Wearing specs can be a curse as well as a blessing – ok it’s a nice simple solution that corrects your sight, but can’t they be annoying at times! How many of us speccy four eyes have almost dropped the dinner when we open the oven door, or crashed into a display walking into a warm shop on a cold day. If life is permanently in soft focus for you due to misting up, have a look at your anatomy…..
It’s a fact of life that chubby cherubic cheeks or even Kate Moss razor sharp cheekbones are not always a good thing if you wear specs. If your glasses sit close to the face and air cannot get behind them, then they will mist up at the slightest increase in temperature. This is especially a problem with plastic frames, as the moulded bridge sits right on the face with not as much air space behind it as a metal frame.
If you also happen to have a petite little nose with a flat bridge, your problem is compounded! So besides switching to contact lenses, what can you do? The first step is to make sure that your frame is a shallow as possible. So when you come to pick your new pair, look for a wide front that still looks big enough for you, but one where the depth from eyebrow to lower edge is as small as possible. Even varifocal lenses can go into small and shallow frames nowadays, so if you are a varifocal wearer don’t panic!
The shallow frame may be enough to solve the problem, if you have a nicely projecting bridge to your nose. If however you do have a flatter bridge, then you will need a metal frame. The nose pads lift the frame away from the cheeks, to allow a good flow of air behind the lenses. Thinner material lenses will also help if your lens power is strong, as this will decrease the weight and allow the frame to sit up higher. Don’t just put up with the problem – a funky trendy pair of shallow specs for spring will lift the fog for you!
Tags: plastic frames, speccy four eyes, specs, Varifocal