What Are Progressive Lenses in Arvada, CO?

If you need vision correction at multiple distances, your eye doctor may suggest that you use progressive lenses. These are glasses that have different levels of correction at different parts of the lenses. Unlike bifocals and trifocals, these lenses transition from one strength to the other along a continuum.

Which Eye Conditions are Best Helped by Progressive Lenses?

People with combinations of nearsightedness and farsightedness are best served by progressive lenses.

Advantages of Progressive Lenses Over Bifocals And Trifocals

For some, the appearance of progressive lenses is the biggest benefit. They have no visible lines, so they look as fashionable as single vision glasses. This is great for those who associate the obvious lines of bifocals and trifocals with old peoples' glasses. With progressives, other people can't tell what kind of lenses you have.

Progressive lenses also have no "image jump" problems. With bifocals and trifocals, images seem to jump as your eyes travel from one magnification strength to the next.

Adapting to Progressive Lenses

Some people have no trouble at all with adapting to progressive lenses, while others need a long time to do so or can't do it at all. Just what is there to adapt to?

Progressive lenses are made with a visual corridor down the center that makes it easy to access the different strengths through natural motions of the eyes. This makes it so that the peripheral vision area of these lenses don't provide as clear of a view as the centers. For some people, this is no problem and they adapt within days. Others, however, experience a swimming sensation when making quick head movements. Most adapt to this by changing their head movements, but if you have too much trouble, your doctor of optometry may suggest a different lens type.

Contact Us Today

To get an eye exam by an optometrist Arvada CO, just contact us here at Arvada Optometric Center. We are also a great choice if you are looking for an optometrist Westminster CO. Once you get your results, just choose the type of lenses you want along with a pair of our frames to get great eyeglasses.