Ah, that makes sense. One eye is plus corrected (that eye is far sighted) and the other eye is minus corrected (that eye is near sighted). You probably want to go to an optometrist / optician for the lenses, because when eyes are aniso like that (one plus, one minus) and the glasses aren't done the proper way for correction it can result in worse vision in one eye or amblyopia. This is a particular danger for children.
If you're still set on ordering online, make sure to pass on the instructions from the optometrist to match the base curves and OC. Also, I'd highly recommend considering contacts if she doesn't wear them already. Hope that helps! Marc JustEyewear.com On Dec 23, 9:19 pm, mikey <[email protected]> wrote: > One eye is +1.5 and the other -1.5 so the correction is not large. > The difference (+1.5 - (-1.5)) of 3 does fall below your > recommendation of 4.00. > Everyone agrees, even her, it is weird! > > Thanks for clearing up what was meant by "Aniso". > My daughter is old enough to go by herself but not assertive enough to > question a doctor. > > On Dec 23, 9:31 am, Marc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This is referring to the fact that your daughter's prescription is > > different for each eye. I'm curious as to what her prescription is? > > Depending on the difference, you might be better off going to an > > optician for the lenses and maybe ordering just the frame online. If > > it's over 4.00 diopters difference, you definitely want to go to an > > optician. And generally people with a significant amount of > > anisometropia tend to do better with contact lenses, so you might want > > to look into those for your daughter. > > > "Match base and center" is the optometrist's recommendation that the > > base curve of each lens and the optical center be the same - sometimes > > these are set differently for each lens by the optician based on the > > level of anisometropia. > > > Marc > > JustEyewear.com > > > On Dec 23, 11:14 am, mikey <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > My daughter had her eyes examined and came back with the typical > > > prescription and some extra info. > > > At the bottom it said: > > > Recommendations: > > > Aniso match base and center > > > AR coat > > > > I can figure the AR coat means anti-reflective. > > > > What does Aniso match base and center mean? Aniso might be short for > > > anisotropic. I read the definition of Anisotropic but that didn't > > > help. -- 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
