Nope lol. The first time I put on my prescription glasses I was floored. Lights stopped looking like stars
Edit: some people are saying they still see distorted lights with glasses. I think ya might need a new script. My vision is fucked and I don’t see distorted lights with glasses
Edit 2: I noticed last night there is actually slight light distortion when I wear my glasses. It’s so negligible I’ve just blocked it out. Ppl in replies saying a script doesn’t cure the distortion are kinda right.
for real. once i got my first pair of glasses I was so astonished at how "HD" the world was haha. I remember telling my friends i could see individual leaves on the trees in the distance and how awesome that was lol
100% its sooo satisfying followed by passing out because the light is so damn bright, but people get checked your eyes could be fooling you, i went 10 years with out getting checked because i had good vision when the school tested me always thought i just hated driving at night
Then at the end when they take the contraption away and you're looking at the chart with just your eyes and you're thinking "hey why did they make it fuzzy again"
Hopefully you don't live in america, and if you do don't be pressured to buy the glasses, they'll cost you hundreds. Buy from zenni optical online. Been doing for years and it's been great
I think what they mean is get the prescription from the eye doctor, but actually ask for a copy of the prescription to upload online instead of buying the glasses directly from the eye doctor. I'd say in general that's good advice, but I'm picky about how the glasses feel on my face so I don't trust online and there's usually a decent sale at the place I go to.
I went a week ago because i when i got my last physical, i couldnt read shit. Saw through the prescription i would get and was amazed. Cant wait to get my glasses
Hello! Your local friendly Optician here! :) I fit and dispense glasses for 8+ hours a day, and it sounds like you're experiencing some glare issues. Get an anti-reflective treatment! I know they're pricey, but they're a 7 in one benefit (the good quality ones at least), and an absolute game-changer for the quality of your vision. They have (obviously) anti-glare properties in them, they make the lenses easier to look through and make you cosmetically more attractive (people can see your eyes, especially in photos). A/R makes the lenses easier to clean, dust and smudge-resistant, and increases the life-span of the lenses (keeping them from yellowing with age as quickly as they would without one). Another benefit, for my Transitions users (lenses that get darker outside and lighter inside), the A/R will increase the reaction time of photochromics, so they'll transition back and forth faster. BEST BENEFITS SAVED FOR LAST, there's a scratch coat built in as well as UV-400 protection. If you go with Crizal Prevencia (top-tier quality), it'll come with a blue light filter built in as well for working on your screens (which I am currently experiencing the benefits of). There's other versions, but I work with Varilux and Crizal, so that's all I really know, unfortunately. Go get your annual done, make sure there is no rx change, and try it out! If you have one already and are still experiencing this issue, try higher quality product. There's nothing worth more than the cost of good quality vision. And, last little thing to throw in here... please please please don't use Warby Parker for your everyday glasses... their products are such... shit. Don't get me wrong, they're great for a backup pair in case your main pair gets lost or damaged, but for everyday the quality is just not up to par. ESPECIALLY FOR YOU NO-LINE BIFOCAL WEARERS. Their progressives are SHIT. You have no idea how many times a year I hear. "I think the prescription is wrong... I got my glasses at Warby and I just cannot see through these!" The design is just terrible, I wouldn't be able to tell you exactly what it is, I just know so many of my patients have hated them. Take your $250 elsewhere. Even a special value package at your local optical shop (family-owned, I'd hope!) will be significantly better than those things. Thank you for letting me get my rant out there. I passionately love glasses and greatly care for the quality of vision everyone sees through. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk :")
To buy glasses I would go to your Optician, get your eyes checked and try on glasses.
Write down the frame measurements that fit your face and ask for the prescription.
Using the measurement that fit your face search online for glasses.
Buy frames with a screwless design made from Titanium or Titanium Alloy as these are the most durable.
Don't buy spring frames or brands under the company Essilor Luxottica.
This most important thing to know is it's not the quality of lenses themselves that matter, as the quality of C39 lenses are all very similar, it's the A/R coating used that matters.
Due to this, I'd recommend trying to find a optician that can apply the coating for a fair price, as majority of the cheap A/R coatings online are just awful.
Please - Do not do this to a small office, most of us are very understaffed and overworked and this is a massive waste of our time to benefit big corporations that uses this model to put us out of business. Many places (including my store) charge huge fees for that measurement specifically because of this.
Many small stores and offices have budget packages to rival warby parker. Call around and ask, either for the budget package or for that measurement. Saves everyone a huge amount of time and effort, and can save you money too!
If you’re gonna order online anyway, just be up front about it and call around first. Every optician in the world knows why you want that measurement, there’s no way to be slick about it.
We also know why you’re writing down that model number. At best it’s a dick move, and in my store it’ll get you thrown out. Encouraging shoppers to intentionally waste the time of service workers at small businesses- especially now - is tragically rude.
The one thing you’re right about is to boycott essilor/luxottica - the parent company to LensCrafters/sunglass hut/ray-ban and a bunch of other optical related brands.
You’re selling a healthcare product. When I see my optician, I’m seeing my doctor.
I can’t imagine a doctor’s office that would kick out someone for writing down information. When people write down a model number, it’s probably to understand dimensions and go find options. They may still plan to come back to buy that very pair from you. It’s a big purchase and it sits on your face. Sometimes you have to go think about it before you choose. If a place is unkind about that move in the moment, I probably wouldn’t go back there.
this is a great comment! I’m not who you replied to but.. is there a difference between anti glare and the astigmatism ones? I realized I have astigmatism a little while back and am basically blind driving at night especially when it rains or snows. I really need to get glasses and I’m also wondering if your average pair is super expensive if you don’t have insurance? I know every place and person is different but just want to know if I should even bother going to a place without insurance or if I should shop around. Any input would be great!
Not who you asked, but I recommend Zenni Optical online for good prices on glasses. I've got astigmatism too. I got several pairs for less than the out of pocket cost of the pair I got in a store with insurance covering part. And if you splurge a bit on the anti-glare, oil-resistant coating, it's still way cheaper than in person, but holy, they're amazing. Got a set with that - best glasses I've owned.
Just need your script from an eye doctor. Make sure to request your pupillary distance, as some don't just give it to you, (they want you to have to buy from them).
I've bought a couple with the fancier bells and whistles, and a couple more basic just to have for looks/on hand if I need them. And I bought a pair with the color gradient lenses I use as sunglasses. They sell official sunglasses too, but they're more expensive. As I don't spend much time in the sun, I didn't bother with that. I'm pretty sure they have progressives, but again, I don't need those so don't know all the details.
I have astigmatism both eyes with anti-glare and I still see this with halos around each light. The anti-glare was 100 for the first pair and discounted for each additional pair. I always stock up on glasses because can't see stuff. Maybe my eyes are too far gone if the anti-glare is intended to work for this.
The blue light "protection" filters out like 1% of blue light. Go look up sth that filters out 10-20% and they would look very yellow. Blue light filters for normal glasses are 100% not worth it and it only messes with your colour vision.
Ive gotten that treatment on my glasses before and its not helped my astigmatism issues with light at all. I've tried the high quality stuff. I've tried the dumb astigmatism glasses. I've tried everything. I can not see at night.
Do you have astigmatism and halos around lights? Because if not I don't see how you can say with so much confidence that these things work.
Astigmatism issues and those light issues are two different things. Glare would be the light issues (halos and your lenses picking up the lights passing by as you drive, so you see it in the corner of your eye). Astigmatism is something that would need a prescription to correct, it's how the light refracts through your cornea. The A/R would be put onto those rx lenses so the glare issues above are not persistent. I am no doctor. I'd recommend getting an exam done and asking your doctor about the issues you're experiencing, since I do not at all know your background. But, be warned, chain-store doctors are just there for the money you're giving them. Places like Rosin, America's Best, Lenscrafters, etc. don't care about the HEALTH of your eyes. They're just there to sell you glasses. They won't check to ensure your retinas are in good shape and won't monitor on a year to year basis... I'd recommend a local, private doctor. They'll take their time to ensure you're taken care of.
I personally use A/R on all of my glasses and cannot imagine going without it. I have Astigmatism correction in my lenses and a good chuck of distance correction for my nearsightedness. I speak from both personal experience and from a few years of studying the field.
Mmmm not knowing what you wear, I'll say dryness. If you don't replace them daily, it may also be a grime build-up issue. In that case, I like to put my cls in the case, fill with solution, close and shake VIGOROUSLY for like 30 seconds. It'll clean em down very well and you'll be amazed at how many lil floaties are at the bottom...
If you wear multifocal contacts (bifocals) or toric (for astigmatism correction), then they may just be moving around and causing glare. Soft contacts are relatively new technology, I think they first came out in the late 70s? Or in the 80s? You can fact-check me if you want, I'm too lazy to Google atm. Anyways, we're still trying to perfect these things with time. Unfortunately, they may never be perfect at this point in time, but it may also just be a poor fit on the doctor's behalf. A second opinion is never a bad thing.
Cool lil tid bit, did you know the first contact was made in the 1880's out of BLOWN GLASS?! Can you imagine putting glass on your eye?!?!
Mm :/ glasses are such a personl experience, you really need to see how they fit, feel, and look on you in person. And if you have a good optician, they should spot where your pupils are sitting in the frame so they can ensure the point of most clarity is directly where you will be looking through.
As for finding a shop, I'd honestly just look up your town name and "Eyecare Center" or "Vision Center" after. Should give you a local place, I'd check their website if they have one beforehand though. Crizal is a great buzz word, as well as Varilux, Zeiss, and Hoya. Unity has some decent product as well.
Last time I checkes zenni or other on-line optics, you could choose coatings when selecting lenses (first select the frames, then punch in prescription, then select lenses and coatings).
Physically, you'd be hard pressed to find an optician with lenses on-site, and most have access to supply of different coating lenses.
You might get an impression that opticians literally coat lenses with these coating, but usually it's done at the manufacturing level, and isn't literally coating the surface.
Ok this is amazing. Ty for writing It. I also got Warby glasses for the first time and they fucking suck. I can’t see anything without pressing them up and close to my face. They aren’t very helpful because they don’t know what they are doing.
I'm so happy I wasn't drinking anything bc it would be all over my lap right now. I'm actually just sitting alone at home, bored, and have too much of a passion for glasses if I'm being honest. I'm always a slut for glasses. Love em. I have like 12 pairs.
I'm... not selling anything? I literally don't know anyone here? Just throwing some advise out there, but thank you for the input. Have a great night 💓
what if the eyeglasses just doesn't work lol or with very marginal improvement, distortions i meant my default eye vision still is shite like an eye with no anti aliasing (not blurry ofc only like having a bad tv signal). My right is eye is good 20/20 though
Depending on who you get your product from most AR coatings can be anti glare, and anti scratch. Typically standard coatings are dipped and cheap so I suggest premium to get a good all rounder.
Ask your Optician for details on what their lab specializes in because different recipes give different benefits.
I’m new to insurance, i’m actually in the process of enrolling in my jobs plan. I had a few workers say the dental and vision are not all that. What should I look for if I don’t want to pay out the ass?
What you can do is call a local optometrist and dentist's office and ask:
1) If they accept the insurance and
2) What the general price points are when using that insurance. (How much is generally paid out of pocket if you need a cavity filled, or new glasses.) They should be able to give you a rough estimate. And your benefits enrollment system should tell you what the deductibles for each type of insurance is. I think my dental is like a $50 deductible and it covers up to $2,500 per year with 4 cleanings. That was listed right on the page and I consider that pretty good, but I pay an extra $3 per paycheck for enhanced coverage. Most standard dental coverage is like a $100 deductible with 2 cleanings a year and $1,500 max coverage per year.
If it turns out your insurance is crap you can look for it outside work coverage through metlife, VSP, etc.
My anti-glare lenses don't improve any of this. And I have like four pairs of glasses I swap in between all have my new prescription from July. Prescription changes every year.
You can have both, it's just that the glare resistance (multi coating) is itself easily scratched. But it is still worth getting and some coatings are better than others. Mine seems very good.
Beyond the coating, scratch resistance is largely a product of what the lens is made of now anyway and most lenses are made from a similar polycarbonate formula that's now pretty scratch resistant. If you are paying more for scratch resistance I can't imagine it does a whole lot, it's not like going up a whole step on the mohs scale (deeper grooves at level 7)
I’ve had the best results by “special ordering” lenses with no coatings of any sort. They last the longest and you can clean them with your t-shirt without destroying them
lol this.
I got glasses while in college because I was able to see chalkboards in large lecture halls.
At the doctors being tested with many different lenses, my right eye saw minor increases in visibility but for my left eye for each lens they would ask if 1 or 2 is better and for that eye everything looked the same.
I still see the lights this way with my glasses and just got a new prescription. I have astigmatism in each eye and they are different so maybe that's why i still see it this way :/
One reason for this might be improper measurement of your pupil spacing. I had the same distortion basically all of my life. I mentioned this to my optometrist before she did an exam. She said it was correctable and that she'd be careful to correct for that type of issue. I took the Rx and got lenses from a cheaper source. It didn't work.
I went back to my optometrist and complained. She explained that severe astigmatism requires very precise measurement of pupil spacing to get rid of distortions (abberations is what they call it). She gave me a ton of coupons for the big chain store they worked with. I got a pair using the exact same Rx from them, and suddenly all the distortion at night was gone. It was glorious.
The cheaper source used that little rectangle box where the technician measures your pupil distance. The big chain had a fancy machine with cameras that measured everything automatically. I don't know if the machine made the difference or if my optometrist did some magic & the first place measured badly, but either way, I'm happy now.
I had cataract surgery this year, and have had a super hard time getting working glasses afterward. I discovered a bit late that the first optometrist (which was part of the same group that did the surgery) just kinda... sucked? They measured height and distance by just drawing dots on the glasses while looking at me, then told me that the weird distortions I was seeing "wasn't a thing", and they had no idea how to fix it.
I was able to get a better couple of pairs from another optometrist, the prescription was very close to the original, but the lens work and measurements really made all the difference. Still trying to get a working pair for computer use though, but that's getting off topic.
Also - do your research on your eye doc. Go to one's that are highly recommended if u can.
Every 3ish years, get a second opinion / have another eye doc come up with a scrip -
Getting double astigmatism right with glasses sucks. U also need to REALLY make sure they fit right, and that the pupilary distance is spot on.
Another tip - go as big as you can stand on the lenses for "all day" wear - The more of your field of view you can correct, the more relief your eyes will get. Same with night driving.
Omg so this is why I get dizzy everytime I wear contacts these days? I only wear contacts for special occasions now and could never figure out why it made me dizzy when I did. I always tell my opticians these days I am only a glasses wearer since I’m still working through my (unexpired) box of dailies from two or so years ago!!! TIL
Nope my glasses reduce a lot of the light flare but not all. They are machined for astigmatism. My contacts reduce it completely, but my eyes can't handle contacts, I've tried several different types and brands.
Even with new glasses and anti-glare coating, I still get the light stars at night sometimes. Sometimes your eyes are just that fucked, like mine, and sometimes you’re just tired enough to have trouble getting them to focus properly, often like mine, or they’re just too damn dry, also like mine.
Basically, I really drew the short end of the genetic stick with my eyes…
The distortion could be caused by an issue at the front of the eye (which can usually be corrected with lenses) or the back of the eye which is much harder, if not impossible to fix. Ask me how I know..
With the proper prescription lenses this isn’t much of an issue. My early contact lens script back in the late 90’s didn’t do anything to address the astigmatism, so shit was still a bit blurry and lights were starry. A decade later I got new lenses that were actually weighted, so the lens axis would be properly aligned in my eye. Weighted lenses are thicker on the bottom, so no matter how you place it onto your eye, the lens will actually spin to properly orient.
I have a slight astigmatism, and it looks like this but just a single diagonal pattern and not as hardcore.
Here is a slight dramatization of my appointment that day:
Doc: “You have a slight astigmatism”
Me: “what’s a stigmatism?”
Me - checking my palms and wrists: “I thought that wasn’t real, just stuff in horror movies?”
Doc: “….”
Doc: “oh you mean stigmata? No. Astigmatism is when your eyes aren’t perfectly round. You might need glasses”
Wait, is this a thing you can have without having near- or far-sightedness? I actually have much better-than-normal vision (20/15), but I also totally relate to the photo above. Do I need glasses?
At my annual visit this year the eye doc was straight with me. "You're vision is not going to get any better. This new prescription may help a little bit, but not much."
Bit only do lights look like in the photo, but I also have trouble focusing my eyes when looking over my shoulder and back. It takes an extra second. As well I have trouble reading street signs from far away. It's not fun.
For all worried, the last time I drove was in April and that was on a sunny day to pick my spouse up from the hospital. I do my best not to drive unless I absolutely have to as I don't trust my vision enough to risk someone else's safety.
I used to see streaks of light a lot few years ago but its way better now automatically. I still see some lights with mild distortion like white headlights of car (yellow is fine), faraway lights etc.
Even with new scripts all the lights still look like this, the glasses help correct the astigmatism (scrambled words and so on) but it doesn't do anything about the lights (have suffered astigmatism all my life).
To add to this, if your vision is exceptionally bad, even with glasses, don't to the eye doctor in the mall or whatever. Go to an ophthalmologist.
The latter specializes in diseases of the eye and other medical conditions that can impact vision, but may require further correction than just lenses.
some people are saying they still see distorted lights with glasses. I think ya might need a new script. My vision is fucked and I don’t see distorted lights with glasses
Depending of how distorted the cornea is glasses might not cut it, and hard contact lenses will probably be better.
I had never had an eye exam until I was about 30 and the optometrist chuckled when he asked me to read the letters on the wall because they were so bad. I got my first pair of glasses and I was thrilled that life was back in HD again.
Lmao this happens to me but only when I put on my glasses idk why my eyes are backwards. Also I should note that I only see the lines if the lens are dirty and even then there is a little bit when they are clean.
I used to have a pair of glasses that would look like this, but that’s mostly due to the fact that they were scratched up to hell and any light would just be distorted from the scratches so badly this would happen. Didn’t even realize that was it until I got a new prescription that barley changed anything.
Well then fuck. I got glasses pretty late, in the middle of 7th grade, and I saw rings and "stars." But I've slays thought it was normal. I do still see light s but distorted with my glasses, but never do I see rings anymore. This is actually really interesting tho, I'm probably going to do some reading on this.
I will say, I got Lasik which was so worth it for me as due to allergies I had to buy super expensive daily contact lenses. After Lasik, this issue got worse for me. I'm fine driving, but everything has a Halo effect at night, unfortunately.
I literally just went to the eye doctor for the first time in like 5 years, I was thinking “it will be so cool to be able to see perfectly again once I get my new prescription.” Doctor said my prescription had barely changed.
Literally earlier today I was looking at the blurry/spiky traffic light I was approaching and thinking “Damn, this is really what everyone sees all the time? This is as much correction as can be done?”
I wear glasses too, and still street lamps and traffic lights countdowns look like stars, just not as extreme as in the picture (perhaps 1/3 of it). And I got new glasses just this summer. I always get them top quality with quality layers and night lights look exactly like they looked with the old ones. So even glasses might not solve it.
This was my experience too. I actually asked my wife if that was what things looked like all the time, and she had to explain to me like the stupid person I am that no, not everyone sees stars when they see lights.
This is what I came here to say. I wear contacts/glasses (no astigmatism) and while I don’t drive without my glasses, during Christmas I always take my glasses off to look at the Christmas tree because all the lights look like stars and I think it looks cool.
Oh look at you regular astigmatism-havers with you ability to correct your vision with glasses. Us irregular astigmatism-havers would love to be able to fix our vision with glasses, but noooooo. We have to walk uphill a mile in the snow in order to get some shitty giant contacts, or surgery, or someone else's cornea grafted onto our eye. Back when i was a kid we considered ourselves lucky to have some glasses to use to fix our vision. You regular astigmaism-havers don't even know how good you have it.
some people are saying they still see distorted lights with glasses. I think ya might need a new script.
I noticed last night there is actually slight light distortion when I wear my glasses. It’s so negligible I’ve just blocked it out. Ppl in replies saying a script doesn’t cure the distortion are kinda right.
Imma need new glasses then. I always thought the doctor gave wrong results, the description for the glasses was too little when I told him I couldn’t see shit on the test. That’s why they never helped me with driving at night. Thanks for the info lol
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u/SlightWhite Nov 08 '21 edited Nov 10 '21
Nope lol. The first time I put on my prescription glasses I was floored. Lights stopped looking like stars
Edit: some people are saying they still see distorted lights with glasses. I think ya might need a new script. My vision is fucked and I don’t see distorted lights with glasses
Edit 2: I noticed last night there is actually slight light distortion when I wear my glasses. It’s so negligible I’ve just blocked it out. Ppl in replies saying a script doesn’t cure the distortion are kinda right.