A quick explanation and background of a progressive addition lens is necessary in order to understand the importance of choosing the proper lens for your needs.
A progressive lens gives people an array of prescriptions - placed in the proper positions throughout the lens - to best imitate normal vision. Imagine having the precise correction needed to see a television screen more than 15 feet from you, while reading this article on your desktop computer, and then looking down at your...
The eye holds a unique place in medicine. Your eye doctor can see almost every part of your eye from an exterior view. Other than your skin, almost every other part of your body cannot be fully examined without either entering the body (with a scope) or scanning your body with an imaging device (such as a CAT scan, MRI, or ultrasound).
This gives your eye doctor the ability to determine most eye problems just by looking in your eye. Even though that makes diagnosing most problems more...
