Other favorites include Jeweled frames, wood frames, and then there are ever so durable bendable-framed prescription eyeglasses. They are made from titanium and are extremely hard to break.

Now let's move on to lenses. Prescription eyeglasses can come in several different colors or tints. * Yellow tinted lenses are beneficial in dimmer situations. * Amber is a light brown color and is highly recommended to filter out blue light. * Gray is most requested. It keeps natural colors in focus while reducing glare substantially. * Rose is pinkish and not recommended by optometrists. It is an option, but not very comfortable on eyes.

Then after deciding on frame style and lens colors, a person needs to choose lens shape. It can be a square lens, oval, circle, and There is even website that offers star and heart shaped lenses for bold at heart.

Presbyopia is another type of eye condition that can be corrected with prescription eyeglasses. This disorder is where eye's lens cannot focus. This usually happens to everyone in his or her late forties. The symptoms for Presbyopia are that a person finds himself or herself holding reading material farther away to enable reading. Also, eye fatigue is a common symptom.

The importance of getting regular eye exams to check for these eye conditions can't be overstated. Left untreated, all of these conditions will only worsen.

In a routine eye exam optometrist will also do a glaucoma test. Glaucoma is build up of fluid on eye that results in pressure on retina. It is irreversible if left untreated, and can cause total loss of sight. This is one eye disorder that cannot be treated by wearing prescription eyeglasses. However, this condition rarely has symptoms, therefore stressing importance of routine eye exams.