hippiedyke13 wrote: > > At first I was extremely skeptical about buying > glasses online, but after reading the rave reviews I am willing to > give it a try. Especially after I went to Costco, spent an hour > looking at frames, picked out a pair, but was told that I had to bring > a copy of the prescription in. I had only gotten glasses a year ago, > and this was the first year my prescription hasn't changed. They had > my prescription on file from a year ago but they said it had expired.
One year is not very long. For most people, measurements taken only one year ago are likely to be correct. Even if not, it's better to wear new fresh lenses than old scratched ones with the same prescription. Most new glasses being as costly as they are, many folks wait too long before buying replacements. When I was your age, I usually kept my glasses about two to three years between replacements-- but this was more a result of damaging them than noticing problems with the 'script. Before I discovered Zenni Optical, I was using an assortment of glasses between three and about fifteen years old, all with slightly different prescriptions. For what it's worth, the newer glasses did not necessarily give me better vision. Keep in mind that you are still young enough for your eyes to change significantly over relatively small spans of time. Don't go so long between new prescriptions that you can tell you are not getting your best available vision. This is all pretty inexact stuff, but you can probably tell when your glasses aren't quite right. With any luck, you have kept some old pairs of glasses so you can measure them for a basis of comparison. Educated guesses based on past experience can get you glasses that look just as good or better than what you've had before, even without trying them on. One nice rule of thumb your optician might not tell you is that if you match the lens width plus the center width to your PD, then your eyes will fall in the centers of the lenses. Frames narrower than this can look pretty dumb. I say start with a couple of cheap frames and get used to doing your own fitting and adjustment. I can tell you from my own experience, it's easier to heat and bend a $17 pair of glasses than a $400 pair. Wire frames are easier to reshape, but plastic ones are more likely to occupy the bottom of the price range. I'd stay away from memory titanium alloy glasses for your first try, because the memory metal parts of the frame can't be reshaped easily or precisely. (Pure titanium can be bent as necessary.) > I'm really itching to buy some glasses but I still have to get my PD.. > On Monday I will call my ophthalmologist and ask for it. You can measure your own PD, especially if you have a competent friend help you out. This Wikipedia article has some pointers and links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pupillary_distance#Measuring_pupillary_distance Chalo --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Check us out at the oft-updated http://glassyeyes.blogspot.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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
