Buying affordable glasses to suit your many moods and styles can be a challenge. Some even turn to the wider and cheaper variety available online, but there are several downfalls to such a tactic.
Prescriptions Can Get Complicated
For starters, if you have a complicated prescription, you’ll want a professional at your side in case the lenses aren’t quite right. With an online order, this process would be elongated and strenuous. You’ll end up sending glasses back and forth to the dealer over a period of weeks or months. The same results can be achieved at the optometrist in as little as 10 minutes.
Each Office May Interpret Your Prescription Differently
Even if your eyesight is straightforward, you may have trouble with how different companies translate your prescription. According to a New York Times study, online eyeglass sales groups generally put the vertical center of vision in the absolute center of each lens. At a typical eye exam, your optician checks to see where you specifically look through the glass. From there, they can easily mark it on the frames so that your area of focus is the clearest. How we all see can vary significantly from person to person, so putting the best area for focus in the absolute center may not work best for everyone.
It’s Hard to Tell How Your Glasses Will Sit
Along with the lenses, the style of glasses can also be misjudged when they aren’t physically on your face. Just as everyone’s sight differs, so too does the shape of our face. Aesthetics aside, some styles of frames simply don’t sit comfortably on everyone’s face. If you have a narrower bridge, it often results in the frames sitting lower on the face than intended. This leads us right back to the primary issue of a misalignment in the main area of focus.
Thankfully, the trained opticians at Veterans Optometry Partners of America will get you fitted right at your next visit. Come check out our wide variety of frames and see which ones fit you best!