Buy Prescription Sunglasses For Great Outdoor Eye Protection

By Ashlee Dalonzo

Prescription sunglasses are a logical choice for anyone that must wear prescription glasses when you must go outside.

We have all heard the warnings that UV radiation causes cataracts, a growth that can cover the lens of the eye and cause significant vision loss. While cataracts can be surgically remove, why not protect your eyes so that you do not have to have this surgery on the delicate eye?

Persons that are near sighted or have astigmatism will want prescription sunglasses when they drive their car. If you only have reading glasses, you may be fine with normal sunglasses for driving. Either way, you will want some kind of sun glasses in order to keep the glare of the sun from blinding you as you drive.

Prescription sunglasses are made with lenses that are just like those in your regular clear glasses. Before those lenses are installed into the eyeglass frames, they are dipped into a tinting solution that gives them color. The length of time in the solution determines the darkness of the lenses. Persons that are extremely sensitive to light will want to have their lenses tinted to a darker shade. This will block more light.

If you have only worn over the counter sunglasses in the past, you will be shocked at the quality of the lenses in prescription sunglasses. These glasses have optical quality lenses. They do not distort like cheap sunglasses or clip on sunglasses. This means that you are actually seeing things as they are, not distorted like you have been seeing them through your cheap drugstore sunglasses.

Persons that normally wear bi-focal glasses sometimes only need single vision sunglasses. The choice will be with regard to your use of the glasses. If they are just for driving, then you do not need the readers added. However, if you are the type that likes to lounge in the sun while reading a book or magazine, you will find that you prefer the bi-focal sunglasses so that you can focus on the text in your book.

Some optical shops will offer discounts to persons ordering more than one pair of glasses. A second pair can be made into sunglasses through the tinting process. When cost is a concern, you may want to wait a few months in between ordering glasses and sunglasses. Most prescriptions are good for up to a year, allowing you to order at a later date and keep your expenses more evenly spaced. - 29959

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