Re: Wearing eyeglasses over contact lenses

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:51:47 -0800 (PST), douglas <Protoman2050@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Is it possible to wear eyeglasses over contact lenses? My right eye is
a -11.00D, and Dres Hertzog and Ryan, my opthalamologist and
optometrist --respectively-- gave me a balance lens, b/c my frames'd
look horrible w/ a -3.00lens for the left, and a -11.00D lens for the
right.

Not necessarily horrible- a 46mm oval decentered 2mm in, using a 1.5mm CT 1.74
index lens for the right is less than 6mm thick at the edge (no roll). Trivex in
the left eye would be about 3mm thick using the same center thickness.

However, you probably won't be able to wear the full Rx if it's corrected with
eyeglasses. That will probably require contact lenses, with glasses over the CLs
if you're presbyopic.

You should call your eye doctor and ask if CLs are an option for you, and if
it's worth trying to correct the vision in the right eye.

Robert Martellaro
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Optician/Owner
Roberts Optical
Wauwatosa Wi.
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"Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself."
- Richard Feynman
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