Most people spend a lot of time choosing frames for their glasses because of the many options available. However, few people know that there are also many choices of lenses that protect the eyes and provide the clearest and sharpest vision.
Good frames will bring comfort and aesthetics; good lenses will not only help you see more comfortably and aesthetically, but also protect your eyes better.
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What makes a good lens?
Choosing a good pair of eyeglasses is not an easy task. The variety of materials, coatings, brands of lenses and the influence of eyeglass advertisements make buyers feel confused when choosing their lenses. However, in general, a good pair of eyeglasses must ensure the following basic criteria:
- Price matches quality.
- Ensure light transmittance
- Has the ability to protect eyes from UV rays (and harmful blue light)
- Lens features to suit user needs.
How important is choosing the right lenses?
When buying glasses, the frame you choose will affect both the appearance and the comfort when you wear glasses, but the lens is different, besides the same factors as the frame, it also affects the health of your eyes through vision and safety when wearing glasses.
One of the basic and common mistakes that most of us make when buying glasses is not having enough time to consider the different options related to issues such as materials, design and coating of the lenses. These are all extremely important and sensitive factors for your eyes. Wearing glasses is not simply for beauty and fashion, but glasses also play an extremely important role in protecting the eyes, so choosing the right lenses is extremely important.
See also:
- How to choose glasses to suit your face
- Wear glasses properly
- How to choose prescription sunglasses
By choosing the right lenses for your eye condition, you can both own a beautiful pair of glasses and protect your eyes. To do this, the key is to find accurate, objective information about lenses from reliable sources, one way to get accurate information is to ask your eye care professional when you have an eye exam which lens type and lens treatment is best suited to your specific needs and prescription.
What type of lenses should you choose?
To choose lenses Well, first we need to understand the basic characteristics of lenses such as materials, coatings and different types of lenses with different uses to suit your needs.
Most of today's lenses are made of plastic (organic plastic) with the advantage of being lighter and more impact resistant than glass lenses, creating a more comfortable and safer feeling when used. Plastic lenses have many options from low to high refractive index, so they are suitable for all ages and all professions. Refractive index is a unit of measurement of the material's ability to refract light, the higher the refractive index, the thinner and lighter the lens will be.
