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Powers of reading eye glasses

February 1st, 2010

Reading eye glasses can correct presbyopia and help people see close objects in a normal way. In fact, the vision problem of presbyopia has different levels. And glasses for reading also have various magnifying levels, which is formally called dioptre strength or power. Choose the suitable power of reading eye glasses is a critical issue. The proper power can provide you the clear vision as well as the most comforts. Generally, the lens power of glasses for reading varies from +1.0 to +4.0, the smaller number, the lower magnifying effect.

Reading eye glasses with diopter strength of 1.0 provide only a little help in reading. People use this power actually have light vision problem and need not to wear the glasses all the time. Glasses for reading of this power can be replaced by a magnifying glass.

Reading eye glasses with a 1.5 magnifying level have a slight higher magnification. This level of glasses for reading originates from the idea of Benjamin Frankin. So if he is still living, he will certainly be amazed at the various styles of these reading eye glasses.

A 2.0 power makes reading eye glasses have a medium magnifying strength. With these glasses for reading, you can see menus in the hotels clearly with no hardness.

Reading eye glasses with higher powers are seldom used, such as 3.0 and 4.0. But they are necessary for those with severe vision problems.

The power of reading eye glasses can be simply decided by the distance you normally hold your reading materials from your eyes. Glasses for reading should perform without straining your eyes.

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Convenient half reading glasses

January 25th, 2010

Two types of reading glasses are commonly seen in the market: half reading glasses (also known as half-frame) and full frame reading glasses. People with farsighted vision gain great help from reading glasses. They help in concentrating on things and items close to the people. Under most circumstances, the reading glasses we say are actually full frame reading glasses. Indeed, half reading glasses are more convenient and useful. When you are wearing a pair of full frame reading glasses and try to see in the distance, you will notice that the things may appear blurry. So, half reading glasses are needed for both near vision and distance vision. This article provides a basic comparison of these two kinds of reading glasses while emphasizing on half reading glasses.

The lens of full frame reading glasses is a single part. The full lens can provide reading help, or magnification. If you use reading glasses for a considerable period every time, full frame reading glasses are ok, because you need not to look up regularly.

Half reading glasses’ lenses consist of two portions. The lower portion is made with magnifying function according to the reading prescription and the power level. The upper portion of the lens is normal. So half reading glasses provide the most convenient for those who need to occasionally switch between near vision and distance vision. Half reading glasses always sit lower on the nose than full frame ones, so that if you want to read something at hand, just look through the lens. And when you need a glance into the distance, look up and over the frame. Half reading glasses are ideal for any occasion.

Whether you buy half reading glasses or full frame reading glasses, remember to choose custom-made ones.

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Mens and women reading glasses

January 17th, 2010

Depending on gender difference, there are two general types of reading glasses: mens reading glasses and women reading glasses. Within each segment, a huge variety of styles, colors and brands are available. Both the various mens reading glasses and women reading glasses can make you look like conservative or outlandish. You can just make a choice. Within each type, different reading glasses may change your complete impression that others receive. A pair of horn rimmed reading glasses is suitable for intellectuals. This may explain the phenomenon that many people keep more than one pair of mens reading glasses or women reading glasses. They can express different images under different situations. Actually, there are some difference between mens reading glasses and women reading glasses.

Usually, mens are less aware about the appearance and the image they create than women. Men hardly forsake fit and comfort for looks. So, mens reading glasses always look more general. Large oval mens reading glasses fit home relaxation such as put up your feet on the table while reading. And rectangular ones are suitable for office wearing. Mens reading glasses always have clean lines, solid design and sophisticated styling.

Women have long known that different glasses express different looks. Most women will buy several women reading glasses for various occasions. Rhinestone women reading glasses may appear in formal occasions and a slim rimless business pair for office hours. Besides function, women reading glasses care mostly about the fashion, design and looks.

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Differences between Trifocals and Bifocals

November 21st, 2009

Trifocals are a new group of special reading glasses which have three divisions on the lenses for correcting vision. It is different from traditional bifocals which have only two such divisions. The lower sections of the lens of trifocals are demarcated by a thin line which is a semi circular arc. One area is for near and the other for intermediate vision correction. And the part for intermediate rectification lies above the nearsighted correction area which is near the bottom of the lens. For those who used to wear bifocals may think it is strange to reading with glasses having three lines etched on it. As trifocals are new to most of people, it actually did need time for patient who uses this type of glasses to adjust to them. However, once you used to wear them, you will find it pretty easy to use and it is more convenient than bifocals.

After eye exam by the eye doctor, those people with extreme presbyopia, which means their net optical power with a special unit of diopter is very high, will be recommended to use trifocals. Because, unlike bifocals, trifocals can correct all ranges of vision, from nearby, intermediary to far distance, when bifocals can correct only two of them, either near vision or distance vision. Since trifocals can offer three levels of correction, it can give you a better vision. So, if you are one of the extreme presbyopia, you will get the better and more clarified vision when you use trifocals.

Trifocals are not only for those who have extreme presbyopia, it can also correct intermediate distance which can’t be provided by bifocals. For example, if your have a vision of -4 diopters, usually you will be recommended to use a glasses with a correction of 3 units, which means you vision is -1 diopter when you wear your reading glasses. The intermediate correction for such situation may be end up with a power of -2.5, which may take patients a little time to get used to it.

So with a single pair of trifocals, you can solve all problems that are related to presbyopia.

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Brief Introduction of Folding Specs

November 19th, 2009

Many people, especially old people, need reading glasses to improve their vision when objects are close to their eyes because their eyes lose the ability of focusing on close objects which is usually a natural result of aging. We call this condition of eyes presbyopia. The opposite condition of presbyopia is called myopia or shortsightedness, which afflict more than half of the population. People with myopia also need glasses to improve their vision when objects are not that close to their eyes.

Fortunately both of the eye problems are not serious impairments. It is good news that people with presbyopia will never have the problem of nearsightedness, which means they will have no problem in seeing objects that are far from your eyes. Then will only have problem in focusing on things that is close to their eyes. Therefore people with presbyopia need glasses to read a newspaper, or they need to put the newspaper in a bit far place to read them if the characters is big enough to see.

If you are one of patient with presbyopia, you need of a pair of specs. There are three kinds of reading glasses, corrective lenses, progressive lenses and multifocals. Corrective lenses can totally fixed your vision power measured in diopoters. And multifocals have two or three levels of horizontal viewing region for different situations, from near objects, intermediate objects to far objects.

Besides, reading glasses can be full frames and half frames. The traditional full frames are commonly used by people who need to look at close thing for a long time, when half frames is preferred by patients who have to look at far objects as well.

Folding specs are very popular and very convenient. Any types of reading glasses that mentioned above can be foldable. You can use it according to your requirements and fold it and put it in its box that is usually small enough to be easily put into your purse or handbag. Besides, these boxes are usually in number of colors that makes them more fashionable and polymer coating are used so that the specs are quite sturdy and you don’t worry about breaking them.

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Aging Vision Problems and Solutions

November 17th, 2009

As we know, for aging people, they usually put the books or photos at their arm’s length when reading and watching, but at regular distance, they cannot see. Maybe you think it is a strange phenomenon. Actually, it is caused by an eyesight problem named presbyopia. It is researched when people are at the age of 40 they are likely to be bothered by presbyopia. There are several solutions to deal with this eyesight problem, and wearing reading glasses is the most widely used way for people worldwide. The following will give an introduction about presbyopia and reading glasses.

It is known that presbyopia is mainly caused by the aging. That is because in our eyes, there is a circular muscle, which enables us to see things at different distances by changing shape, expanding and contracting the focusing power. When we are young, this muscle is very flexible. And when we are getting old, this muscle loses the flexibility day by day. So the power to focus is not strong any more. As a result, we can not focus on the things near us, but in a certain distance.

For the solutions to deal with presbyopia, nowadays there are mainly the following three means. First, surgery, like Lasik, which involves the reshaping your cornea, but some patients still need to wear reading glasses after surgery. And the frustrating point is for some people, they may still need to wear reading glasses after surgery. Second solution is lens implant. But for this, people may suffer more serious risks, like inflammation, inflection, glaucoma and bleeding. So people should be careful to take this measure. And for most people, they prefer wearing reading glasses. Reading glass can help you away from the pain of surgery and risks from lens implant. Just wearing a pair of reading glasses can do it.

Is it difficult to select reading glasses? You may want to raise this question. Don’t worry! It is very easy. And even if you don’t have a prescription, you can also select your reading glasses. If you want to purchase high quality but lower price pair of reading glasses, it is recommended to try some online shops. They usually have a full range of glasses with lower price and better service. But for reading glasses wearer, it is better to consult your eye doctor at a regular time, as we need to test if we have other serious eye sight problem in time, or listen to our eye doctor’s advice.

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