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Multifocals (also called progressive lenses) combine three optical prescriptions in one lens – without any visible lines.
They allow you to see:
Multifocal lenses are often more convenient if you wear one pair of glasses for reading and another pair for distance as these can be combined into the one lens. The top of the lens is for distance vision, intermediate distance is in the middle of the lens and reading or close up vision is towards the bottom of the lens. With multifocals, you don’t have to swap your glasses each time you change from one activity to another. This means if you are making dinner, you are able to view the ingredients while chopping, read the recipe on the tablet, and checking the saucepan over at the stove without the frustration of blurry vision between the distances.
Do you often misplace your glasses at work or at home? Single vision prescription wearers often find it frustrating to take off their glasses after wearing them to read and then going to do another task, and then searching where they left their glasses. If you have glasses for reading and glasses for distance, you are frequently swapping between glasses to see clearly. Multifocal lenses provide convenience by not needing to take the glasses off between different tasks.
The most common multifocal lens product on the market are a “standard” level, which were designed decades ago. They provide a good cost-effective vision option over having two pairs of glasses, but can be limited with blurrier focus at the edges at the different distances. Mid-priced lenses provide slightly wider fields of vision and top of the range high performance provides the widest field of vision at all three distance levels. All multifocal lenses have some side distortion due to multiple prescriptions in the one lens.
Health Partners offer a range of Multifocal lenses for our customers. Higher performing, customised multifocal lenses allow the side distortion to be pushed to the side as far as possible providing the clearest and more seamless vision between distances, and can address some of the frustrations that some multifocal wearers have experienced with standard lenses such as side distortion or “swim”, or the need to find the best focal spot by constantly moving your head.
It might take a while to adjust to wearing multifocals, especially if you’re switching from single vision lenses, or are new to wearing glasses.
Things might look a little blurry when you first start wearing them. However, this is completely normal and most people adjust to the new lens usually within a couple of weeks. Just ensure you look straight ahead when viewing distance and move eyes down the lens to read at close distance.
Don’t just take our word for it, hear from three Health Partners members who tried out high performance multifocal lenses, after wearing standard multifocal lenses for years.
*The information contained here is of a general nature and does not take into account your personal medical situation. The information is not a substitute for independent professional medical advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease or used for therapeutic purposes. Should you require specific medical information, please seek advice from your healthcare practitioner. Health Partners does not accept any liability for any injury, loss or damage incurred by use of or reliance on the information provided. While we have prepared the information carefully, we can’t guarantee that it is accurate, complete or up-to-date. And while we may mention goods or services provided by others, we aren’t specifically endorsing them and can’t accept responsibility for them
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