Both glasses and contact lenses correct your vision, but you need a separate prescription for each one. In this article we go through the differences between them.
Category Archives: Prescription
Lowest Prescription for Contacts
People with all prescription types use contacts because they have multiple advantages. Contact lenses adhere to the shape of the eye to allow a wider field of vision and cause less vision distortions and obstacles than prescription glasses.
Spherical Aberration
Spehrical aberration is when light rays pass through a spherical lens and do not all converge on the same point, creating less than perfect vision. Find out how it is remedied in this article.
What are Gaming Glasses?
Gamers spend a lot of time in front of their screens, so gaming glasses were developed to help reduce the adverse affects of all that screen time. Learn all about how they work in this article.
Thick Lens Glasses
If you have thick glasses, your prescription is likely stronger than most. But what is the purpose of thick glasses lenses? Prescription lenses bend the light through curved lenses as it enters your eye. Short-sighted wearers will have lenses that are thicker on the edge and thinner in the middle, while those who are long-sighted will have the opposite.
How Do You Know What Strength Reading Glasses to Get?
As reading glassses aren’t tailored to your prescription, it’s not always evident which ones to go for.
Why High Curvature And 3D Edging Lenses Are Important
Learn about how advancements in technology have solved long-standing problems in the lens shaping process.
Glasses For Small Faces: A Guide
Face shape is often cited as a consideration when buyin glasses, but face size is also important. Here’s our guide to glasses for small faces.
High Index Lenses
Thick lenses are an aesthetic concern for many people, but high index lenses allow strong prescription lenses to be thinned. Learn all about them in this article.
Thinnest Lenses for High Prescription – What Are My Options?
Lenses with a 1.74 index are the thinnest lenses for high-prescription wearers and include many benefits.