Silhouette Rimless 5541 TMA The Icon II
Silhouette Rimless 5541 TMA The Icon II is an example of an innovative rimless frame structure. The unhinged temple is gently rounded to match the shape of the head for a comfortable, safe fit. Made from not heavy, hypoallergenic titanium, the glasses are strong enough to embrace the most active lifestyle while maintaining a stylish look.
Types of Optical Frame Glasses
The full-frame glasses have good strength, suitable for athletes and children to wear because the lens is completely protected by the lens ring. They are suitable for a variety of refractive parameters of the lens. The upper part of the lens ring is made of metal or plastic materials. The lower half of the lens ring is made of a very fine nylon wire like the lower part of the lens ring. Rimless glasses are lighter than full-frame glasses. Rimless glasses can be divided into parts type and integral type. The part type consists of a nose bridge (together with the nose pad) and two temples. The combination glasses are divided into two parts. Usually, the front group is equipped with colored lenses, and the rear group is equipped with lenses for correcting refractive errors. The folding glasses can usually be folded at the bridge of the nose and the temple to reduce the space when stored or carried and are mostly used for making reading glasses.
What are the functions of anti-blue glasses?
The myopia of young people is getting worse every year, and the main factor that causes myopia in young people is the high-energy blue light of mobile phones and computers. Children’s lenses are clearer and more transparent than adults and have a weaker effect of blocking and filtering the blue light of electronic products. The blue light transmittance of their lenses is several times higher than that of adults so there is more blue light penetrates the lens to reach the retina. Therefore, the damage caused by blue light to children's eyes is much more serious than that of adults. Naturally, be careful with blue light. When the child is facing the screen of the mobile phone and computer, wearing anti-blue glasses can more or less reduce the blue light and reduce the blue light energy. The blue light energy that enters the retina is not so much so strong, and naturally, it will not damage the pigment epithelial cells and photoreceptor cells on the retina, thus protecting the child's eyes.
The main function of anti-blue glasses is to relieve eye fatigue, reduce retinal damage, prevent myopia from deepening, and reduce the incidence of special eye diseases such as macular degeneration and cataracts. According to your own situation, if you are really looking at the phone and computer screen for a long time, wearing anti-blue glasses is better. Usually, pay more attention to the habit of using your eyes, rest your eyes appropriately, and play less with mobile phones and computers.
Is blue light blocking worth it?
There are two main problems with anti-blue glasses currently on the market. One is that the place to be prevented is not preventable, and the other is that people have color casts due to wrong protection and aggravate visual fatigue. Studies have shown that our eyes are the most intolerant of blue light in the 400-440 nanometer band. Therefore, current manufacturers mainly block blue light in this band when producing anti-blue glasses. However, the blue waveband of electronic products is between 450 nanometers and 490 nanometers, so most anti-blue glasses have little protection in this waveband. In addition, the blocking rate of anti-blue glasses is 20%~30% to achieve a good anti-blue light effect, but now the blocking rate of anti-blue glasses on the market has basically reached 80%~90%. All in all, these blocking blue light glasses cannot prevent the blue light in the 450-490 nanometer band, and their high blocking rate will also cause a color shift, which makes people more likely to have eye fatigue and headache.
In daily life, the intensity of blue light is low, not enough to cause damage to the fundus, so ordinary people do not need to wear anti-blue glasses unless they are working in extremely strong light conditions or working in special environments. To protect the eyes, it is more important for people to develop good eye habits. For example, wear a pair of suitable glasses and read insufficient light and at an appropriate distance. Avoid using electronic products for a long time. Take a break for 20 to 30 seconds every 20 to 30 minutes, and look at the distance regularly. If you have dry eyes while reading the electronic screen, remember to blink to 12 times per minute. It is best to wear sunglasses when outdoors.
Are progressive lenses expensive?
The PAL tends to be more expensive than other lenses because you are definitely combining three lenses into one. Digital PAL is more expensive, but they are more personalized and specific to your size. This is key to providing the best visual experience. The cost of progressive lenses depends on several factors, including your prescription, the brand of glasses you choose, and other factors. However, you must remember that one progressive lens can replace multiple pairs of glasses, which can save you money in the long run. The price of progressive multi-focus glasses is different with different styles and different brands, from more than a hundred to thousands of yuan. We must choose according to our own economic situation.
Qualified Optical Shop
Qualified opticians are determined not to sell substandard glasses. It is not recommended to keep the lens frames unless the same type can be found. If not, customers will be told directly that the data is likely to change. Optical shops using imported edge grinding machines can better ensure the accuracy of the data of the glasses. The processing engineer must pass a strict examination before he will process glasses for customers. And each pair of glasses needs another person to check, and then pass to the customer to wear. When customers take glasses, they should be informed of the correct steps for cleaning glasses.
The design evolution of progressive lenses
Spherical and aspheric designs
The design of the front surface of the far-use area of the early progressive lens is similar to that of the ordinary spherical single vision lenses, so it is called a spherical progressive lens. Since 1974, the front surface of the far-use region of the lens is designed to be aspheric by designers, which not only reduces the peripheral aberration but makes the lens thinner, lighter, and less powerful.
Hard and soft design
For hard design, the channel is short, and the gradient is large. The near-use area position is high. The effective visual area of remote and near-use areas was larger. Peripheral astigmatism is relatively concentrated. Because surrounding astigmatism increases rapidly and the distribution is dense, the curve effect is more obvious. The gradient area is narrow. It is more difficult and takes longer for wearers to adapt.
Lenses with soft designs have slower gradients, longer gradients, and wider gradients. The angle of rotation of the eye from the far area to the near area is greater. It's easier to get used to. Compared with the hard design, the effective visual area of the far and near use areas is smaller, and the location of the near use area is lower.
Single, diverse, and individualized design
Initially, the progressive lenses used a single design, in which each basic curve was scaled equally and a luminosity combination was added within the range of its semi-finished lens blanks. The steepest base curve uses the same lens design as the flattest base curve. Lenses designers quickly realized that the overall performance of the lens could be improved by microcustomizing the lens design, leading to progressive lenses with multiple designs. This kind of design is called diverse design. By the mid-1990s, there was the emergence of individualized lens designs. In addition to using different gradients, these first individualized lens designs used steeper baseline curves with a slightly larger approach area to compensate for increased magnification and reduced field of view.
Symmetrical and asymmetric design
There is no difference between the left and right eyes in the symmetrical design of progressive lenses. As the eyes turn inward when they see near objects, the gradual gradient area gradually tilts to the nasal side from top to bottom, so the left/right progressive lenses should be rotated clockwise/counterclockwise respectively during processing. An asymptotic lens with left and right eye divisions is called an asymmetric design. The gradient is gradually and moderately inclined to the nasal side from top to bottom. The refractive force, astigmatism, and vertical prism of the two sides of the left and right gradient of the asymmetric design lenses are basically similar. At the same time, considering the characteristics of eye movement parameters in binocular vision, the peripheral aberrations of the corresponding positions of the left and right lenses were appropriately balanced to improve the visual effect of the wearer.
