I’m European and have never seen that, got any examples? And I’m wondering if you’re talking about only the frames or the lenses too? If you’ve got really bad vision you have no choice, and the thicker the lenses the fewer kinds of frames are available. Contact lenses don’t work well for many and there are several reasons why surgery might not be a choice.
Neither of the people in those photos need glasses. Or, those glasses have plano lenses; there’s no distortion at the edges.
Large frames like those require very hiugh index lenses, because otherwise your lenses get really thick at the edges. My prescription is fairly bad, and I need 1.67 index to avoid stupidly heavy lenses.
Also, frames without nose pads don’t usually stay put on your face. I find them very uncomfortable, esp. since I have to wear glasses for everything.
The extra-shitty part is that the lens in your eye gets less elastic as you age. I’m myopic; if I had gotten LASIK years ago, I would now be hyperopia, and would need glasses to read anything.
I would 100% replace my eyes with cybernetic ones if it was possible.
I’m European and have never seen that, got any examples? And I’m wondering if you’re talking about only the frames or the lenses too? If you’ve got really bad vision you have no choice, and the thicker the lenses the fewer kinds of frames are available. Contact lenses don’t work well for many and there are several reasons why surgery might not be a choice.
I’m talking about the frames, no need to try to be offended on someone else’s behalf, I wasn’t talking about the lenses.
Gigantic and gaudy specs are a thing, sorry you hadn’t noticed
Edit - I’m talking about this phenomenon, seems to be a thing in western Europe at the mo, in affluent circles -
At least those are big, the ones that woman is wearing have both a thick and small frame which makes a truly horrible effect.
Neither of the people in those photos need glasses. Or, those glasses have plano lenses; there’s no distortion at the edges.
Large frames like those require very hiugh index lenses, because otherwise your lenses get really thick at the edges. My prescription is fairly bad, and I need 1.67 index to avoid stupidly heavy lenses.
Also, frames without nose pads don’t usually stay put on your face. I find them very uncomfortable, esp. since I have to wear glasses for everything.
Off-topic. I’m wearing without nose pads now, because they also didn’t stay put for me, and caused headaches.
As life long user I can only say glasses suck.
Damn straight they do.
The extra-shitty part is that the lens in your eye gets less elastic as you age. I’m myopic; if I had gotten LASIK years ago, I would now be hyperopia, and would need glasses to read anything.
I would 100% replace my eyes with cybernetic ones if it was possible.
Oh we did that a decade ago with buddy Holly glasses