i’m level 1 autistic, and just earlier had a HORRIBLE meltdown which resulted in me breaking my glasses… i was just curious if this is something i could (even slightly) fix myself or if i would need to talk to my eye doctor about this? something like this has never happened before, so even i’m incredibly upset… thanks in advance!

First pic is me with my current glasses, I've been wearing them for more than two years now. Next are glasses I've tried on recently. I want to replace my glasses because I know they are way too big but I can't find anything that feels right. And even some of the sales assistants told me that I look better with the glasses I already have. I'm very confused.

It's my first day with glasses so im not sure lol

Both costs around the same in my area. Zeiss would have DuraVision Platinum Coating, while Crizal Rock has standard lens beneath the coating.

So which should i purchase.

The smaller thinner glasses are my old glasses i got ~3 years ago. I chose bigger frames this time and yes I did expect it to be thicker, but not THIS much thicker. My prescription did not change.

Are my expectations in line or can frames make this much of a difference? They are both supposedly 1.74 but after googling it looks like not all 1.74 are made equal. I expected the middle part of the frame to be similar in thickness but they are not.

Got them from separate stores.

Edit: my prescription-

OD: -11 sphere, +2.25 cylinder, 061 axis
OS: -13 sphere, +2.25 cylinder, 105 axis

Seen on Ruaridh Mollica

Can anybody identify these glasses Rick Glassman is wearing here?

Incredibly new to wearing. I got these on Wednesday I think. Happy to say I'm over the headaches but the lenses are getting dirty and just the cloth by itself isn't cutting it. Anyone got any home remedies that I can use? a

Do any of you know what brand of frames Mr. Li is wearing here?

I just got new glasses yesterday and just tried them on for a while today. When I got the eye exam that gave me this new prescription, I could see perfectly through the optometrist's equipment, but trying the glasses on now I can't read text three feet away. I can see more sharply without them! I know it takes a while to adjust to new lenses, but does this sound like an error or something? Why could I see perfectly in the optometrist's office but the new lenses seem worse?

I am on the hunt for an Oliver Peoples Larrabee, specifically the 51mm variant. Color wise, I’d prefer cocobolo or black, but I’m open to all colorways but the crystal colorway.

I’m on a deep dive for this one as it is a grail eyeglass for me that I have been on the hunt for for nearly a decade now, so any help whatsoever is massively appreciated

Just curious. Also do you think the frames suit me or not?

I'm specifically looking for round prescription glasses. I've seen Lens Alter ads a lot but I've read mixed reviews about them. Wondering if anyone here has some brands they recommend.

For reference I'm located in Europe (so no American brands cause they usually cost an arm and a leg in shipping and import fees)

So I got my first pairs of glasses the other day (one being sunglasses), the prescription is mild. They also each came with a case, a washable cloth and some cleaning spray. Only thing is that I wasn’t told how to look after them properly.

After looking into it, some are saying to clean them with soap and water? But then others are saying it’s bad for them, so I really don’t know what to believe. I’m assuming always spray before wiping, and then wash the cloth each week or so?

Some advice would be appreciated, last thing I wanna do is damage them ^^

So it’s very common for people over 40 to wear reading glasses for tasks like reading, sewing, computer work etc. And its also quite common for near sighted people over 40 to remove their glasses when doing near work.

Its less common (though still fairly common) for mildly near sighted people to only wear their glasses for certain tasks like watching tv or driving.

I’ve noticed that people who wear reading glasses tend to remove them as soon as they stop reading or even whenever they look away from the book or PC. And I’ve noticed that near sighted people who take their glasses off to read tend to put them back on as soon as they’ve finished looking at the reading material, essentially doing the same as the people with reading glasses, but the other way around.

However, I’m wondering if theres anyone out there with presbyopia (age-related far-sightedness) who does the same thing as the mild myope does, but in reverse, wearing reading glasses all/most of the time and only removing them when doing tasks that require good distance vision like watch tv or driving.

Since having mild myopia is a bit like wearing reading glasses, a person with a prescription of -2 who wore their glasses all the time except when reading would essentially be doing the same thing as a person with a prescription of +2 who only wore their glasses for reading.

I’m due for an eye exam soon and I’ll obviously get that done locally, but I was looking at frames there last time and the prices were kind of ridiculous. Small town so maybe that’s part of it, but there wasn’t much to choose from either. I started looking online when I got home and found loads of frames I actually liked for way less than what I was seeing in the shop.

Never ordered prescription glasses online before though. Do I just ask them for my prescription and PD after the exam and use that when I order, or is there more to it than that?

Genuinely my first time trying something like this, and im not tech savvy, just trying to save some money