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While generally most people have a choice between glasses and contact lenses, there are certain eye conditions for which one or the other is preferred. Your optician will be able to help you decide which kind of vision correction is best for your particular eyes.

Once you have had an eye test it’s important to understand your rating. Typically, 20/20 vision means you have average eyesight. This means from 20 feet away, you can see what an average person sees from the same distance.

While the glass, and most plastics, used in lenses for glasses resist scratches, they are still vulnerable to damage. Having an anti-scratch coating applied to the lenses provides an extra level of protection, so you can get the longest life possible from them.

An eye examination is a very simple procedure that may only last around 30 minutes. In addition to testing your vision, you will also be checked for any early signs of cataracts, glaucoma, and other conditions that can be revealed through the eyes.

In 1824, British astronomer George Airy invented a lens that could correct astigmatism. Unlike near or far-sightedness, which are problems of distance, astigmatism is an eye defect that causes images to be distorted.

Report any head injuries to your eye doctor as concussions can cause problems with vision many years later, including double or blurred vision or bright spots.

Nearsightedness, or myopia, is the ability to see objects up close but not those that are far away. Most people develop myopia before the age of 20, but even very young children can be diagnosed with nearsightedness and require glasses.

Is your face wider on the bottom (called a trapezoidal face shape)? The best eyeglass frames for you will be half-rim and dramatic cat eye shapes. Either will serve to move attention to the top of your face, thereby balancing out the jawline.

A lot of people think that, when you get new glasses, the first thing you pick out is your frames, but it’s actually the other way around. It’s best to start with the lenses, and once you have those, you can pick out frames that fit with them.

Eye muscles start to weaken when you are in your mid-40s, and it is a natural aging process that happens to us all. By the time they are 60, 99 percent of the population will need reading glasses.

Reading or staring at a computer screen reduces the times you naturally blink. Blinking is how your eyes clear foreign matter as well as providing natural lubrication.

The three types of pince-nez were hard bridge, C-bridge, and spring bridge, all of which held the nose differently. They reached their peak in popularity around 1880 to 1900 and were only popular with the elderly by the late 1930s.