Friday, February 27, 2009

Have Your Glasses Fit Your Personality

By Amanda Somrekli

Reading glasses have come a long way since today's senior citizens started using them. Seniors are accustomed to buying bland styles of reading glasses at drug stores. But Baby Boomers have embraced readers in a way that could never have been anticipated. Boomers view them not simply as a vision aid but as items that help make fashion statements.

If you are not savvy to the names of such frames, all you need to remember is to choose reading glasses that will add width to the upper part of your face.

Lastly, you may have been blessed with a heart-shaped face. Your cheekbones are high and slopes steeply towards a very narrow chin. Your forehead also appears too wide.

But the truth is right in front of that mirror. Your face has a square shape. It is a formidable and powerful face. Your jaw is pronounced and your forehead is wide.

Third, check out the frames. Are they made of cheap plastic and painted alloys or are they made of optical-quality zyls and solid metals? Cheap plastics are more likely to show scratches and wear than better quality frames. And inexpensive materials tend to peel, flake and show their age before their time.

Cataracts are caused by a build up of protein on the lens of the eye. Over time, the lens turns milky white, and clouds vision. The lenses then need to be surgically replaced to restore vision.

Half-frames come in as many varieties and colors as the full frames. Styles as conventional as horn rims or cat-eyes and styles as modern as rimless frames. In fact, new reading glasses are of the kind that you can just fold them and slip them into your purse or briefcase or just your pocket.

With the huge variety of colors, shapes and materials available today your first shopping experience can be overwhelming. However, if you follow a few simple suggestions you should have no problem finding something just right.

When you need to hold a book at arms length to be able to read it comfortably or when working on a computer for long hours gives you a headache, it may be time to get yourself a pair of reading glasses.

Using this method you will take the mystery out of, and make selecting your next pair of eyeglass or reading glasses frames much more fun. - 15683

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