I’ve suffered with my sinuses for years, and wearing my glasses always made this worse. When my sinuses are painful the weight of specs is terrible, making my eyes swell and my nose really tender. This year my hay fever has made it uncomfortable to use my contact lenses, so I decided I had to find some alternative glasses that I can wear.

I mailed off some queries and the InternetGlassesCompany gave me some ideas that might help. I’m only a bit short sighted, so I usually just pick any glasses I like and plastic lenses. I decided that I needed to do everything possible to reduce the weight of my specs, so I was sent some try-before-you-buy frames. There were some with a cord holding the lens in, and some made of different materials. I opted for Titanium, which apparently is tough, light, and doesn’t irritate the skin. I also ordered thin material lenses, and went for a small frame, so there would be less of it!

I was really excited when the spex arrived. They were incredibly light compared to my old ones, especially my chunky plastic frames. They had also fitted big bridge pads to spread the weight over my poor little nose. They felt blissful when I put them on. As they’re small they don’t rest on my cheeks, so within a couple of days my puffy eyes had gone back to normal. No more propping my specs away from my face by the evening, when it was either blurry TV or arm ache as I sat and held my glasses up!

The Titanium is very shiny and slim, and my thin lenses look very sleek in the frames. I thought these would be a necessity frame, (like having Orthopaedic shoes!) but I quite like the minimalist look of them, they’re a nice change from my plastics. They have certainly solved the problem, and the little changes have all added up to really comfy specs.