The Good and Bad of Progressive Lenses

Progressive lenses are the preferred option among those who have attained the age of forty and who are finding it hard to read or see objects at a distance. These lenses are unique in that they have three different prescriptions on one lens. This means that these lenses are capable of fixing your near vision, intermediate vision and far vision without your having to move your eyes up or down. This is why they are also referred to as multifocal lenses.

Basically, progressive lenses are an improved version of multifocal and bifocal glasses. The bifocal and multifocal had lines in the lenses that separated the different powers. Progressives on the other hand are seamless and do not have any dividing lines on the lenses. This is why they are also referred to as no-line lenses.
If you have a vision problem, then you will require glasses that correct your vision. Here is a look at the good and bad of progressive lenses.

Good
The biggest benefit that progressives offer you is that you do not have to buy multiple glasses to fix your different vision problems.
Second, these lenses can fix your vision in a most natural manner. When you switch your focus from near to far or even intermediate distances, you do not experience any lag or change in vision. Everything occurs in a very seamless and natural manner.
Third, progressives look very much like a normal pair of glasses. Compared to multifocal and bifocals, which have dividing lines on them, progressive lenses do not have anything to mar the appearance of the lenses.

Bad
The first thing you notice about these progressives is that you will need some time before you become accustomed to using them. Unlike regular glasses, it takes time to adjust your vision so that you are able to switch from one vision distance to another. At the beginning, you will find that you have to train yourself to view close-up matter from the bottom of the lens and you will also need to raise your vision to see things at a distance. The worrying part is sometimes you may not be able to adjust your vision but this is very rare and almost never happens.

Also, while you are still getting used to using progressives, you may experience bouts of dizziness or you may feel some nausea which occurs when you look through the wrong section of the lens. Last but not least, there is also a possibility that you could suffer distorted vision at the periphery. Also, these types of lenses are costly and you will have to spend at least a hundred dollars for a pair.

However, when all is taken into consideration, there no doubts the fact that progressive lenses are a better option than having to buy multiple number of glasses to correct different vision problems. They are very handy and will serve you well which is why it makes sense to seriously consider them when you need to correct multiple vision problems at one go.