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February 6, 2010

Are Progressive Lenses For You?

Filed under: Progressive Lenses — Glasses Frames @ 12:45 am

An increasing number of people who are in need of near vision help are turning to the progressive lenses for their vision needs. The need for near vision correction happens when the muscles and the interior lens of the eye begin to loose their elasticity much like a rubber band does as it ages. Progressives is more commonly known as the no line bifocal however it is more than a bifocal or even a trifocal. In actuality, the progressive is a multifocal with many vision areas. The progressive lens gradually increases or decreases in power, much like the eye used to, as you move your eyes up or down the lens. (more eyeglasses details…)

February 5, 2010

Advantages of Progressive Lens Glasses

Filed under: Progressive Lenses — Glasses Frames @ 4:11 pm

Present now, hi-tech progressive lens glasses are gaining popularity. The background is that presbyopia makes it a necessity to wear multifocal prescription eyeglasses. It can be quite bothersome for the majority of presbyopic patients to make switches between two pairs of prescription glasses for nearsightedness and presbyopia respectively. Most of those individuals would like to use reading glasses only in office or at home during long terms of materials reading. When they are forced to change focusing ranges, from the near to the distant or vice versa, two different pairs of prescription glasses will lead to solely inconvenience. The great US founder Benjamin Franklin first invented bifocal eyeglasses which were used to eliminate such an inconvenience. A pair of bifocal spectacles can offer both near and distance corrected vision. It is no longer needed to change different pairs. (more eyeglasses details…)

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