glasses

We provide high-quality eyeglasses from famous brands

We wear eyeglasses in a daily base, and because they nearly become a part of us, so as they add a personal touch to our looks, you must choose the best for you, by visiting us in Alwadani Optical Stores we will introduce you to a variety of comfortable options that pleases your taste, we provide all sizes of high durability glasses frames and the newest selections of international trademarks.

Choosing eyeglasses

Eyeglasses differ in looks and frames in different producing trademarks, always make sure to buy what you like and what is the most suitable for your case, enjoy your neat and attractive look by obtaining the best from our stores.

Tips for choosing the appropriate eyeglasses

The way to obtain a good looking and likeable eyeglasses is by considering both therapeutic and aesthetic sides, in the terms of matching your face shape and choosing the appropriate frame along with right lenses options, and some find:

Square face: the best choice for people with square faces is to pick a round and oval glasses.
Rounded Rectangle face: it better to choose a wide frame.
Round face: try a glasses frame with square corners.

Oval face: usually oval faces can wear different glasses frames without any restrictions, but try round transparent glasses frames.

How do I make sure my glasses fit comfortably?

Eyeglasses consist of frame and lenses that made from different materials with different properties, the frame fixes the eyeglass on the face by resting on ears and the top of the nose, always make sure that frame feels comfortable on nose and ears, and is not slipping down, if it is pressing even a little, it may cause headache, also avoid frames that cause skin fractions. The weight of your frames should feel equally balanced on both sides, the size of the frame determines the lenses sizes, thus affect the visual quality, so it is better to consult your optometrist which is best for your case.

Eyeglasses usage

The glasses are used to correct refractive errors like farsightedness, nearsightedness or astigmatism. The eyeglasses are considered the first vision correction method, and later then other alternatives become available like contact lenses, implanted contact lens or laser correction surgery, and throughout time eyeglasses varies in shapes and usage.

How do eyeglasses improve vision?

Eyeglasses work on correcting vision by bending reflected light rays in a way to reach retina perfectly, this done by when light rays pass from low-density air through a high-density transparent glass, or plastic, this is similar to what happens when you dip pencil into the water, which you notice that it is no longer looks straight.

Is it necessary to wear glasses all the time?

Some may feel discomfort or distress from wearing eye glasses all the time, so they neglect wearing it, thus cause other problems like headache, fatigue eyes, eye redness or feeling pain in eyes, not giving a full commitment to wearing eyeglasses is an issue that faces people especially children, but with parents efforts and encouragement, also after stressing the necessity of wearing, people can get used to wearing them.

Eyeglasses types

Eyeglasses are used to treat vision problems, by correcting reflected light rays course into the retina, glasses suits children the most as a method to treat vision issues, there a few types of eyeglasses including:

Single vision lenses: this type of spectacle lens works by correcting one distance, which may be near, far or intermediate.

Bifocal lenses: this type woks on correcting vision for both long and near distances in which the top section of the lens is for long-distance and the bottom works for near vision.

Progressive lenses: The lens of this type correct vision for far, intermediate and near viewing all distances one lens.

What are the types of spectacles lenses?

Eyeglasses function depend on their lenses and its made up materials, which there some types and each gives different features:

- Polycarbonate lens: this type has high impact resistance, also it protect eye 100% from UV lights.
- Trivex lens: is the most secure and best quality lens for eyeglasses in which it is thin, light weighed and has high durability
- Plastic lens: usually they place a scratch resistance layer on the lenses, it is light, durable and affordable.
- Aspheric lenses: These types have a special design that make the eyeglasses handle high degree of refractive errors and still looks thin.
- Photochromic: this lens becomes dark when it is exposed to the sun, so it protects from harmful sun rays.

How to take care of your eyeglasses?

In order to protect your eyeglasses lenses from getting broken or scratched, you should consider the following measures when you clean your eyeglasses:

Try not to use paper products to clean the lenses because this may cause scratches because papers are made of wood pulp.
Avoid touching the lenses, grab the eyeglass from it frame.
Do not use home cleaning products, there is a special cleaning solution for eyeglasses.

Avoid using cloth for wiping the lenses because this might cause harm to the lenses, use cleaning Tissues instead.

Eyeglasses features

There are different available shapes and trademarks that gives an attractive look.
Eyeglasses are a safe choice for everyone, adults and children.
They offer an accurate vision correction.
You can easily take care of your eyeglasses.
Eyeglasses are not likely to cause any side effects because they are not in a direct contact to the eyes.
Eyeglasses are available everywhere and they can easily change with any vision developments
Eyeglasses have the potential to protect eyes from any harmful strange objects that might accidentally hit your eyes.

Disadvantages of wearing eyeglasses

Some may hate to wear eyeglasses at the beginning, especially children.
It is hard to wear eyeglasses during sports and other hazardous occupations.
People find wearing eyeglasses uncomfortable (the lenses becomes cloudy wet or cold environment)
The eyeglasses are prone to fall, crash, or slip during sweating.
Fear of losing eyeglasses, it is hard to perform daily activates without it.

It difficult to use virtual reality.

Prescription eyeglasses

Sphere concave lens: they prescribe it for nearsightedness in which it is thick from two sides and thinner in the centre.

Convex lens: they prescribe this type to correct farsightedness in which it is thicker in the centre.

Cylindrical lens: this type is curved to correct the errors in the cornea that cause astigmatism

Convex lens and bifocals: these lenses refocus the imagery on the retina when people lose eyesight on near objects after the age of 40 years old.

The problem of a child rejecting glasses

Many children suffer from vision problems that make them need to wear eyeglasses in early age, but sometimes, children refuse to wear it, so these tips help to convince children to use them:

- Give the child the freedom to choose the eyeglasses he likes.
- Link eyeglasses with the child dear animation or social characters.
- Continues parents encouragement, and avoid any offensive comments.
- Ask for the child’s teacher support, and make sure that he is not getting harassments from his schoolmates.
- Consult a therapist in case if you fail to convince children to wear eyeglasses.

Reading Glasses

These glasses are designed to improve eyesight to read near objects like books laptops screen, and it helps to offset vision weakness that related to farsightedness after growing old, the lenses digress ranged between +1 to +4. Most people after the age of 40 years old will need to use these glasses at some point in their lifetime. It is advised to perform a regular eye exam to get the proper eyeglasses prescription in order to get reading glasses.