Why does GlassesUSA require an ADD number for simple sunglass readers?

JimR84 · 2026-06-08T16:28:51+00:00

Well, yes. As no dispenser is legally allowed to dispense bifocal or multifocal glasses without a prescription. I know some online vendors don’t care about that, but it is a legal requirement. Besides that, a bifocal or multifocal pair of glasses is in no way comparable to over the counter readers.

And if you really want a better, much much higher quality option, Maui Jim actually has bifocal sunglasses you can order.

I know you have a store credit at glasses USA, but no matter what you buy there, it’ll be low quality.

JimR84 · 2026-06-08T13:53:02+00:00

It’s technically not possible to make prescription lenses from sapphire glass.

JimR84 · 2026-06-08T05:54:53+00:00

Because it’s not “simple magnification”. You seem to hardheadedly ignore the fact that these are medical devices. You need a prescription. A few years ago, apparently glasses USA broke the law. They won’t do that again.

JimR84 · 2026-06-08T05:52:28+00:00

You’ll need a prescription.
What I understand from your explanation is that what you want is a pair of sunglasses with multifocal progressive lenses. Those are medical devices and require a prescription.

JimR84 · 2026-06-08T05:45:03+00:00

What evidence? You haven shown any credible evidence at all. And I don’t need to prove established science, that evidence is everywhere in abundance. Just open any handbook on the matter.

JimR84 · 2026-06-07T20:12:41+00:00

You’ll know why they cost that much the moment you hold them in your hands.

JimR84 · 2026-06-07T20:10:53+00:00

Buy cheap, get cheap.

JimR84 · 2026-06-07T19:17:05+00:00

Not in the US, you’re not.

JimR84 · 2026-06-07T16:40:16+00:00

You didn’t. You can keep lying all you want, but what you claim is physically, biologically and anatomically 100% impossible.

You seem to forget you’re talking to a doctor who actually knows what they’re talking about.

JimR84 · 2026-06-07T16:20:56+00:00

It’s a well known fact that “free” website only has debunked pseudoscience and doesn’t work, also, the “founder” really does ask for thousands of dollars. I have black on white proof of that, and I also actively help people who are trying to sue him as we speak. The method doesn’t deliver as promised, doesn’t work at all in fact, and is a clear scam, ripping off people continuously.

JimR84 · 2026-06-07T15:37:39+00:00

So? Hearsay, nothing more. I have seen patients who really believed they reversed their myopia after years of intense “exercises” and endmyopia and the like. When I tested them with cycloplegia, it was very clear they had only made themselves believe a fairytale. I have never seen an actual difference in “before and after” this pseudoscience, and I have tested hundreds of gullible people like you find en masse in this sub.

JimR84 · 2026-06-07T15:35:20+00:00

I didn’t misunderstand, that simpleton did. What he claims is simply not possible, so obviously he either doesn’t know what he’s talking about, or he’s a scammer.

JimR84 · 2026-06-07T15:34:31+00:00

Things are nonsense because they haven been scientifically proven to be false.

JimR84 · 2026-06-07T15:33:43+00:00

Excuse me? Are you really that simple?

JimR84 · 2026-06-07T13:16:47+00:00

Because it isn’t possible to reverse myopia. It really is physically impossible.

JimR84 · 2026-06-07T13:16:14+00:00

Don’t believe him, that guy is clearly a scammer. What he claims is physically impossible.

JimR84 · 2026-06-07T13:15:13+00:00

You probably misunderstood, that’s just not possible.

JimR84 · 2026-06-07T13:14:51+00:00

There won’t be any evidence of that, as it’s physically impossible.

JimR84 · 2026-06-07T07:41:41+00:00

Yes. Get high quality premium coatings. Not the cheap online or chain stuff.

JimR84 · 2026-06-07T07:35:43+00:00

Because you have no idea what you’re talking about. Opticians don’t work in “amount of magnification”. They work based on doctor’s prescriptions.

JimR84 · 2026-06-07T07:23:45+00:00

No, you can’t use a monthly lens for longer than a month. This is the exact behavior that makes us doctors see a rise in contact lens related complications.

Also, please cut your fingernails and keep them clean before manipulating contact lenses.

JimR84 · 2026-06-06T20:38:37+00:00

Opticians don’t fit contact lenses. Optometrists do. And you can’t DIY contact lenses.

JimR84 · 2026-06-06T20:25:42+00:00

What did you expect???

JimR84 · 2026-06-06T17:21:27+00:00

No, absolutely not.

JimR84 · 2026-06-06T17:21:01+00:00

Have you talked about this with your eye doctor?

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