Seeing well but with style
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The first step in choosing glasses: always start with the Rx
Whenever you have to select a new frame, it is always correct to start by looking at the prescription. If you have a simple prescription, you may not need to worry too much about the frame type as well, but for those who have more than plus or minus 2 diopters shortage, the choice of frame will have a direct influence on both the correct function of the glasses, which on weight and on the aesthetic aspect. The rest will then depend on the type of visual defect.
Type of glasses depending on the optical function
The type of disorder is another of the things to consider carefully when choosing glasses.
Being Myopic for example, we will generally need lenses with 3 distinct characteristics:
- Thickness on the outer edge of the lens and thin center
- Flatter front surface curve (also known as base curve)
Furthermore, this defect makes the wearer’s eye seem smaller than it actually is, therefore, even on an aesthetic level we must take these characteristics into account. Due to the increased thickness on the edges due to the specifications of the lens, the round shape is ideal.
The dilemma of aesthetics in optics: the type of spectacle frame
The selection of a frame is certainly the most difficult part for those who buy glasses but also the most complicated one for the optical shop that follows you and advises you in your purchases. The considerations we have made so far are, in fact, of a purely functional nature, with a very small precaution on aesthetics (the one relating to the external perception of the eye covered by the lens).
