I ve just ordered gold frames I’m excited . Always worn dark plastic frames but havin a change the assistant said they opened up my face and I looked younger!🎉

I started wearing glasses about 5 years ago after the eye doctor told me I need glasses. I went with the metal frame glasses. I like it. I'm on my second pair. The second pair is bifocals . Took some time to get use to wearing bifocals.

You are lucky your cute face shape and features look great in all kinds of glasses

It is stressful because of all the surprises. It is like buying a car the price is not the price!!!!

So if my math is correct that means you started working in the optical field 38 years ago? That's very hard for me to believe because you really don't look old enough to have been doing that long ago. Even if you were only 18 it would mean you would be around 56 now. I also worked in optical for many years as well. Only I didn't start nearly as young as you were. I'm now 74 and retired I was an optician and assistant manager. So you had lasik. I haven't had that but I did have cataracts that required the use of a laser back in 2018. Then just last month I had to have the lenses lasered to remove some build up on the lenses in both eyes. When did you have lasik done? How long did you then have perfect or slightly better than perfect vision before it regressed to your needing to wear glasses again? That tends to happen, so they claim, if your eyes weren't completely stable when you had the surgery done. Am I not right? Usually they only suggest one year of unchanged eyesight once you're past 18 years of age. It has always been my opinion that 18 is too young because that's still during the growth period which is actually closer to being early twenties. Anyway I see you opted to wear glasses again rather than get the "touch-up" that is included in the warranty. But what they don't tell patients is that the "touch-up" is a good bit more risky than the original surgery because the corneas have been made thinner from the first time. So most people would rather not take the risk and usually their need for glasses is minimal and mostly just for driving. Your glasses really don't appear to be very strong at all. Do you mind me asking what your prescription is? Would I be correct in assuming your prescription hasn't changed since getting glasses again. That would be because your eyes have become completely stable now. I was surprised at the numbers of people I saw that had lasik and after several years needed a rather weak prescription. But I was also surprised by how many came in wanting glasses because they simply missed not having glasses. Even one of our opticians after four year of better than perfect vision decided she wanted to wear glasses again and she refused to wear non-prescription glasses so she wrote herself a -.50 SPH prescription for her glasses and went back to wearing glasses fulltime. I do completely agree with you about why people prefer getting their glasses from a local optical store or shop. That's really the only way of assuring a great fitting and looking pair of glasses. You also get the expertise of a trained optician or optical assistant to help you select your glasses. But it does come at a price which you or I can't deny. Even with good insurance most people can expect to pay at least a couple hundred dollars out of pocket for their glasses. Buying glasses on-line from sites like Zenni Optical, Lensmart and Payne Glasses offers really nice, good quality glasses for as low as $7.00 and that includes the lenses in whatever prescription is called for. I mentioned those sites because they were some of the sites the girls in my store were ordering their own glasses and sunglasses from. I happened to think these were 3 of the best sites. Even though they each received yearly eye exams and a pair of glasses every 6 months as well glasses from the frame reps. they still enjoyed shopping for glasses on-line. I do recommend that first time glasses wearers should get their first glasses from a local optical store even though the cost will be considerably more than on-line glasses. The main reason of course they wouldn't have any idea what size frame they need and the virtual "try-on" doesn't help for size just a basic "look" of the glasses. Of course, all of your glasses look great and fit you perfectly. I especially like the rimless glasses and the aviator glasses on you. The rimless is nice because it really allows your face to be seen nearly as well as if you weren't wearing glasses. And I'm sure it's a favorite for you because you probably barely feel them on you because there so light weight.

@jonathanvalencia256

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Metal is better

I’m having issues with my acetate frames they keep turning white from sweat does this happen to metal ones as well ?

@MsMicah

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Good question! Most frames are made from a nickel alloy so unless the temples are covered in plastic then corrosion is a possibility. You'd want to look for Titanium frames ideally. Some come coated to prevent corrosion but Titanium is the best bet.