Prescription Glasses – Updating your Prescription

Don't take your prescription glasses for granted - make sure you get a regular check up with your optician.

Once you’ve got prescription glasses, you need to make sure that you keep your prescription up to date. For many people, the original prescription may not change for many years, allowing you to use the same glasses, or just to change the frames and lenses occasionally. For others, however, the first prescription is a sign of gradually changing vision, and it’s important that you see your optician on a regular basis.

Checking your Prescription Glasses

Now that you have a prescription for your vision, you should go for a regular eye test every 12 months. This gives your optician the opportunity to check the health of your eyes as well as the status of your vision so that your prescription can be altered if necessary. Obviously, if you are experiencing any difficulties or problems with your vision, you should make an appointment to go and see your optician as soon as possible – particularly if you notice any of the following things:

• Blurriness – inability to focus easily or sight becoming blurred after focusing
• Cloudiness – a clouding effect over the lens of your eye, sometimes accompanied by a halo around light, is often a symptom of cataracts. This condition is more common in elderly people, but you should see an optician as soon as possible.
• Floaters – particles drifting across your field of vision, both when you have your eyes open and closed. Although often harmless, they can be a sign of retinal detachment, which an optician will need to diagnose and treat where possible. Flashes of light combined with these floaters need immediate attention.
• Pain – if you have any ongoing pain in or around your eye, make sure your optician knows about it as soon as possible.

Of course, these are all symptoms of real optical problems, but you could be finding that you get headaches or feel uncomfortable when you are trying to focus and this is probably just a sign that your vision is changing and you need new prescription glasses. To be on the safe side, once you have a prescription, just make sure that you keep in touch with your optician so that any changes can be dealt with quickly.

Prescription Glasses at Sight Station

Find prescription glasses of all shapes and sizes at Sight Station. We have a huge range of sunglasses, reading and prescription glasses for men and women, so you’re bound to find something that suits your needs. Take a look at our site and order online today, or call us on 01322 318511 if you have any queries.