Selecting Glasses

Well-designed frames
and lenses help camouflage
an artificial eye and at
the same time provide
protection for the
natural eye.

When selecting glasses:

 

 

1.  Stay within the fashion trends of the day. Odd looking or old fashioned glasses draw attention to the eyes.
This is what we are trying to avoid.

2.  Choose high impact safety lenses and frames.

3.  Choose transition lenses (They will help mask differences in pupil size - especially If you have light coloured eyes).

4.  Discuss the pros and cons of reflective, non-reflective and tinted lenses with patients, bearing in mind that the main camouflage effect of glasses is achieved through light reflecting off the surface of the lenses.

5.   Where there is a pronounced superior eyelid sulcus, choose larger glasses to help hide the deformity.

6.  Glasses with broad side arms will provide more cover than narrow side arms (again, within the boundaries of current fashions).

7.  Try to ensure the side arms are placed high up relative to the frame - you don't want the good eye to be blinkered when looking sideways.

7.  Use the same prescription for your lenses as if the patient can see out of both eyes, except::
     a.  If the artificial eye is smaller than the natural eye, the patient may benefit from lenses that magnify the
          anophthalmic side slightly more than the natural side.
     b.  Conversely, slightly less magnification will reduce the apparent size of the artificial eye if it is too large.

 

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