lenses. Money for once would not be problem, so what lenses do you think i should go for? Those 1.67? Also my frames are 50-17-140. Not the biggest, not the smallest, somewhere in the middle. Throughout the next week im going to visit my optician, i am just preparing myself for what can i ask for etc. Thank you for your answer!
Thank you for explaining everything that needed to have ben said. I feel like a lot of ophthalmologist or assistants do not explain this stuff to new people that need to wear classes, but i feel like i said everything and broke everything down to be understood.
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Thank you
Thank you for your thoroughness. I have such a time each time I need to fill a script. This really helped with the decisions.
Best video explanation I've ever encountered. I had to comment. I have been wearing glasses for over 20 years and even though I have experience buying online by myself, I learnt something new. Thanks!
Nice video 👏👏👏👏 UV and Anti-scratch coating is a must IMHO. And as you say, AR coating makes a big difference; the best I've found is Oleophobic (resistant to oil) which keeps the lenses cleaner and also makes them easier to clean. Photochromic lenses are nice too if you can get used to the lag-time.
0:34: 👓 A beginner's guide to buying great eyeglasses, including tips on getting an accurate prescription, finding quality frames, selecting the right lenses, and choosing lens enhancements.
3:25: 👓 Buying glasses online vs. in-store: pros and cons.
7:17: 👓 The higher your glasses prescription, the smaller the lens size you should choose to avoid thick and heavy lenses that cause distortions and discomfort.
11:00: 👓 The video discusses different lens options and coatings for glasses based on the refractive index and power.
15:00: 👓 Eye health and the effectiveness of blue light glasses are still uncertain, so it is recommended to consult an eye doctor for personalized advice.
Recap by Tammy AI
Priceless video. Really the genuine one out there. Especially the real industry perspective on blue light/cut. Thank you.
I've been wearing glasses since my teens and always had trouble finding a pair that didn't slide down or clench uncomfortably behind my ears, until I accepted that my face is simply far too narrow for most adult frames, and started buying my frames from the kids section. I'm 34 but buying kids' glasses has been a major improvement for me, because now I have frames that actually fit me. Glasses for very young children will be too small even for me, but the larger sizes in that section (maybe intended for 8-10 year olds) are often a perfect fit. So I could wear Spiderman glasses if I wanted to!
Another thing is a bit weird, but I used to have very mild astigmatism, too mild for opticians to properly spot and put in my prescription (I'm also mildly near-sighted) but too strong for me to be able to wear glasses with no astigmatism correction added to them, as I had a constant headache. Since my parents wear glasses too, my mother suggested that I could have astigmatism which my opticians didn't notice, and she was right, but this just didn't help. Then years later I wore an eye patch for non-medical reasons, every day for about half a year, which worsened my astigmatism quite a lot. I had trouble finding any info on if wearing an eye patch every day for non-medical reasons could be bad for one's vision, but I had heard that it potentially could, so I'm not surprised that it did, nor did I particularly care. This was actually ironically good, because now my astigmatism can be put in my glasses prescription and this pretty much cured my headache. Finally I'm actually comfortable wearing glasses.
So, if you have issues with your prescription no matter how much you try to improve it with new eye exams, you may have very mild astigmatism like I did, which is just too mild to show up during exams but bad enough that it causes headaches long term. I can't say that pretty much deliberately worsening my vision was a good thing, or that anyone else should, I can't even guarantee that wearing an eye patch would worsen specifically astigmatism for eeryone, but I'm glad that it did for me. Because I dunno how else that problem could have been fixed.
Also, I get dizzy when half my vision field is outside of my frames because it keeps distracting me, so I definitely prefer getting glasses with bigger lenses. As I said my prescription is mild/small (-0,75 on one eye and -1,25 on the other) so bigger lenses work well for me. They aren't very thick in the outer edges. Barely even thicker than the frames. I honestly need glasses more so for the headache I get from my astigmatism than for my near-sightedness. If I only had my near-sightedness I frankly wouldn't have bothered wearing glasses at all. Which is why I didn't wear my glasses most of the time up until after my eye patch adventure about a year ago. I can see well enough to get by without glasses in most situations, in regards to blurriness/clarity. So back then I only wore them when watching a movie and when travelling. But now I wear them all the time.
The choice for buying frames are:
1) Submitting to the Luxottica Rule, dictating that 90% or more of frames you are going to find at local shops are made and sold by them (in China, rather than "in Italy").
2) Ordering a couple of frames online. You will have to bear the costs for returning all of them but one, but you can choose from a lot of better makers, with better quality and better quality/price ratio.
You can also pick any colorway the glasses are made in.
Very helpful, thanks. All new to me having just received my first scrip. Will check out your other vid's. Keep up the good work.
This was VERY helpful!! Thank you for posting this.
For sure!!! Happy you found it so helpful!
I found this video _very_ helpful.
I have a +7 prescription, so I worry slightly that my new glasses (which I won't see for at least two weeks), I may have purchased something "too big."
BUT, I learned a lot, and Thanks a Lot for producing it.
Glad it was helpful!
So many factors I was unaware of! This is VERY helpful. Case in point: Smaller lenses for higher corrections to minimize distortion, sounds helpful for balance in quick head/body turns. Thanks!
Thanks - I am about to go get new glasses. This was helpful
Awesome! Which part helped you the most do you think?
Thank you for the tips on choosing specific frame sizes based on your prescription; no one ever talks about those numbers on the frames!
Thanks for the information on this video. I was recently introduced to the progressive lens as I am almost in my 50’s and I battled with not being able to see my smartphone but could see clearly at distance. I tried to go the cheap route with cr-39 and with progressive lenses they were so thick and really hurt my face. I really try to look to save money on glasses but after watching your video I saw you mentioned high index lenses. I thought my optometrist was just trying to make money off me, but I was wrong. My lenses are super thin and light and it was the best decision as I though polycarbonate/trivex was my only choice. Thank you for all your information.
Thank you. One tip--if the frame you are trying on feels torked or just off in any way, require the optician to order a new frame from the manufacturer. Once a floor frame has been mis-handled and bent if it can't be fixed on the spot it's not going to go away.
Great tip!
What about for astigmatism? Is there anything different we should avoid/look for when shopping ?
@Doctor Eye Health It was great to see someone talking about glare-free coatings in an educational way. A lot of my customers come to me thinking I'm selling snake oil when I want to add a simple glare coating to their $800 rimless frames , but I truly just want their eyes to see as well as they can! Fun fact, don't choose plastic or CR-39 lenses. Polycarbonate are stronger, lighter, harder, and much more resistant to scratches than plastic. Poly is pretty cheap still, and will make your lenses last FAR longer than plain plastic. Also NEVER get plastic without a good additional hard coat, for the scratching reasoning above.
Finally!!!
I am SO glad you mentioned that people with stronger prescriptions (I'm -9 now) need smaller lens sizes.
Plastic / acetate frames are great for me, but I do have to skip the chunkier ones because even that adds a noticeable weight (even with the very thinnest glass option)
I've purchased most of my eyeglasses the last 10 years online. ironically my worst experience was with the last eyeglass store that i went into that charged me 3x as much, and i kept complaining that the glasses were not right until they just dismissed me and said it was "all me". That's even with them doing the new prescription,etc. so it's really a YMMV. look at reviews online for the store if you are going to a in person store.
The actual lens size that you describe is very helpful. Too large, even if the lens is not wrap around, and it can distort with a higher prescription was something I did not know. Thx!
Didn't know about the lens well re: power. Thanks doc.
Interesting, I’ve resisted wearing glasses all my life. I’ve been told anytime I’ve had an eye test that I have a small prescription. I don’t know why I’ve had this reluctance as I regularly wear sunglasses and appreciate anti glare, colour enhancement/contrast etc. I’ve just ordered a couple of pairs of new sunglasses but now I’m thinking maybe I should have ordered them with a prescription.
I prefer glasses to contacts. I’ve used both the hard and the soft contacts, but it always felt like I had something foreign in my eye.
I hate contacts too. I didn’t like cleaning them. Also, it was a nuisance to add putting them in to my getting ready am routine. Hated adding to my getting ready for bed routine in cleaning the contacts.
EXCELLENT VIDEO. THANK YOU!!!!!❤
You are so welcome! Glad it helped!
Dear Dr. EH,
One more thing that may be useful to other viewers regarding progressive lenses.
For me (and perhaps I'm an anomaly), I like the starting point of the "bifocal" part to be LOWER than normal. For me, this works better ... when I'm on my daily walks, I'm always looking through the "normal" part of the lens, and _only_ when I look down, do I see through the magnified portion.
Of course I have a strong prescription, that may be a factor, but this small change made a HUGE difference to my comfort.
Happy to hear that! And thanks for sharing!
Doctor, appreciate all you do. I’ve watched all of your videos on Keratoconus. I’ve recently gotten CXL and will probably go the Scleral route once healed. Any recommendation for any doctors in the North Georgia area?
Wow thank you! Glad you are getting so much help! I don’t personally know any specialists in that area but I’m sure your surgeon or whoever did you CXL could recommend someone. Either way, god bless and I hope you have a great experience moving forward.
Great tips. I was just looking for new eyeglasses
Good timing then!
This was a helpful video. I also watched your progressive video. Would you recommend having your frames adjusted to your face before they measure for the progressive lenses or measure for progressive then adjust frames to your face when you receive them.
Hey thanks for watching! Very good question! I think an astute optician will adjust and verify proper frame design. And fit before measuring for PD and progressives before ordering, but of course a final adjustment is best right when starting to wear the new glasses.
I would like to learn more about glass frame materials other than plastic or metal such as wood (bamboo, which is technically a grass or any other type of wood). I'm going to my eye doc right now, so this video was very helpful. Thank you.
The first time I had anti-reflection anti-scratch coating on my lenses it triggered a migraine headache within a minute of wearing them. The coating had a very subtle green-blue tint and that seems to be a trigger for me. Every time I move to a new place I have to explain why I don’t want the coating. Most people don’t even notice the subtle tint, but to me it is really strong.
Very interesting! I wonder if there could also be a play in the base curve of the lenses or the material in causing that. Puzzling!
@@DoctorEyeHealth less than 1 diopter and I think it was the plastic lenses.
However I can see the green blue tint on my mums polycarbonate lenses and on my dads that are the very high diopter very expensive lenses to make them thinner and lighter. I’m in the uk.
There are different AR coatings. Some are blue-purple, which tend to be the newer, slightly more expensive ones. Give those a try if you can, might help.
Glass is the solution
Dangerous. curbs and sidewalks and roads looked curved. I think that its a combination of polycarbonate lens and my iol. @@truthhurts2149
Yes this video was really good about finding the right glasses frame and thickness of lens was very helpful.
Glad it was helpful!
Hey, I wanted to ask about green or black buildup on the nosepads initially I thought it was mould so I got my nosepads replaced and it still came back later and this is something I notice on other pairs also is there something I should do to avoid it?
Unfortunately, the build up is likely going to happen with time. Frequent replacement of the nose pads or a new glasses frame may be needed.
Thank you so much, very helpful.
Happy to hear it!
@@DoctorEyeHealth Q: should we wear prescription eye glasses all the time, or only when we need it (driving, reading small fonts, computer use, UV protection from the sun, etc.) and not wear them when not needed? Thanks!
Thank you so much for sharing information💕👍🏻👍🏻
Hi, great content. I just got glasses for the first time, they are reading/computer prescription....but when I am wearing them I seem to be able to focus well for distance as well, is this normal? Will it cause strain on my eyes for distance viewing?
Great video! I have watched a few of your videos, and I find them very informative and easy to watch. Thank you for the info.
Thank you for the reflection coating info.
Good points to guide us.
Hi guy! Thank you for your video. I have learned a lot from your videos and have enough knowledge to make the right choice for me.
Keep up the great work.
Thank you so much ... excellent info on understanding what to look for when purchasing glasses
God bless you, dear Sir. I now know how to pick my next eyeglasses.
blue light fliters help with eye strain when looking at screens not just the point of being drowsy ect. with todays technology i would highly recommend that as a must get thing :) they actually sell non prescriptions called gunner glasses for use for pc gaming
Also, if you have a strong prescription or travel a lot, make sure to get an inexpensive backup pair of glasses in case your main pair gets lost or broken. Most places have a second pair discount, or Walmart Vision is a great place to get a backup pair or rx sunglasses (or Sams).
I just got my first pairs of glasses after about ten years without them. I always felt like I could see well enough to get by without glasses, so I could never justify optometrist prices and bought glasses online. They definitely work and allow me to have multiple pairs affordably. I just wish more feminine or neutral options were available in larger frame widths.
65 years in glasses, I've always gotten them in my eye clinics optical dept. Looked online this time just to see current styles and colors, had both colors and shapes in mind when I had my appointment yesterday. I really thought tortuous shell or gold would look good, they were horrible. Even had difficulty with shapes. My new glasses are catseye, tan with a bit of pattern across the top. The change of style will be fun to wear.
Great video. Just about to get a new pair of glasses, too. Been wearing for 20 years and have had many fittings, refittings and experienced most of your examples of lens coatings through the years. My trouble is usually weight of glasses and the measurement of the bridge of my nose being quite small/narrow. I have been told to shop for children’s eyewear on occasion to get a better fit so your comment about the large frame look that’s fashionable hit home. Thanks for sharing your experience.
So clear explaination on buying a pair of glasses!! Thanks for sharing.
And the prices of frames are insane. The place I get my glasses keeps the inexpensive frames in an old cardboard box under the counter, and those inexpensive frames are dirty (dusty, smudged, icky). Who would want to try those on? Everything else is displayed beautifully and clean. Hundreds and hundreds of dollars just for the frames. I hate it.
If you know your glasses dimensions and what styles fit you best, you can always try an inexpensive online shop like Zenni. Key phrase being you should really know what you need before you order. Zenni after sales customer support is very good in my experience, but it's still best to know what you need, since they only provide replacements or store credit. Once you do, you have a cheap option to get secondary or tertiary pairs of glasses. Great when you need a pair for work that you don't need to be super careful with. Or even primary, since I use my Zennis more than the expensive pair I got at my optometrists office.
Frames direct is a good choice too.
Very good video. I've never seen you comment on stores like Costco. Their prices are very good, but I'm concerned with the manufacturer and quality of the lenses.
Should I be concerned?
Great video; thank you for all the helpful information. I was wearing contacts, and now I wear progressive lenses. How long should it take to get used to them?
Very informative video. You mentioned that your prescription is around -5 diopters, which is relatable. The main thing I dislike about wearing glasses is how distorted my eyes appear, despite sticking to a small frame and highest possible index material. However, I noticed that your glasses typically have very mild (or no) distortion. You did, at one point, show your "full strength" glasses, which you don't seem to wear in this video. Just curious why this is and what sort of corrective glasses you're wearing instead.
I have been wondering about chromatic aberration, i.e. the lens diffracting colors differently. I have had glasses with reasonably high myopic diopter for 20 years or so, and only in the last two pairs of glasses have I noticed that colors don't behave themselves. When I move my head, some colors move more than others. This can, for example, lead to the red color of a red lamp moving off the lamp. Is there a coating for glasses that prevent this?
I did find this helpful. I've worn daily contacts since 1997 and hate glasses, so I've never cared much about them and only used them to wear at night. As I'm seeing the benefit of spending more time without the contacts, however, I realize that I could do a little bit better with the glasses I have so that it doesn't totally suck to leave the house. I made the mistake of going to America's Best for glasses two years ago with no research on lenses and they sold me photochromic lenses that only react to UV. So, that makes them pointless for 90% of what I do outside, which is drive in Phoenix. I'm going to try for something a little better and more comfortable now so that maybe I wear the glasses more and don't feel like I NEED to put in my contacts to leave the house.
What about rolled and polished? What is that and is it something I need?
If you have a high Rx, the edges of the lenses can get sharp and off colored. In that case having the edges rolled and polished is a nice thing to have
Thank you for the video. As always, great content!
I’ve had 7 different eyes exams in the last yr. Everyone different bcs most optometrists pressure me to see 20/20 and I get headaches with those ones. It’s frustrating to get a good optometrist.
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Thank you so much for being here! You are awesome!
Hi Doc
My son has +0.75 hyperopia on both eyes and 0.5 and 0.25 astigmatism as well
Should he get progresive glasses or the the regular single vision glasses
Depends on his age and other health factors. What did his doctor recommend? Did he have an “add” on his prescription?
He had
Right
Spl +0.75
Cyl. - 0.5 axis 30°
Left
Spl. +0.75
Cyl. -0.25 axis 170°
He's 16 .Well the Doctor didn't say anything about bifocals or single vision lens and no he does not have any add on
Ask the employees of the store and they will recommend you get the most expensive ones in the store! 🥹
Thank you for making me realise that I have been buying a not very good quality but very expensive glasses from my optician🤦♀️ but no more, 🙏 so much
Hello sir I want you to make video for what are the causes of halos and glares in children and what is the solution for it please I request
how close from eye brown should glasses fit😊
Super content.
Are HOYA lenses really the best quality?
Thank you!, Zeiss and Hoya are both well known as some of the best quality lenses.
Hi! I absolutely loved this video. Something I have been struggling with is the side of my head feeling sore as well as my ears hurting. It is almost like the glasses are causing pressure. My optician tried to adjust them but they still hurt. Would getting a different frame be better for me in this case? What would you recommend I do?
That was very helpful. I think I need to have my glasses adjusted. They have never been comfortable.
Doctor ❤❤❤ from india i have a question 1)Blindflod can reduce dry eyes lagophthalmos?
2)how many months can i use blindflod lagophthalmos ?
3)i am using carboxymethylcellulose sodium lubricant eye drops from i week symptoms are not cured for how many months can i use this eye drops or suggest eye drops and how many times a day ?
4)which ointment should i use for lagophthalmos and how many months to use?
Great vid! Can you please make a video explaining why my eye doctor says im farsighted in both eyes but im not seeing distant objects clearly?
Farsighted is a really poor word to describe what is medically referred to as hyperopia. Essentially, a hyperopic eye is a weak eye and without adequate muscle range or “accommodation” ability a hyperopic person won’t be able to see far or near. So the term farsighted only makes sense when comparing to a young myopic or nearsighted individual
0:06 I like these glasses our host is wearing, because they're basically "invisible."
We can see the top, but the lenses are clear, there's no obvious frame ... we see his face, we are not distracted by any fancy ornamentation.
Others may disagree, but that's my 2¢.
This was useful. Thanks lots of different things to take into consideration, and that can be hard to do in a sales / insurance influenced environment. Question: Does the length of the earpiece matter? I would think so.
Thanks, you helped my understand much I needed to know.
I've had glasses since birth essentially. Currently enjoying the adjustment period for my new prescription 😅
Great information. Thanks for sharing.
Hi can u please do a video as a first time receptionist at an optometry and what should be done and how to do it as a beginner as a receptionist 😊😊
Excellent advice.
Just came back today from the eye doctor after having my eye exam and ordering my new pair of glasses. Something I'd also recommend as a bonus tip while choosing glasses is to ask your technician to take down notes on where your eyes are positioned in the frame when at rest if they didn't do so already before they order the new glasses (especially for progressive lenses). It makes a world of difference!
Also, I just wanted to thank you so much for your channel! It is a wealth of information that helps so much. :)
Thanks as always Doc!
Vox Media RUclips channel recently posted a video about myopia and "elongated eyeballs". Would you have anything to add to that video?
Soooooooo much! I have about 3-5videos to do on that subject 😂
If you're adding prism lenses to a prescription, would that make a difference on the type of coating and thinning of the lenses? I have a +6 with prism so I'm really curious
Prism can make a big difference
Very informative as Always Can you make a vidéo about therapeutic filters Lens and their use
Could you please discuss the newest scare with eye drops? I’m really worried. Thanks!
Will do!
I have a question
I went to get my new eye prescription at a new eye doctor before I had precision one astigmatism daily the doctor gave me my prescription and she gave me precision 1 contacts but with no astigmatism label on it and she knows that I have astigmatism but she says it okay but it feels burry. Also another questions is it normal for contact prescription to go down in power. Pls answer😢 Love the videos❤
Change your doc
Q: When adding a blue light filter coating when ordering new lenses, does it get applied over top of the base AR coating… or can you only have 1 type of coating (either AR or blue light) applied onto the lenses?