Q. Can you really get your glasses in the same day?
A. Yes, actually in about an hour.
Q. What all do I need to get my glasses in an hour?
A. All that is required is a current signed prescription from your eye doctor.
Q. Do I need an appointment?
A. No, just come in whenever it is convenient for you.
Q. What is an optician?
A. An optician is a licensed individual who can fabricate and dispense eyeglasses. They are highly skilled in optics and understand how lenses work and interact with your eyes.
Q. What is the difference between an optometrist and an ophthamologist?
A. Optometrists (O.D.s) are trained and licensed to do eye exams and treat routine eye disease. Ophthamologists (M.D.s or D.O.s) are trained surgeons and licensed to diagnose and treat all bodily diseases, not just the eyes. They are also trained eye specialist, and treat very complicated eye diseases and can perform surgery including laser.
Q. Is there a product available that helps with night driving and headlight glare?
A. Yes. Lenses can be coated with an anti-reflective coating that helps reduce glare. The coating also reduces eye strain and allows more light to enter the eye.
Q. How fast do Transition lenses get dark?
A. A Transition lens takes about thirty seconds to activate in the sun. They turn as dark as a normal pair of sunglasses yet, change to clear once indoors.
Q. What is the best sunglass lens?
A. The healthiest sunglass lens on the market today would be the Polarized lens. They reduce outdoor haze and glare, filter out harmful ultra violet light, and increase visibility.
Q. Can a doctor check my eyes at LensMasters?
A. No, we currently do not have a doctor on site to do eye exams. See your doctor, then see us for glasses in about an hour.
Q. Do you sell contact lenses?
A. No. We strictly make eyeglasses.
Q. I was recently told that my $10 pair of sunglasses with 100% UV protection is not protecting my eyes like my old (lost) pair of Oakley's with 100% UV protection. What is your opinion?
A. If your $10 sunglasses were marked 100% UV protection we have to assume that they filter out 100% of the harmful ultra violet rays, and they probably do. This can be verified very easily here at LensMasters with our digital UV Spectrometer. The optical clarity of your $10.00 pair of sunglasses cannot compare to your old lost pair of Oakleys. In sunglasses, you really do get what you pay for, and in your case you got a $10.00 pair of sunwear in hopes of getting the benefits of your old Oakleys. In sunglasses you really need to consider Clarity, Prism, and Refraction in addition to Ultra Violet Protection. Clarity is compromised with cheaper sunglasses as images blur as distances increase. In cheaper sunglasses light is bent in different directions, causing a prismatic effect making your brain work harder putting the images together. Also cheaper sunglasses sometimes have poor refractive values which magnify images and result in visual distortion.
Q. I wear glasses and I am looking for something that will “disappear”. What do you suggest?
A. Try the new rimless styles. There are several thin, lightweight, titanium mountings with very minimal appearance that virtually blend in with your face.
Q. My prescription is really high, and my lenses are always real thick. What can I do to make my glasses look better?
A. High index lens materials will reduce the thickness of the lens, and aspheric grinding can make the lens more attractive, while reducing some of the distortions caused by thick lenses and giving you better vision.
Q. How can I tell which shape frames look really good on me?
A. A frame should contrast with your face shape. If your face is full and round, your frame should be more angular such as a rectangular or square shape. If your face is mostly angular, your frame should be more curved like a oval or round shape.
Q. What does it mean to have astigmatism?
A. In astigmatism, the eye's surface is shaped somewhat like a football (more oval), rather than like a baseball (round). Astigmatism causes the eye to focus on objects in two planes, only one of which is able to focus on the retina. In this case, out-of-round cylindrical lenses, opposite in design to those of the astigmatic eye, are prescribed to "neutralize" the defect.
Q. What is presbyopia?
A. Presbyopia is a vision condition in which your eyes have difficulty focusing on close objects due to a loss of flexibility in the crystalline lens of the eye. Due to the aging process as we get older, the lens can lose some of its elasticity and its ability to focus.
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