When I was young and played football I had to wear sports goggles. They are basically heavy duty eyeglasses with an elastic band that you wear. I found them quite uncomfortable however. Most of the time I would just play without glasses. I was a lineman though and I only needed to see the guy in front of me. If your son is an offensive back of any kind, a defenseman, or a kicker, he’ll need to see. Facemasks are the protective cages in front of your face. Visors are the plastic things they put in the facemask to block the sun.

You’ve already checked your eyeglass measurement and it’s correct? What measurement is that? You can’t have checked the power or the axis if there is a cylinder power. The only way to check the PD reliably and really accurately is to have an optician check it in a lensometer and dot the optical centers, then measure it. A wrong PD can have very subtle effects on the visual comfort, but it also depends on the power as to how precise it has to be. If you elaborated on what you mean, we may be able to eliminate the PD as a cause.

Have you tried Vint & York? I work at their eyewear boutique in NoLita, on 247 Elizabeth Street. The frames are vintage inspired and very New York. You’ll find beautiful collections of eyeglasses and sunnies, designed right here in NY. The whole team is very friendly and knowledgeable so you’ll be on good hands. We also have a frame trial on where you can get 5 frames shipped at home to try them out. The prices are accessible, all eyeglasses are $109 flat with shipping. Sunglasses go for $129. Have fun with them!

In eyeglasses, prisms are used primarily for double vision, positional correction, or convergence correction.Double vision (diplopia) is when a viewer sees two individual images using both eyes, instead of the one most people see, merged together by the brain. Some people with diplopia see only a single image, but it is blurred. Others, when using only one eye, do not see in 3-D, but a single, flat image. This is the result of one eye needing positional correction. If both eyes are affected (not working in unison), a misconvergence occurs, meaning the image seen by each eye needs to be repositioned individually in order to become a single one. Sometimes, diplopia is even caused by wearing eyeglasses, and adding prisms can correct this.Prism eyeglasses are enough to correct these abnormalities if the person has nearly normal vision in their level of nearsightedness or farsightedness. However, if one of the eyes has greatly reduced vision or blindness, there could be physical or neurological issues causing the diplopia. This would then require surgery to repair the eye muscles in addition to the use of the corrective prism lenses.

Depending on the type of lenses and lens treatments you choose and the lens design you need.When buying eyeglasses lenses, there is no substitute for expert advice. Buying eyeglass lenses can seem daunting, but it doesn’t have to be. The key is getting accurate, unbiased eyeglass lens information from sources you can trust. For greatest satisfaction with your eyewear, in addition to using this guide, follow this advice echoed by Consumer Reports: During your eye exam, ask your eye doctor which eyeglass lenses and lens treatments are best for your specific needs and eyeglass prescription.

Contact lens prescriptions and eyeglasses prescriptions are not the same. They are significantly different because eyeglasses lenses are positioned approximately 12 millimeters from your eyes, whereas contact lenses rest directly on the surface of your eyes. If you want to wear both contact lenses and eyeglasses, you will need too separate prescriptions. You can request a copy of your glasses prescription at the conclusion of your comprehensive eye exam. But a contact lens prescription cannot be written by your eye doctor and given to you until he or she performs a contact lens fitting or has access to your previous prescription and has evaluated the fit of your current lenses.

A typical triangular face has a broad forehead – the width of the face tapering down to a narrow, rounded chin. The best frames minimise the width of the face’s top and bring the overall look back into balance. Frames that are wider at the bottom will help to achieve this, placing greater emphasis on the lower half of the face. Very light colours, light materials and rimless frame styles can also help, so consider small square or rounded frames to achieve more balanced proportions for the whole face.

For those of us looking for something a little nicer than whatever you can pick out on the cheap rack at LensCrafters or Costco, here are some local options where you can get your prescription checked, get your broken frames lovingly fixed and find something fun, sophisticated or vintage. 1. Society of the Spectacle 2. Old Focals,they sell vintage frames or frames that could pass for vintage. 3. Gogosha Optique,this isn’t the place for people who love name brands emblazoned on their spectacles. Gogosha offers frames that are handmade with independent designs. You won’t find logos on their glasses, but they will be devastatingly hip.