Prescription eye ware service has never been quicker or easier than it is today. Modern technological advances now makes it possible for patients to go in for examinations and leave shortly thereafter with new eyeglasses. And the location in this area that can offer you the convenience of one hour optical service is Lord Eye Center.
Our spectacle lenses are of the finest quality, meeting and exceeding all federal standards for accuracy and quality. We offer the latest technology in thin lenses, photochromic (sun-activated) lenses, progressive (no-line) lenses and more.
Each lens is prepared and custom fit to your frame
at our state-of-the-art laboratory facility. An optician will record specific
measurements so that when the lenses are cut to fit your frame, your
prescription will be accurate and your vision will be clear.
Photochromic
Lenses
These are lenses which react to light, so that in dull conditions
they have a soft neutral tint, and in bright light react with a tint appropriate
to the strength of that light. Unlike glass, the latest plastic photochromic
lenses give maximum protection against harmful ultraviolet light and are
especially useful against harsh glare or fluorescent lights and VDU screens.
These lenses can be supplied in glass or lightweight plastic to suit most
prescriptions.
Bifocals
The bifocal lens is seen frequently,
if decreasingly. It contains two optical corrections. The most common use of a
bifocal is for people who have become presbyopic, as we all do with age, and
need assistance with both close and long distance vision. The upper part of
the lens is used to correct the short-sightedness, whilst the lower half assists
with reading or other close vision. Between the two parts, there is a distinctive
line.
Progressive Focus Lenses
The varifocal or progressive lens is the modern day
equivalent of the bi- and trifocal lenses. These lenses have no distracting lines
between the different prescription areas, but have a graduated section that
moves smoothly from one prescription to the other. These are the lenses of the
future and are much more heavily used in many countries already. They provide
the dual benefit of being better cosmetically, they do not draw attention to the
aging process and don't have the distracting
lines across the lens for the wearer.
Reflection-free
coating
Spectacle lenses these days can be provided with reflection-free
coatings which virtually eliminate distracting reflections - from lights or
windows for example - on the back or the front of the lens, helping people to
see better and to be visually more satisfying. A very fashionable and expensive
spectacle frame can be ruined by the glare coming back from reflections on
person's lens.
Scratch resistant / hardening coating
People
tend not to have the time to treat their spectacles as well as they might.
Beyond that there are everyday accidents. Scratched lenses can at lest be an
irritant to the wearer and look unsightly, and at worst become impossible to
use. However, lenses can now be dispensed with a scratch resistant coating which
prolongs their lives.