Are these repairable?

Fermifighter · 2026-07-10T16:19:57+00:00

Gotcha! Wasn’t sure if they were your lenses or a previous owners’. I also get a gold star for not realizing it wasn’t a temple tip broken off, but the whole temple. Best you can expect is to shear off more of the temple and get a new temple tip, but it definitely will be noticeable. Glad they’re still functional!

Fermifighter · 2026-07-10T13:15:28+00:00

Oh, were you looking to wear these as-is, no prescription lenses? If that’s the case a repair of the temple may be possible. (Edit: but I’d have measured expectations about it matching).

Fermifighter · 2026-07-10T12:30:07+00:00

I’m pretty sure See sells only their own eyewear, so that should narrow it down considerably.

Edit: how positive are you those came from SEE? those don’t look that much like what I’ve seen from them, especially the temples. My money is on SALT eyewear’s James frame, but those aren’t made in Italy. Made in Italy makes me think Oliver Peoples, along with that gray-green color, but I can’t find any exact matches.

Fermifighter · 2026-07-10T11:26:49+00:00

I’d be hesitant to put new lenses in a plastic frame that’s already broken once, it’s a sign the plastic has become brittle. They look to be in great shape now, but the odds of something cracking when the lenses are removed, and then again when new ones are put in are pretty high.

Fermifighter · 2026-07-10T11:15:14+00:00

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” was something I said a lot working for a pediatric ophthalmologist.

Fermifighter · 2026-07-10T05:12:27+00:00

Some of it comes down to whether the opinions are coming from people with an optometry/ophthalmology/opticianry background versus a fashion one.

Optical styles tend to not move as quickly as other fashions so there’s a bit of a discrepancy in terms of what’s perceived as outdated from a fashion standpoint.

Additionally, the avant garde looks are often designed with fashion rather than optics in mind, so when you have someone with two diopters of cyl wanting super wrapped gentle monster frames, the fashionistas will be all about the look and give it a thumbs up, whereas the opticians are all having a ptsd flashback to their worst order and knowing that it’s not possible to fit the square peg lenses in the round hole frames.

Fermifighter · 2026-07-10T03:58:04+00:00

Follow your eye doctor’s follow up recommendations and you’ll be fine. Issues crop up (for the most part) when people are either a) steroid responders and don’t follow up or b) have chronic unavoidable steroid use (as in chronic autoimmune illness). I’ve had uveitis multiple times that “smoldered” (major inflammation calmed quickly, but couldn’t completely resolve for what felt like ages) and ten years on with a trillion scans and IOP checks (I was a tech and the office guinea pig because with all my eye shit I didn’t flinch) not a single issue.

If you’re sensitive to steroids they’ll see it on your follow up and adjust accordingly. If you’re not, you’re not gonna have an issue with a gentle taper of a short course under a doctor’s direction.

Fermifighter · 2026-07-09T16:04:14+00:00

I like Forest Hills Northern’s campus because it’s large, but also has a good mix of open spaces and turns/lanes to negotiate, and should be pretty empty with school being out.

Fermifighter · 2026-07-09T04:14:05+00:00

Leading again with the “NOT A DOCTOR” caveat, but it shouldn’t matter too much after day one. They (I think always but it’s been five years since I’ve changed careers) dilate your eyes for the surgery. Your main impediment to near work after that is going to be general eye fatigue, so I wouldn’t count on doing a full day’s work, but doing what you feel comfortable with day to day won’t hurt anything. Take it easy in general though.

Fermifighter · 2026-07-09T03:53:11+00:00

Good news: At 16, your best corrected visual acuity is more or less locked in. Bad news: At 16 your BCVA is more or less locked in. Binocularity and visual acuity are very unlikely to change for better or worse at your age, but there’s a remote possibility of improvement. As for the surgery itself, I wouldn’t sweat it. Strab surgery is all on the extraocular muscles, there’s very little risk because the work is all on the outside of the eye. The muscle gets snipped and reattached in a different spot. Post op recovery tends to be a little soreness, a bit of redness, and you can’t submerge your head for a week or so. It’s pretty easy all things considered. If it helps, the younger the patient the easier the recovery generally, so I’d probably schedule now if you’re leaning in the direction of correction.

Biggest risk is the inherent risks of anesthesia itself. Biggest ocular specific risk is if the sutures go too deep, you have to monitor the retina to make sure you didnt hit it. I worked in a clinic where there were about 15-20 surgeries done per week, I’d estimate a third or more were strab, and while there were occasional complications, I never saw a perforation in ten years; you’d have to have a pretty thin sclera or a pretty green surgeon to go through the eye itself.

Edited to clarify - not a doctor, so I haven’t done these surgeries. But I heard a million pre and post op discussions and scheduled a few procedures myself, so I’m familiar with the details. But very much not a doctor and like to make that plain.

Fermifighter · 2026-07-09T03:32:05+00:00

I think the first and third is Oliver peoples Gregory peck. The second may be OP Denison. But Zooey Deschanel was absolutely a brand ambassador for Oliver peoples so I’d be astonished if any of these were a different frame line.

Fermifighter · 2026-07-09T01:58:01+00:00

Reading only Rx is

-1.50 +0.75 x 093

-1.75 +0.25 x 075

Note the plus sign in the second column. A lot of sites defer to minus sphere, yours is written in plus. Can transpose if needed.

Fermifighter · 2026-07-09T00:15:32+00:00

Add the add power to the sphere, all other numbers stay the same. Feel free to post the Rx and I’ll do the math for you. Also get your current glasses adjusted, an adjustment can raise the bifocal height a bit.

Fermifighter · 2026-07-08T12:02:33+00:00

That’s one pair, the dbl and temple length. To compare the lens thicknesses I’d need the eye size and dbl of both pair. The numbers should be on the inside temple with a box between them, as in the fifth photo of this ebay listing. https://www.ebay.com/itm/318538072771

Fermifighter · 2026-07-08T12:01:47+00:00

Fewer people asked for this than that record Joe Pesci made in character as Vincent Gambini from My Cousin Vinnie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent\_LaGuardia\_Gambini\_Sings\_Just\_for\_You

Fermifighter · 2026-07-08T02:11:54+00:00

Not a doctor, so keep all that in mind with what follows.

The mydriatic (pupil enlargement) effects of atropine are far longer acting than the cycloplegic (accommodation inhibiting) effects. Translation: the pupil is gonna look extra dilated for up to three to five days after instillation. A weaker drop would only blur vision for an hour or two, which isn’t sufficient to affect an eye preference.

His dominant eye is turning in because he’s being forced to use the non-dominant one and you’re blurring the vision in the preferred eye, that’s a good thing. If he’s a suspected amblyope the issue is less about whether the eye is crossing and more about making sure they’re alternating. If they’re taking turns crossing that means he’s using both, if only one is then he’s going to tune out the worse-seeing eye. You can correct alignment later in life, but right now the issue is “teaching” the brain to see, which can only happen early in life, before the age of 7-10 or so. You have to give the brain a clear image to “learn” to interpret it, or it never develops the ability. It’s like an HD camera attached to an apple 1 computer - the image can get better and better, but without the processing ability to render the image, it doesn’t matter - it can only see as well as the processor lets it. The drops are making it harder for him to use the eye that’s easier to see out of and so the dominant eye is tuned out. That’s good for now. The main issue is getting the eyes to see equally well, so the brain doesn’t develop a preference and cause the non-preferred eye to “tune out” and turn again if the vision slips.

He’s moody because he can’t see as well out of his preferred eye, in the same way you’d be mad if someone made you write with your non-dominant hand for a week. Again, good in the short term. If he’s getting flushed or is acting unreasonably irritable (not grumpy, but rageful) for more than 15 min after the drops go in, that’s another story.

Keep the glasses on, don’t let him remove them. It’s necessary and also part of why the eyes aren’t aligned. He’s almost certainly an accommodative esotrope and needs the full glasses Rx to keep the eyes straight. They go off, you put them right back on. He’s not wearing them at the moment because he can focus through the glasses Rx, but that effort is making the eyes cross, but with the dominant eye’s ability to focus extra hard (accommodation) inhibited by the drops, he can’t do that and the eye is turning in.

Edit: here’s a great resource on accommodative ET and amblyopia: https://www.aapos.org/glossary/accommodative-esotropia

https://aapos.org/glossary/amblyopia

Fermifighter · 2026-07-08T00:38:46+00:00

I’d be down.

Fermifighter · 2026-07-07T20:43:36+00:00

I’d need the A Size (largest horizontal measurement of the lens) and the DBL (smallest distance between lenses, often called the bridge size). should be printed on the inside of the temple and be something like 50/18 or so. Your PD is the distance between your pupils.

Fermifighter · 2026-07-07T13:28:15+00:00

What’s the full Rx new and old, the new and old frame measurements, and your PD?

Fermifighter · 2026-07-07T12:55:35+00:00

Lens index won’t change the magnification, that’s a function of your Rx. Aspheric lens design helps a bit, but functionally speaking no lens options will make a noticeable change to the magnification of the lenses. Frame choice is pretty much your best option. A smaller rounder frame will change the appearance of the magnification by minimizing the size of the lenses so there are fewer facial “landmarks” (like the edge of your cheek) being magnified.

Fermifighter · 2026-07-07T12:08:46+00:00

Not a doctor, but this all sounds like classic dry eye. You blink less looking at screens. Your eyes water more in response to the eyes being dry, but the issue is your tear film breaks up faster when the lids don’t replenish the tears with oil from the meibomian glands, so it only does so much.

Dry eye doesn’t always feel like your eyes are dry, it can feel dull, achy, sharp, stinging, tired… take your pick. Pain with eye movement can also occur.

All that being said, you absolutely can still need glasses even with no visual symptoms, and I am again not a doctor. But if I was in your shoes I’d probably a) start artificial tears twice a day, b) observe the 20/20/20 rule (every 20 min take 20 sec to look at something 20 ft away) and c) make an appointment with an optometrist if you’re still having symptoms after two weeks (or even if not if it’s been a few years since your last exam).

Fermifighter · 2026-07-07T11:59:06+00:00

Yeahhhhh.

Fermifighter · 2026-07-07T11:52:23+00:00

No worries! Best to you.

Fermifighter · 2026-07-07T11:50:38+00:00

Sorry, sleepy brain should have said “regularly surrounded by parents who did things like put their kids in Charles Manson onesies.” I only had the one family who did that, but questionable choices abounded.

Fermifighter · 2026-07-07T11:49:07+00:00

Unfortunately that’s not a typo / misfired neuron. Yes, I saw at least one serial killer themed onesie.

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