subject: What We Should Know About Prescription Eyeglasses? [print this page] There are a wide range of people worldwide who have benefited from prescription eyeglasses. But it is a pity that a lot of people do not know much about it. The following will give some introduction on prescription eyeglasses in order to help people to know more about it.
Once mentioning prescription eyeglasses, the first point we may wonder to know is where to get the prescription. Actually, we can have several ways to get it: we can have our prescription filled by our ophthalmologists or optometrists, and we can also get it from stores such as Lens Crafters, Sears Optical, Wal-Mart Optical and LC. Penney Optical for starters.
Then how can we get prescription eyeglasses? Before we get the prescription eyeglasses, we are required to take an eye exam first. The eye exam not only includes the tests for glaucoma and other eye diseases, but also sight tests in order to get which range of visual correction will be right for us. And then we can get the prescription eyeglasses based on our eye test result. So we can see the eye test is the basic step to get prescription eyeglasses.
Besides the above places to get prescription eyeglasses, we can also get it from online stores, such as Frames Direct or Zenni Direct as well as Peerless Optical and Go-Optic. From these online stores, we can choose different kinds of prescription eyeglasses according to our individual needs, for example, for different correction needs, we can choose regular, bifocal, trifocal or reading glasses. So if you like, you can get prescription and prescription eyeglasses from many places either online or offline.
And how long can we get our prescription eyeglasses? The answer can not be same, and actually it varies from one hour to more than two weeks. Why are there so big differences? It is mainly due to where we can get our prescription filled. Take Lens Crafters as an example, people can get their prescription eyeglasses almost in an hour, which can also be realized by many places. But for some places, we have to wait more than two weeks to get, so before we decide to get prescription eyeglasses, we had better to learn about the time to get it filled.
After we place the order, a trained and professional person will fit and adjust the eyeglasses according to our individual needs. And he will also tell us something about the eyeglass cleaning, care and some warranties. If we dont have a glass case, it is advised to get one in order to give our prescription eyeglasses proper protection.
