Eyewear Explainers

Progressive glasses are typically prescribed to individuals who have difficulty seeing both near and far. This condition is known as presbyopia and it usually occurs as people age. Presbyopia is a natural part of the aging process and typically begins to develop around the age of 40. If you find yourself holding things further away to read or switching glasses frequently, you may be a candidate for progressive glasses.

Reading glasses can help to see your phone clearly. But then your computer screen gets blurry and you can't see the person approaching your desk unless you take them off - or worse - slide them down your nose so you can peer over the top of the frames.  Extended Vision™ reading glasses are custom-made computer glasses that are optimized for the most comfortable vision for your up-close and middle-distance vision zones - producing a seamless, clear view of everything from 6 inches to 6 feet with our EV6, or up to 20 feet with our EV20, or wherever you need to see with our EVinfinity.

Photochromic lenses are eyeglass lenses that darken when exposed to UV light. They present a very wearable option for people who don’t want to have to switch between sunglasses and glasses. In this article, we’ll explore the history and technology behind photochromic lenses to answer your questions before you buy.

We're often asked the question? "Do I need single-vision or progressive glasses?"  Many times, your eye doctor will have told you which type of glasses you should be wearing for your vision needs But more commonly, our customers just have their prescription, or script, which has a bunch of odd looking industry terms and confusing numbers that make little sense to most.

Have you thought about your prescription lenses as specific tools in your toolbox that can help you to see better - and more comfortably - in specific situations?  Have you thought about building a quiver of prescription eyewear that is customized and optimized to help you achieve your peak performance when you are doing the myriad different tasks you do all day (and all night)? 

Progressive lenses (also known as "no-line bifocals") are an amazing multi-focal invention that literally has different zones in the lens to help your eyes to see clearly into the far distance, up close to read your phone or tablet, and a transitional zone in the middle of the lens that allows you to focus on anything in between.

Many people come to L&F and ask us whether or not they need progressive lenses in their eyeglasses. And why. Thus we thought we'd take a moment here to explain what progressive lenses are and how they can help you see clearly throughout your day.

Lens & Frame Co. is excited to offer a new Anti-Fog lens coating that is formulated to create a protective barrier bonded directly to your lenses that prevents fog from forming.

Disinfecting your eyeglasses and sunglasses is easy to do. In addition to seeing clearly through lenses that are free of smudges and fingerprints, nowadays we are doing everything we can to reduce the risk of germs on whatever we touch - especially anything near our eyes.  

Nearly 75% of the American population requires some form of vision correction.  The medical profession catalogs the most common conditions as myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism.  Let’s take a moment to learn about how our eyes work to focus clearly, and how prescription lenses can help to correct these common refractive errors.