frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agoHow come glasses for hyperopia/farsightedness (reading glasses) are there on the shelves, but glasses for myopia require a prescription?message-squaremessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down11
arrow-up185arrow-down1message-squareHow come glasses for hyperopia/farsightedness (reading glasses) are there on the shelves, but glasses for myopia require a prescription?frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square31linkfedilink
minus-squareRedWeasel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51arrow-down1·2 months agoPupillary distance is more important for looking at a distance than looking at something close and eyes often have different prescriptions. Reading glasses are just magnifying glasses on your face.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoUm, there’s a bit more to glasses than that.
Pupillary distance is more important for looking at a distance than looking at something close and eyes often have different prescriptions. Reading glasses are just magnifying glasses on your face.
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Um, there’s a bit more to glasses than that.