A Beginner's Guide to Buying GREAT Glasses
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- Welcome to our beginner’s guide to buying GREAT eyeglasses. If you want to learn how to buy glasses that are accurate, comfortable and that you love, then this is the video for you - Need more help? Watch this! 👉 bit.ly/BestEyeG...
If you are thinking about buying a new pair of prescription glasses and not sure where to start or what you should know or expect from the process, this video will walk you through it. Buying new glasses can be a fun process but also overwhelming at times. Finding a great looking and comfortable pair of eyeglasses involves a lot more than just finding glasses for your face shape, there are many considerations to account for regarding the power of your prescription and what glasses lenses may be best for you.
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No matter where you buy your glasses it is always best to have them professionally adjusted to improve their fit and comfort. It will help you see better too.
If you are looking to purchase online glasses, it is important to continue seeing your eye doctor yearly for eye health evaluations. Although you may be seeing well, many eye diseases may creep up without affecting your eyesight until it's too late.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Glasses for Beginners
1:10 Getting an accurate glasses prescription
2:30 How to buy glasses frames
3:35 How to buy glasses online
4:44 Golden Rules of buying glasses frames
8:46 Buying prescription glasses lenses
9:17 Bifocals and Progressive Lenses
9:30 Standard Plastic Lenses
10:02 Polycarbonate and Trivex
10:40 High Index Lenses
11:03 Golden Rules of buying prescription glasses lenses
12:00 Glasses Coatings Guide
14:00 Blue Light Glasses
15:16 Photochromic lenses
16:12 Bonus Tips
17:40 Feedback
👉Which part of the video did you find most helpful?
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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
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!
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.
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.
Use glasses ear stoppers also! They help alot
@ you are so right! I have these black silicon ones and they really help, especially when running and exercising!
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
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.
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.
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!
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.
Amazing. And being ADHD i appreciated the fast pace. Some other people talk so slowly and i legit fall asleep lol! But you would even make a great University lecturer
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!
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!
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.
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
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.
Priceless video. Really the genuine one out there. Especially the real industry perspective on blue light/cut. Thank you.
i have my first eye exam tomorrow. and while my vision is great im getting glasses proactively because i work off a computer and also game in the evening. this video was perfect in helping my understand the whats and whys. and i do feel confident going in there tomorrow and knowing what to select and ask for after my exam. thank you
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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Appreciate you going in-depth explaining all the characteristics and lens coatings! 💚
Hey thanks! Glad it was helpful!
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...
some queries:
1. Can a myopic person (with changing glass power) use photochromic lense? will they have to change lense everytime power changes?
2. Will photochromic lense help with people struggling with eye floaters in outdoors especially in sunny days?
TIA
Thank you for your thoroughness. I have such a time each time I need to fill a script. This really helped with the decisions.
Most of the best glasses I've ever had were from the optometrist shop that I got my prescription from.
Backup glasses are for online purchases. After getting the prescription and PD number.
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!
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
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!
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.
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.
Thank you for the video, it was very helpful! Which part? Probably all of it! From understanding physical factors and lens options, to emphasising that you need to love putting on the glasses you chose. All helpful for me as an eyeglass novice, thanks.
Thank you for the tips on choosing specific frame sizes based on your prescription; no one ever talks about those numbers on the frames!
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.
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!
This video contains Much needed USEFUL INFORMATION that is Easily Understood . Anyone with a Glasses RX can benefit Thanks !
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.
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!
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.
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.
The last time I updated my prescription (around -4.5, and astigmatism of -0.5) I had lots of trouble getting it filled correctly, because TWICE the lab made the lenses centered differently than where the center of my eyes is
This video should be shown to everyone going to the optometrist and to those looking to purchase prescription glasses. I really wish I knew this a couple years ago when I first got my glasses.
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!
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.
Should anti-reflective coatings be on the front, the back or both sides of the lenses?
What about anti-reflective coatings on prescription sunglasses? Should sunglasses be AR coated only on the back side?
For spectacle lenses, both sides are ideal. For sunglasses, only the backside is needed. That helps prevent sun rays from bouncing off the backside of the lens and hitting you in the face.
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!
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?
This was VERY helpful!! Thank you for posting this.
For sure!!! Happy you found it so helpful!
For me, my prescription is at -1.50 and the index is 1.49. It still works and no problem at all. The lenses don’t even look thick at all.
Thanks - I am about to go get new glasses. This was helpful
Awesome! Which part helped you the most do you think?
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
how close from eye brown should glasses fit😊
Hi Doc, thanks so much for your guide. It is very helpful. I have a question regarding buying prescription glasses on-line. I normally wear verifocal lenses but most on-line glasses retailer offer progressive lenses as verifocal. The problem I have with this is that with verifocal prescription, there are 3 different measurements (dist, inter , near) SPH, CYL, Axis for both eyes where as there is only one measurement (Right (OD) and Left (OS). So the question is which of measurement is required for the progressive from the verifocal prescription? Some suggested the (Dist). Does this mean the inter and near are ignored for progressive lenses? Many thanks
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.
Didn't know about the lens well re: power. Thanks doc.
Excellent info. I need to have my eyes tested and get glasses for reading for 1st time in my life. Not excited but need to do it.
17:00 - about extended warranty. 1 store told me they send bk to manufacturer broken frame so they repair it, not replace. If repair is offered & not replaced, should u forget that store?
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.
Yes a BIG help. I am a mother who DOES NOT wear glasses. I have to get my son glasses. He's something like 675? He has to wear glasses all day long for everything. I want him to be comfortable, but I get the feeling when I go into a shop that they are trying to squeeze me for money all the time. It is SO hard. I am really NOT made of money, I literally have a special piggy bank that I put money in all year to afford his glasses. I needed this video.
Thank you so so so much for sharing that, Charlotte. This video took a while to make and edit and while it may never be super popular, knowing that it helped you and other people in this way makes my heart swell. 🙏🙏Wishing you and your son many blessings.
@@DoctorEyeHealth Well thank you for it. For someone who has never worn glasses, there is almost too much to take in and we need cliff notes! Trying to do the best for, as an example, your kids in such a situation gets difficult since the eye doctor is far too busy and the woman in the shop seems to be pushing products she wants to push rather than giving impartial advice. Believe me, this video is incredibly helpful!
Aaah! I have -4'25 and -5'5 and I'm trying a pair of glasses and I can't decide between the 51mm or 49mm model to try to avoid distortion.
Thank you so much for sharing information💕👍🏻👍🏻
From 6:10, best advice I wish I knew before buying my glasses.
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?
I am sure my new prescription is again wrong, so I don't need glasses as in prescription, why it is near impossible to make correct check of eyes for doctors?
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).
God bless you, dear Sir. I now know how to pick my next eyeglasses.
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?
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
Yes this video was really good about finding the right glasses frame and thickness of lens was very helpful.
Glad it was helpful!
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 😊😊
Thank you so much ... excellent info on understanding what to look for when purchasing glasses
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.
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.
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 feel that no matter what pair I buy I feel like my eyes are not centered in the middle of the lens. Should they be? My eyes have a PD of 60 and the dispensary keeps pushing me to 54-57mm lens. I also have a wide head a bridge of 17 and a lens of 54 seems to be in the ballpark. Do they make frames with the part that connects the lens frame to the paddles longer? On the other hand, I do like that I can look as far left or right and still be looking through the lens.
Great tips. I was just looking for new eyeglasses
Good timing then!
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.
I have worn contacts for almost 35 years and I now prefer wearing glasses as it feels so much better without contacts in!
Thank you, excellent advice.
Thank you for the reflection coating info.
So clear explaination on buying a pair of glasses!! Thanks for sharing.
EXCELLENT VIDEO. THANK YOU!!!!!❤
You are so welcome! Glad it helped!
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, -2.5 and planning to get trivex, do I still need to get the optional UV protection they offer?
Thanks for this video!!
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.
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
the best eye guy on TH-cam , he is funny i enjoy to watch his videos
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.
Love Your Videos!! If you capture measurements from an in-store experience and validate those measurements online. Would you be able to use those measurements as guidance if you purchase a different brand on a different optical online store? Thank You for your help!!
Also, where does one find a competent optician?? Even c
That is a good question. It can be challenging. I know you can ask how long they have worked as an optician...or how much experienced they have.
Very nice of you, thanks 😊
My pleasure 😊
Can glasses help with Retail Astrocytoma in one eye
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.
Question for you. would lens size 56-57 mm be ok? This is my prescription. OD: sphere is -0.75 Cyl is -2.50 Axis is 180 OS: sphere is -0.50 Cyl is -1.75 Axis is 180
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
THANKS FOR YOUR VIDEO. it‘s very helpful to learn these knowledge.
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!
Doc your right just last week i freak out what to say or chose its like im in highschool exam
Hey, Doctor! Great video; I learned tons of stuff today, and I thank you for that.
I have a question: I noticed that some lenses have a "yellow-tint," and I wondered what they do.
Maybe it has something to do with preventing lens-glare or uv protection, or something like that...?
Are there any anti glare coatings that do not have a color shift? Thank you.
By color shift, do you mean like a yellow hue to your vision like you would get with some blue light lenses?
In my experience the Crizal Saphire 360 or similar coating doesn’t really cause any color shifts.
@@DoctorEyeHealth Good. I do not desire a blue light lens. I desire anti glare without any color shift. I am a photographer and the color shifts affect my editing. I have long despaired the color shift of anti glare coatings.
@@artmaltman Have you tried the glass ones?
@@kaan_isik I don’t think that we can buy glass lenses any more.
Which is good to use fibre glass or crystal glass?