also try to chose a frame similar to your old one and "fits" similarly ie. eyes cnetered in frame etc. be very precise on pd and if there is any way, request the same base curve as your old ones, dont know exactly how you could pull that off, but that all would help. The risk to reward suggests trying it.
On Sep 5, 12:01 pm, ehb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While my myopia is not as severe as yours it was close when I was > younger. (I currently am at -8.5 with -1.5 cyl and -9.75 with .87 cyl > so I am not that far removed. I also wear multifocals) They only > advice I can give is to stay away from polycarbonate lenses if you > want good optics. In fact, I would go with CR39 if possible since, > even though it will be thick it will give you the best optics. Get > anti reflective coating and edge polish if possible. Online glasses > are inexpensive enough that I would suggest ordering a cheap pair to > see how they are. (Zenni does mid index 1.56 that seem to have a > decent Abbe value). > > I have been very pleased with all the glasses I have gotten online and > I have had less problems with them than the (expensive) ones I got > from the local opticain. > > On Sep 4, 8:17 pm, pjm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Would anyone recommend ordering glasses online for extreme > > prescriptions? I have a -13 diopter left eye and a -12 diopter > > right eye. They're both almost perfectly spherical corrections > > however. As you can imagine, finding appropriate frames is not easy. > > Any advice? > > > -PM --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Check us out at the oft-updated http://www.glassyeyes.com! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GlassyEyes" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/glassyeyes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
