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What Are the Different Types of Eye Exams?
You use your eyes daily, from getting ready in the morning to watching the road signs while driving. Since we use our eyes in so many ways, it’s important to practice good eye care habits and stay up to date with eye doctor visits.
At For Eyes, we make it a priority to give you the best eye health and vision recommendations after your eye
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Is There a Health Advantage of Contact Lenses?
At For Eyes, corrective eyewear comes in many forms, including contact lenses and glasses. While you may understand how vision correction can help your eyes, do you ever wonder if there is a health advantage of contact lenses?
Let’s explore the pros and cons of this type of eyewear to help you decide if it’s for you.
Are there health
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How Are Glasses Sized?
Wearing the right size of glasses can be the difference between you wearing them all the time or not at all. Eyewear that fits your face is more comfortable and more flattering on your features.
But how do you know if your new specs are correct? Let’s take a look at how glasses are sized to help you assess whether you have the right frames
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5 Things You Need to Know Before Buying Progressive Lenses
Progressive lenses give you clear vision from near to far, just like you’ve always wanted. Unlike with bifocals, you won’t have to worry about lines or drastic changes in vision from looking through one part of the lens to the other. Instead, you can enjoy a seamless transition, as the lenses magnify gradually toward the bottom.
There
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3 Benefits of Contact Lenses Over Spectacles
Even as someone with 20/20 vision, you may need to wear corrective lenses from time to time. At your next eye exam, the eye doctor can prescribe you the right vision correction based on the results and your individual eye health needs.
Your local For Eyes offers hundreds of frames for glasses and a wide array of contact lenses for everyone,
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What Are the Disadvantages of Progressive Lenses?
In many reviews for progressive lenses, you’ll find that people love how much easier it is to drive and do close-up tasks, such as reading a paperback. In a moment’s notice, you can look through a different part of the lens to see near or far, which takes your vision to the next level.
Why?
Progressive lenses feature three prescriptions
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How Long Does It Take for Eyes to Adjust to Progressive Lenses?
The day you get progressive lenses is an exciting one. You see an eye doctor to get fitted for your new eyewear, and you come home with line-free lenses that are customized just for you.
But as you may have heard, this type of eyewear can take time to get used to wearing. How long does it take for eyes to adjust to progressive lenses? Let’s
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Can You Wear Progressive Lenses All the Time?
Can you imagine having to switch between glasses multiple times a day? Many of us are faced with this dilemma, but fortunately, there’s a solution where you can keep track of fewer pairs of eyewear and instead have an all-in-one pair that covers all your prescription needs.
We call these progressive lenses. They offer three viewing areas (up
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Are Bigger Lenses Better for Progressive Lenses?
Refractive errors are no cakewalk, especially if you go too long without glasses. And if you have presbyopia, a condition that affects aging eyes, the right vision correction is even more essential.
Fortunately, people now have more options than ever to treat presbyopia and other eye conditions. You can ask your eye doctor for bifocals,
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When Should You Get Progressive Lenses?
Many types of multifocal lenses have a line through the center that distinguishes prescriptions. Since this eyewear provides excellent optical coverage, the line doesn’t usually bother the wearer.
However, others prefer glasses without a line (for cosmetic purposes) and the same vision correction that bifocals and trifocals provide. That
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