Every once in a while I meet customers who tell with regret that they couldn’t find the prescription for their current glasses. This is not usually a problem, as the power can be measured with a so called refractive index meter designed particularly for this task. Measuring can pose some problems if we’re dealing with [...]
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I read a topic in a discussion forum where the writer told that she always makes sure that the contact lenses are placed as they originally were placed in the selling package. The writer assumed automatically that contact lenses are always placed in the right way in the package. Many customers visiting our optician store [...]
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It is quite normal that you need to get used to new glasses or higher power in glasses. How quickly the adjustment takes place depends on the person and it cannot really be predicted in any way. I haven’t noticed that getting used to your first eyeglasses is any easier that getting used to new [...]
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The effect that plus and minus glasses have on the eye is an issue that we often discuss especially with female customers who are getting their first eye glasses. I try to tell them how plus or minus glasses should be taken into account when doing the make-up. Plus glasses and make-up Plus glasses make [...]
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People often ask on discussion forums what the best contact lens brand is, and this question also comes up in optician stores quite regularly. I cannot recommend any one brand over another. People are individuals and what fits to the other doesn’t fit at all to another. The way people wear contact lenses, power of [...]
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Every once in a while I meet customers who come to the store and tell what prescription their glasses should be, or that they want particular contact lenses. When I ask for prescription, they tell that it’s not needed as they know exactly what kind of glasses are needed. For example, old glasses seem too [...]
Sometimes, changing new lenses to old eyeglass frames might be a good solution. For example, sight test results may show that there is change only in the other eye and the other lens would still work just fine. It might also be the case that the other lens is so scratched that it blurs the [...]
You can find almost anything on the Internet, including all kinds of sight tests, even on the pages of optician stores. Testing your vision on the Internet might be fun and easy, but you shouldn’t take the results too seriously. For example, tests that measure your field of vision must be performed accurately to get [...]
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I decided to write about this topic after reading a web discussion on whether you can cheat in a sight test by wearing your contact lenses during the test. The discussion brought to my mind a story of a man with poor vision who passed his driver’s license test by learning the sight test board [...]
When you are selecting sun glasses suitable for driving a vehicle, you need to take into consideration few important things. These issues apply both to sunglasses with and without prescription. I have noticed that people often wear sunglasses with wide ear pieces when driving a vehicle. These are not the best option, as the ear [...]
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