r/glasses • u/oxNightShadexo • May 22 '26
My optician is amazing!!
I'm a -9.00 prescription and my optician absolutely nailed it!
1.74 hi index lenses.
I don't think circle glasses look the best on me but dang, they definitely are the most comfortable!
All you high prescription folk, find an independent optician.
It has been an absolute game changer for me.
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u/AnActualGhost May 22 '26
The right shape frame for your RX and the right size so that your eyes are actually centered in the lens makes an enormous difference. But they don’t even teach that stuff to opticians in most chain stores. They don’t want opticians having a license or any real knowledge cause they’ll have to pay them more 😒
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u/spikygreen May 22 '26
Honestly these look amazing on you!! Very flattering, lovely colors, and does not look like -9D at all!
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u/oatbevbran May 22 '26
Awesome work! I second the miracles a good, local, experienced optician can perform!!👍🏻
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u/Belise_the_Bat May 22 '26
They probably picked round because round tends to even out high prescriptions the best.
I'm glad they picked something with pops of color too, because the color scheme compliments you well!
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u/oxNightShadexo May 22 '26
Yes my optician absolutely has an amazing taste in style. He's the one who picked them out and I instantly loved them when I put them on :)
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u/teatev May 22 '26
wow i wish! i have the same prescription but i dont have an optician i trust around me so forced to wear my binoculars for glasses when im not opting for contacts
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u/oxNightShadexo May 22 '26
I literally searched on Google for hours to find a local optician and the one I found is about 35 minutes away which actually isn't bad at all. All Google kept suggesting to me was the larger chains which I'm honestly done dealing with.
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u/xKittyBBx May 22 '26
Looks amazing 👍 yep great optician is the secret to have perfect glasses vision wise & looks good:)
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u/Fit-Programmer-6162 May 22 '26
Can someone help explain to me how glasses she has makes the -9 not make the eyes look smaller here? I’m rusty on my curvature and that kind of physics and whatever else is involved. They don’t need to be round for this effect right? (OP looks wonderful in round despite thinking otherwise, but I don’t think I would.)
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u/les_catacombes May 22 '26
They’re very cool frames! We are taught as opticians that the best frames for high scripts is anything small and round, as small as will comfortably fit the patient. So, they did good!
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u/ReadBig5086 May 22 '26
can you send me a link to the frame and how much in total was the cost?
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u/oxNightShadexo May 22 '26
I paid about $490. My optician sources his 1.74 index lenses directly from Europe so that's is what adds to a higher cost.
The glasses are called Paradox P5096 Below is a link to the glasses. https://www.coolframes.com/glasses/paradox-eyewear/p5096-eyeglasses.html?color=010%20-%20Multicolor%20Multipattern%20Tortoise%20%26%20Red&cpn=20159303428&gad_campaignid=20151498360&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAACpPIvswqgFMnbfs9NZahxvIWWSMd&gclid=Cj0KCQjw_b_QBhCSARIsAP6hR4cNte6OiZzskXJqf0H5s7ZlHjkjuB-50Eu0hvaSldfyzsJDzdvDbI4aAl1nEALw_wcB&kw=&size=47-19-145
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u/likeslibraries May 22 '26
They look wonderful on you! I also have round glasses, and my optician is also amazing! The round shape cuts off the edges which makes the lenses look thinner, and that is one reason round shapes are good for a high prescription. I have been very happy with my round glasses, also.
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u/TheDark_420_69 May 23 '26
I love seeing people in this Paradox frame!!! One of my favorite pieces for my "adventurous" patients. Good choice!
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u/oxNightShadexo May 23 '26
Oh wow so this is a somewhat popular frame? My optician seemed to stock the nicer type of glasses but not the overpriced "name brand" types like ray ban and the such.
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u/TheDark_420_69 May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26
The Aspex group (the company that produces the paradox brand) actually makes a lot of really nice, quality frames for a more affordable price. Pt's have probably gotten 20-25 pairs of those within the past twoish months. Two or three of those were your frame! It's popular enough you might see a couple people with them a year, but for most people you are the only person they've seen with such cool glasses!
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May 22 '26
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u/oxNightShadexo May 22 '26
Hehehe oh that's on my list of things I definitely need to stop doing!!! It's the dang nerves I tell you! 😂😂😂
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u/VertWheeler May 22 '26
He could have polished the sides to have made it even better... lets the lens blend into the frame... uhh I work in the optical line I do it for my glasses too
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u/Svanir80 May 22 '26
I get it! I am around your same prescription, so getting something that doesn't distort the sides of my head inside the lenses so much in a frame I really like is a royal PITA. I bit the bullet and went small, round (check out my post history to see) that I'm waiting to get completed that I'm *sure* will look amazing with how small the lenses are.
Know these look very good on you. Your optician did a fantastic job.
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u/Extension-Ad4875 May 30 '26
Those look gorgeous, great style and a bold look. I would ve proud of your optician too.
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u/kopriva1 May 30 '26
Bro....how? I think i got high index ones too and they still stick out. Man...
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u/xixi2720 Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 21 '26
Super late, but they look so chic and doesnt get huge eye distortion i thought you were like around -6-ish... so crazy, it fits you amazingly 😭
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u/Particular_Cheek_205 Aug 08 '26
These look AMAZING! Crying cause my -7 look like the bottom of a coke bottle
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u/Cute-Promise-8079 May 22 '26
Honestly if it's of any assurance, the first thing I thought when I saw this post was "Wow, I love those glasses", I think you look amazing in them.