First you noticed labels in the kitchen were harder to read. Menus under subdued restaurant lighting were impossible to see. You had to hold books further away to see clearly. Your meals have started taking on an artistic soft focus appearance.
Of course – you’d reached that point.
You needed reading glasses. The perfect solution… or so you thought.
Reading glasses are brilliant at one thing, close work.
But, life isn’t lived at one distance. You look up from your book to greet a friend, but even standing close they aren’t in sharp focus. In the office the computer is not as clear as your phone, and your colleagues are a blur across the room. Let’s not mention how often you lose them…
Technically yes, but it won’t feel comfortable. This can be a particular problem if you spend a lot of time using screens. Reading glasses aren’t designed to be the best glasses for computer work, and may often become a frustration during your working day.
Reading glasses are single-purpose lenses in a multi-distance world. They work well when you sit and read. But if you need to see at mid or far distance, things may look blurry. You might not need better reading glasses; you might need a different type of lense.
Experiencing problems with vision often leads people to ask, is there an alternative to reading glasses? You start getting recommendations from friends to try varifocals, but they wear glasses all the time to help with distance too. But, what if you don’t struggle with distance at all. What if watching TV is fine and driving is easy?
But when you use screens, read, or talk to a colleague across the room, things get fuzzy?
Then it is near and middle distance that it is the problem, which means varifocals might not be the answer. You might need something different.
Why not try occupational lenses, also known as office lenses? (H2)
There is an alternative to varifocal and single vision reading glasses. One that fills in the middle distance gap that you need. Occupational lenses help you see at intermediate (middle) distances. They reduce eye strain, especially if you use a computer screen often.
Think of office lenses as an enhanced near-vision lens. But with theadded bonus of being able to see when you look up across a room. They are not a varifocal – they don#t allow you to see in the far distance, but because they don’t include distance correction, there is more room on the lens for the area that allows you to see the middle distance – it’s wider and more comfortable. This makes them perfect for:
Occupational lenses aren’t just stronger reading glasses. They are a smarter design. Instead of juggling reading glasses and computer glasses, and constantly pushing them onto your head, one good pair can solve your problems.
Occupational lenses are often the lens you didn’t know you needed.
Bonus, you need fewer pairs!
Because you can keep your glasses on all day, you can actually go down to one pair. They’ll last longer because you aren’t constantly taking them off, so there is less wear and tear. This means you can invest in one or two really beautiful frames that really feel like you.
Your glasses frame your face, they influence first impressions and they show off your personality. The frames, lens solution and styling solution should work in harmony together, as well as giving you sharp and focussed vision, exactly where you need it.
You can also tell smugly all your varifocal loving friends that you have found a solution that would work beautifully for them too.
Are Occupational Lenses Right for You?
If you are confused about lens options, and find yourself asking:
Then, the answer is that it depends on quite a few different factors. Such as:
A personalised styling and lens consultation allows us to explore of that properly. Not just your prescription, but your lifestyle and your aesthetic.
The right lenses should make life simpler, and vision sharper at all distances you need.
Get in touch today to book your styling appointment.
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