You asked three questions, so let me address them individually. 1) Does anyone have a prescription as severe as yours? We have had participants with prescriptions approaching 20 diopters. Yours is *only* around 6 or 7...mild, by comparison. And yes, their online glasses worked out just fine, according to their posts.
2) Will they make my eyes look funny? This is a factor influenced by the lens's strength...not its thickness. While it's true that thicker lenses *draw attention* to the effect, it's not the cause. 3) Will the lenses be ridiculously thick? Only you can answer this one, as what some find acceptable, others will not. It's also partly dependent on the type and style of frames you pick...plastic frames, for example, hide the edge thickness more than thin wire rimmed frames. To help you make this decision, here is a link to an online thickness calculator: http://www.opticampus.com/tools/thickness.php Enter in your numbers, and it'll spit out the edge thickness for your prescription. -- Chuck Knight On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Katie<[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi folks! > > I've been debating ordering glasses online for a few years now, but I > always shied away from it because of horror stories of awful customer > service, poorly cut lenses, damaged glasses and whathaveyou - and of > course, I'm concerned about the specs looking ugly once received. > However, I've been tempted back to the realm of cheap glasses because > I'm sorely in need of a new pair! > > My main concern at this point is the fact that my prescription is > fairly strong at -6.25 dipoters in one eye and -4.75 in the other. > I've found two pairs from Zenni and another from Bestprice Glasses > that I really like. Because I'm cheap and don't care much about the > aesthetics of lens thickness, I'm opting for the basic 1.57 lenses. > > I'm wondering, has anyone with a prescription as strong as mine > purchased frames with mix-index lenses? If so, are they ridiculously > thick? Do they make your eyes look large and silly? Any advice would > be greatly appreciated :o) > > Thanks! > Katie > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
