my prescription is around -9 and I have photochlromatic progressives from Zenni. The material is a 1.56 index so it's a medioum index material. Mine are not that thick but a lot does depend on the size and shape of the frames you pick.
On Nov 18, 10:51 am, susan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi, > > i am ordering glasses for my mom for christmas. i've ordered my > normal single-vision prescription from zenni and i've always been > pleased with the results. but my mom has progressives and a semi- > strong prescription to boot. > > i've read just about every review i can find online about progressive > transition lenses but none say much about the thickness being a > problem (or not a problem, for that matter). her prescription is -5.5 > and -5.75 with a -.5 cyl. i know zenni doesn't do high-index lenses > for progressives. > > has anyone ever gotten a pair of progressive (transition or not) > lenses from zenni with such a high prescription? mainly i am afraid > they will be horrible coke-bottle thickness. my mom needs half-rim > glasses because with the height of progressives they would overpower > her face with full frames. one of my eyes is a -6.75 but i wear thick > plastic frames so it's not an issue; the lens seems like it might be > prohibitively thick for a half-rim style but i'm not sure what > difference -1.00 makes. my mom is a hip lady and she needs hip > glasses (her old pair is awful, oh man, i can't wait to get her > stylish new frames for christmas, so i hope this works out, even at > zenni they're expensive for me :/). > > thanks and my mom thanks you from the future. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
