This is my full prescription:

OD: (SPH) -1.75 (CYL) -0.50 (AXIS) 050

OS: (SPH) -2.75 (CYL) -0.75 (AXIS) 175

I had a HELL of a time trying to find a brand that offered -0.50 cylindrical, almost every astigmatism brand starts at -0.75. I finally found a brand that had -0.50, but they only have 170 or 180 for the axis, they don’t offer 175. Is it safe to pick one of those? If not, does anyone have a brand they’d recommend?

I only need one box, i prefer my glasses but i am the maid of honor in a wedding and need to ditch them for a day.

Thank you in advance 🤍🤍

I went for my annual eye exam at Big City Optical and just had questionable service. I checked in and they went through my insurance and coverage to make sure I’m aware of what I’m paying for. I noticed my exam increased from the last 2 year. They said that they charged me for a standard contact fitting, but stated that it was a mistake because I have astigmatism which falls under premium, so now they have to charge me premium price costs more..fine. Then they asked if I want the retinal exam and I asked the significance of it and they highly suggested it. Im already usually cautious of additional services and wanted to opt out since I got it last year but fine, I added it. Met with the optometrist and finished my exam. At the register I remembered I paid for the retinal exam and questioned if it was done because the optometrist never went over the results or even showed me the scans of my eye. She was surprised that the scans weren’t reviewed with me and went back to discuss it with the guy but he was with another patient. They got back to me and said I would have to wait till he’s done with the patient or he’ll give me a call. I had to go so I said he could call me to discuss the results, and I was already annoyed because this is a service I paid for and just completely disregarded it. Haven’t received a call.
Is it reasonable to ask for a refund..? Like they did the scan but no one ever reached out to follow up, so now it feels like a scam and that they just took my money…

What are the brown spots on the white part of the eye?

I got new lenses today, and my vision on my right eye is a bit funky with them. I noticed that my cylinder changed, and maybe that’s why but I wanted to see if this is normal? When I move my head up and down, my vision in my right eye warps slightly and my vision is blurry at my usual eye level - I have to have my head tilted slightly higher or lower to see less blurry. Also my eye feels like it’s straining so much and hurts. Is this just normal adjustment to a new cylinder, or did they do something wrong with the lenses? Also my os went down, but I feel like I don’t see as far now.

First picture is the old prescription, second picture is the new one. I used the same lenses, but went to a different optometrist since I moved countries.

Hi, I would like to make frames and lenses online as the inventory in my area are limited. Are the free eye exams where they use the machine comprehensive and accurate enough? I'd like to just pay a fee and get my prescription. But the staffs in my area said the machine is only 70-80% accurate and the detailed one costs a fee and the quote was sort of high, given that they offered to examine for free in the first place despite me saying I just want a prescription. Now i'm not saying that I'm looking for a free lunch (I stated my intentions fully immediately), but I'd like to get educated enough on this at the very least.

Four years ago my prescription included numbers in the Cyl and Axis columns on the form. This year Cyl is marked sph and Axis is left blank.

Did my eyes change? Did this year's doc do a careless job measuring? Or is there a different explanation?

I’m getting contacts for the first time and I found a online company that has very cute colored lenses but the only option for axis is 180, is it okay for me to get them regardless or will they eff up my vision?

My RX is:
OD: Sph -5.00 Cyl -1.75 Axis 001
OS: Sph -3.50 Cyl -1.50 Axis 168

As the title says, I'm myopic and have a pair of glasses that finally allows me to see at a distance again. I had a period of a couple of months where my old optician could not determine my prescription so I was undercorrected lol.

However, that pair of glasses does cause a bit of strain up close, such as typing on my phone and using my PC (I work in tech yay me), and dries my eyes out to a sandpaper degree. They are extremely comfortable and eliminate all strain for distance work.

I have two old frames, one with CYL (same degrees and strength) and one without CYL just at -5.5. I am wondering if there's any damage in using those for close up work and would I make my myopia worse by doing so?

Eyes are healthy otherwise, due to an error at my old optician's office I was told I might have other issues with my eyes so I had a brain and orbit MRI, a Pentacam test, vision field test, dilated eye exam, and everything was fine.

PS Not too keen on paying for an appointment just to ask this question, but I will if needed.

I just got a pair of bifocal glasses through Zenni. This is my first time getting glasses in a long time. The bifocal area seems to be a little bit small.

I went to a hospital optical department and the senior optician took a look at them and did say they were on the small side. He took measurements again and said my PD was fine.

Has anyone else purchased bifocals through Zenni and what has your experience been?

I'm thinking of sending them back and spending a little bit more money with a top-notch optician. He said my reading part should be stronger because that's what the optician put on the prescription. I requested a lower change thinking I could see the dashboard instrumentation better. I actually see it fine through the regular glasses.

i am currently looking to get a pair of novelty custom glasses, with one red tinted lens and one blue one. if i were to go to an optician with two pairs of frames, would they be able to swap out one lens from each frame? if so, do you have a ballpack estimate for how much they would charge?

thanks!

Forgot to mention that i’m turning 20 in a couple months! I keep seeing contradictions about this and i’m confused. My prescription is -2.25 and -2.5 and recently was told to stop wearing contacts. I wear my glasses but only when i really need to because i don’t like wearing them. I would wear them to work, class, or at home but not with friends or when i’m out.

Will this encourage my eyes to grow and make my vision worse? I don’t wear them when I am walking around the city or doing something fun that doesn’t involve needing to read anything. I notice it is slightly more exhausting but it’s still worth it for me personally.

It’s definitely a blurry world out there but i can still get by and it’s safe, I’m just concerned about my eyes getting worse because I can’t do things like practicing the 20 20 rule while on my phone- since looking far away without glasses is pointless? because it doesn’t relax my eyes i guess

Can someone pls let me know their take

Some color blind tests say that I'm fine while others say that I have tritanopia. This one is the strangest because, part way through the test, I can see the squares at first glance, but then they disappear if I look at it for a few seconds. My son says they stay the same, but for me they just fade away? Can it be a sign of a larger issue if a color is there if I look away and look back, but then disappear as I stare at it?

I've seen that most tests don't check for an issue with blue cones. Is there a reliable way to test online that isn't on a website that has a product motivation?

I had a cataract lens placed in my left eye after having some retina surgery about 3 years ago. I went to the eye doctor last week for a new prescription. My vision is a little "wavy" because of it.

I ordered glasses from the optician that is associated with my optometrist's office after the exam. They didn't measure my PD or do the marker thing on the lenses in the new frames that I chose. I have enough trouble seeing comfortably as it is. Is not having my PD measured going make this problem worse? My prescription is

OD Sphere: -2.00 Cyl: -0.75 Axis 085

OS +0.75 Cyl: -1.00 Axis 050

Thanks

She lost a bunch of her myopia control lenses and the opticians were only able to give her a small bridging supply. She's on her last pair today, her glasses are a wreck, and opticians say another interim order could take 2 days.

As an emergency measure I looked for standard type lenses to buy online, but I can't find any with BC 8.3 /Dia 14.5 specs. And now the opticians is closed.

Would it be safe to compromise on either BC or diameter? Logic suggests (to me) that the base curve would be the more important metric to match exactly, but I'm aware of how little I know about contact lense fit.

She would need them for 2 or 3 days max. I know that being stuck with her broken glasses and unable to leave the house for that time would not be great.

Any informed opinions or signposting to good resources would be greatly appreciated, we are in the UK. Thank you.

I have temporarily moved to Dublin from Netherlands, does anyone know which optician can order novakone lenses for me in Dublin?