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A Complete Range of Fashion and Technology
We are pleased to offer a wide range of fashion eyewear for our
patients.
As examples, these ranges include the famous designer brand names shown
here:
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Christian Dior |
Vera Wang |
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Sillouette |
Celine Dion |
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Bebe |
BCBG Maxazria |
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Caviar |
Nike Flexon |
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Cazal |
Adidas |
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Gucci |
Altair Eyewear |
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Giorgio Amani |
Safilo |
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Persol |
Emporio Amani |
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Ralph Lauren |
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All recommended brands have a
1 year warranty.
If spectacles are prescribed, our professional staff
will assist you in selecting eyewear that will be most appropriate to
your face and lens prescription. This process will include factors such
as style and colour, as well as sizing for proper fit and comfort.
Exciting Ranges of Fashion Sunglasses
As well as fashionable spectacle frames, we also
have a full range of sunglasses. These are available off-the-shelf with
quality UV-Blocking sunglass lenses, or
they can be fitted with sunglass lenses in your own personal
prescription.
A wide range of fashion brands is in stock and again
feature our warranty on quality.
New Technology in Spectacle Lenses
There are many exciting advances in the designs and
materials for spectacle lenses:
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HIGH INDEX MATERIALS |
for thinner & lighter lenses |
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ASPHERIC LENS DESIGNS |
for flatter, less bulgy, lenses |
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UV-BLOCKERS |
to prevent the transmission of
harmful Ultra Violet radiation |
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PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIALS |
that change colour in response to
sunlight |
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PROGRESSIVE LENSES |
for people who would otherwise need bifocals |
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OCCUPATIONAL LENSES |
with special designs for different tasks, like
VDU operators |
Together these provide for
thinner and lighter lenses, offering
improved optics and a sight correction which is more natural.
Progressive Spectacle Lenses
Everyone over their early
40's is affected to some degree by a natural loss of focussing ability
called presbyopia. This is usually corrected with either reading
spectacles, bifocals, trifocals or progressive lenses.
Progressive lenses are
designed so that the distance prescription is used during straight-ahead
gaze and the reading prescription during down-gaze. This then provides a
more natural vision without any lines in the lens (which can get in the
way on stairs for example).
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Progressive lenses provide
excellent results
for most patients. |
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They provide
a focus for distance, near and all distances between.
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Cosmetically they
look "younger"
with no lines.
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The vision correction is
more natural
for the wearer. |
Progressive lenses are also
known as multifocals or graduated lenses.
New Lenses That Respond to Sunlight
Spectacle lenses with a tint that responds to
sunlight (photochromics) have been available since the early 1970's.
However, until recently these lenses were always made from glass.
Now new lightweight colour change lenses are
available made from resin (or plastic). There are several different
brands but the most widely known are called Transitions or Colourmatic.
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Photochromic plastic
lenses are light weight |
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They respond to suit
varying levels of glare |
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They also offer
UV-protection as a feature of the material |
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The lens surfaces are
treated to resist scratching |
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Newer versions also
include high index materials for further reductions in weight &
thickness. |
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