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==Buying glasses== | ==Buying glasses== | ||
====Where should I buy glasses online?==== | ====Where should I buy glasses online?==== | ||
See [[ | See [[:Category:Lens seller]]. | ||
Blog post: [https://endmyopia.org/best-place-buy-glasses-online/ Where Is The Best Place To Buy Glasses Online?] | Blog post: [https://endmyopia.org/best-place-buy-glasses-online/ Where Is The Best Place To Buy Glasses Online?] | ||
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Blog post: [https://endmyopia.org/eye-uses-chromatic-aberration-to-guide-axial-change/ Polycarbonate Lenses – Bad For Your Eyes?] | Blog post: [https://endmyopia.org/eye-uses-chromatic-aberration-to-guide-axial-change/ Polycarbonate Lenses – Bad For Your Eyes?] | ||
==How do I read my prescription?== | |||
See the [[Guide:Reading_glasses_prescriptions|Wiki guide to reading glasses prescriptions]] | |||
==How do I measure my PD? (pupillary distance)== | ==How do I measure my PD? (pupillary distance)== | ||
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I’ll show you how you can measure your own eyesight, and explain exactly what causes the headaches, in this post: https://endmyopia.org/headaches-because-of-glasses-the-fix-might-be-simple/}} | I’ll show you how you can measure your own eyesight, and explain exactly what causes the headaches, in this post: https://endmyopia.org/headaches-because-of-glasses-the-fix-might-be-simple/}} | ||
==My glasses are too thick and heavy, what do do?== | |||
You probably have high or severe myopia. See the [[severe myopia]] page for guidance on selecting lighter-weight glasses. | |||
==Test lens kits== | ==Test lens kits== | ||
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===Where can I buy an optometrist test lens kit?=== | ===Where can I buy an optometrist test lens kit?=== | ||
{{jake says|If you want to check your prescription strength needs at home, you probably want a test lens kit. While this isn’t completely necessary for most people, you might opt to invest in a test lens kit for yourself. | |||
There are a lot of places to buy test lens kits. They range from a few hundred dollars to thousands, depending on the quality and the sales outlet. | |||
Here is an article on what to look out for, and suggestions on where to look for kits as cheap as USD100: https://endmyopia.org/where-to-buy-a-test-lens-kit/}} | |||
==Plus lenses== | ==Plus lenses== | ||
===How do plus lenses work?=== | ===How do plus lenses work?=== | ||
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As always, don’t go monkeying with lenses, unless you really know what you’re doing. An open minded (and actual science minded) optometrist is always a potentially handy guide in this process. | As always, don’t go monkeying with lenses, unless you really know what you’re doing. An open minded (and actual science minded) optometrist is always a potentially handy guide in this process. | ||
Semi-related, some thoughts on | Semi-related, some thoughts on "plus lens therapy": {{#ev:youtube|X4k30dbjSc0|300|inline}} | ||
For those who get all huffy when I poke at plus lens therapy: It’s all not to say that plus lenses are bad. It’s just potentially misleading to refer to a focal plane stimulus based approach by a specific lens type. Great way to confuse people, and it’s also far too lens-centric of a thought process to make me feel comfortable. What helps your eyesight is strain reduction and positive stimulus. The kind of lens you may or may not need for this, secondary (and different for one person to the next).}} | ''For those who get all huffy when I poke at plus lens therapy: It’s all not to say that plus lenses are bad. It’s just potentially misleading to refer to a focal plane stimulus based approach by a specific lens type. Great way to confuse people, and it’s also far too lens-centric of a thought process to make me feel comfortable. What helps your eyesight is strain reduction and positive stimulus. The kind of lens you may or may not need for this, secondary (and different for one person to the next).''}} | ||
==Diopters== | ==Diopters== | ||