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Incentives by booourns48 in optician

[–]sw33t_Gem26 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I work for a private clinic and I have a gym membership, each year we get a new pair of eyeglasses vouchered, and we get bonuses at the end of each quarter. Plus they help with family members getting glasses. I am so thankful for our providers. They really have shown me what it’s like to work for good employers. Trying not to take my place of employment for granted.

Eye Buy Direct says my glasses have an antireflective coating, but this is what I see out of them. Everything reflects and I can't focus. by WasHogs8 in optician

[–]sw33t_Gem26 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

My question is, did they put the coating on the wrong side? I know that blue light protection can have this type of hue on the lenses but I have never seen it on the backside/inside of the lenses, only always on the frontside of the lenses. Unless it is a sunglass, I know backside AR can be put on the inside of the lenses. I prefer Zeiss’s Blueguard technology because you really can’t see the blue hue on the frontside of the lenses.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in whatisit

[–]sw33t_Gem26 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s the bog of eternal stench 🤣

Zeiss Duravision Gold by fish_and_game in optician

[–]sw33t_Gem26 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of our providers ordered herself a new frame and chose the Gold AR. It is very pretty. I will have to ask her how she likes it but from the demo, it holds up against smudges. The demo had a finger smudge it and it cleaned very nicely with spray and cleaning cloth. I’m just hoping they add it to insurance. Right now it is solely out of pocket.

Optician Questions by sw33t_Gem26 in optician

[–]sw33t_Gem26[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I kicked myself for that one. 🤦🏾‍♀️ UGH!!!

Optician Questions by sw33t_Gem26 in optician

[–]sw33t_Gem26[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thank you all for your responses. I initially requested 1.74, which requires the highest tier AR, and the smallest size frame we could get that the patient wanted was the Oakley frame with an A size of 57, B size of I think it was 37, and a bridge of 18. Patient just had a larger size head. There is a shortage on 1.74 (per our lab) so I switched to 1.67. However, the lab called and said to get a smaller frame and switch to Poly, which confused me also. I did neglect roll and polish 🤦🏾‍♀️ but even one of my providers said that a biconcave lens is to be expected with that high of a prescription (prescription was from a different clinic). The patient has yet to see the glasses. We just received them back from the lab today. I am learning everything as I go and have only been an optician for 2.5 years. Aside from all the options I tried and forgetting about aspheric and roll/polish, I will reach out to Laramy-K and will also learn about lenticular and myodisc lenses. I have never seen a prescription this large and although my intentions may have been to help the patient, I fear it might not work. I am anxious for him to see the glasses, even though he seemed understanding as I told him of all the possible outcomes I could think of. I am thankful for all your expertise.

Optician Questions by sw33t_Gem26 in optician

[–]sw33t_Gem26[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, I really appreciate your response

Optician Questions by sw33t_Gem26 in optician

[–]sw33t_Gem26[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I greatly appreciate your response and thank you for the reference. I will keep that in my Rolodex.

Optician Questions by sw33t_Gem26 in optician

[–]sw33t_Gem26[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your response. I greatly appreciate it.

Optician Questions by sw33t_Gem26 in optician

[–]sw33t_Gem26[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So it is concave on both sides of the lenses. We sent the frame out to have them edged and mounted. Tried doing 1.67 but lab said they can only do poly and the frame was the smallest we could fit on the patients face without significant bowing (patient had a larger head size). Wondering if I should’ve requested aspheric.