Prescription Glasses

Traditionally, most of us deem glasses as one of the burdens that we have to take, for our vision should be corrected everyday. However, nowadays, glasses are no longer the synonym of vision correction, but fashion as well. It is true that the latest designer reading glasses can make you seemed much fashionable and attractive than ever before.

These glasses are almost the same as many other fashionable products, like clothes, shoes, etc. In the past, the highest fashion can only be detected in many other high-end products. But, now many designer glasses are also representatives of high fashion. Whats more fascinating is that these designer glasses can be gained at relatively cheap price, and most of us can afford them. (more…)

Invented as a medical solution and transformed into a fashion accessory
, prescription glasses now-a-days display a varied taste and the most vibrant colour combinations. Stylish prescription glasses add confidence to your approach, accentuate your looks and aid you to create flawless first impressions. On the other hand, sunglasses have forever been a symbol of fashion and a way of making a style statement. More innovative designs and attractive colours have ensured that sunglasses never go out of time. With well known brands entering the world of sunglasses,designer sunglasses have become the talk of the fashion world. (more…)

The advent of online stores has made the purchase of prescription glasses, an easy and satisfying experience. The stores offer a wide range of options which display an eclectic array of colours and stylish, often unorthodox, designs. Usually, every pair has a page, exclusively dedicated to it, which holds all the information, from the frame size to the frame colour. So, before you decide to purchase a specific pair of prescription glasses, you will be having all the details at your fingertips. (more…)

With the rising use of prescription glasses, online stores are becoming the hotspots for buying cheap eyewear. The choice of prescription glasses offered by these online stores is diverse and displays a milieu of colour combinations. But at all these stores, you have to put in your prescription details so that the lenses can be made according to them. In this scenario, the knowledge of what your prescription means, can prove to be of great help. Though the prescription might look confusing, it is simple enough to be understood easily.

To make the prescription easy to interpret, a standard format and a set of common abbreviations are used. This makes the prescription to be understood internationally. A common eyewear prescription will look like the following:
OD: – 2.00 0.25 X 145
OS: +1.25 DS
ADD: +1.50 OU

The abbreviation OD stand for oculus dexter and it indicates the right eye. Likewise, OS stands for oculus sinister and refer to the left eye, while the letters OU stand for oculi uterque which refer to both the eyes.

The first number in the example (- 2.00) represents the sphere part of the prescription which deals with the myopia (nearsightedness) or hyperopia (farsightedness). A minus sign indicates negative powered lens used to cure nearsightedness and a plus sign means the opposite.
The cylinder part of the prescription is referred by the next number (-0.25). This is known as astigmatism and it is the difference in curvature as well as power between two points on the eye, which is separated by 90 degrees. The presence of astigmatism is indicated by the minus sign.

X 145, or axis 145 is the angle measured in degrees, and denotes the position of the most positive meridian in an eye that has astigmatism. The angle ranges from 0 to 180.
For left eye, the +1.25 is followed by an abbreviation DS (diopters sphere) which indicates that the left eye is without astigmatism. Finally, +1.50 is the power that needs to be added to the distance prescription. This will enable a person to have a clear visibility at close range.

For the right eye, the prescription will be (-2.00 + 1.50) 0.25 X 145 or 0.50 0.25 X 145 and for the left eye, +1.50 + 1.25 = 2.75 DS.

The acceptance of prescription glasses in popular culture as a fashion accessory
has lead to a range of glasses sporting various designs and colours.Though they
provide an increasing number of options to the buyers, the retail stores are also aware of the fact that these pair of glasses are in high demand. The prices charged for these prescription glasses are high and most of the time, buyers have to shy away from their favourite pairs only due to the reason that they were not affordable enough.Furthermore,these high street stores are not open roundtheclock.This essentially means that buyers have to take time out of their busy schedule and choose their pairs in a hurry. (more…)

If you are planning to buy a pair of new glasses you may want to buy cheap glasses to reduce your expenses. There are many people who prefer buying expensive glasses as they believe that cheap glasses are made of poor quality material. This may be true sometimes but not always. There are many people who buy glasses that will help them to read. These glasses work like magnifying glasses that make it easy for the person to read. These glasses are not expensive and you will not require a big budget to buy them. (more…)