How to Put On & Take Off Eyeglasses

Proper Techniques to Handle Your Eyeglasses and Prolong Their Lifespan

Watch Time: 1 minute

In this short video, Glenn of All American Eyeglass Repair shows you the proper way to put on and take off eyeglasses.

By watching this video you will learn:

  • The proper way to put on and take off eyeglasses
  • Why taking off your glasses with one hand is the wrong thing to do
  • Common eyeglass care tips to prolong the life of your frames

Transcript of Video:

Hi. This is Glenn with All American Eyeglass Repair. Let’s talk about how to take your frames on and off.

You always want to use two hands. Take your frames off and also, to put them on.

Think about it. We are creatures of habit. I would never wear my watch on my other wrist. When I speak on the phone, I use the same ear every single time.

If I do use one hand, more than likely I’m going to go the same way every time, putting that undo pressure you just saw on the bridge, the trim piece, and also the temple.

You’ll notice on this Ray Ban frame, spring temples. Again, use just one hand, you end up putting undo pressure on that spring. If it pops out, we’ll be replacing it.

Another frame we see a lot of…the flex-on titanium frame. What happens with this one? You want to show people how this works. You end up flexing it back and forth. More than likely you’re going to flex it the same way every time. After a while, it can get out of align.

I hope this information was helpful. And again, if you need any repair done, please contact All American Eyeglass Repair.

Mail your eyeglasses to us for repair: https://americaneyeglassrepair.com/services/mail-in-glass-repair/.

Bring your eyeglasses for repair to one of our stores. Find a store near you: https://americaneyeglassrepair.com/locations/

To get more eyeglass care and repair tips, subscribe to our YouTube channel https://goo.gl/mLpnEx.

The Benefits of Eyeglass Repair Kits and How to Use One

Essential Tips for Using an Eyeglass Repair Kit Safely and Effectively

Watch time: 1 minute 17 seconds

See Glenn from All American Eyeglass Repair share his opinions and knowledge about eyeglass repair kits.  He describes the parts of an eyeglass repair kit and what each is used for.

By watching this video, you will discover:

  • How much eyeglass repair kits costs
  • The different parts of a typical eyeglass repair kit and how to use them
  • Situations where an eyeglass repair kit will not be able to help

To get more eyeglass care and repair tips, subscribe to our YouTube channel https://goo.gl/mLpnEx.

For the finest in mail in or walk in eyeglass or sunglass repair services, visit All American Eyeglass Repair. https://americaneyeglassrepair.com/

Common Repair for Broken Ray-Ban Clubmasters

How to Repair the Bow Bar on Ray-Ban Clubmaster Eyeglasses

Watch time: 1 minute 8 seconds

We’re asked all the time if a broken bow bar on Ray-Ban Clubmaster brand eyeglasses can be repaired.

In this video, Glenn and Michael tell you how we repair broken bow bars on Ray-Ban Clubmaster  glasses:

By watching this video you will discover:

  • How the bow bar is attached to the frame
  • How the bow bar commonly breaks
  • How we fix the bow bar on Ray-Ban Clubmasters

If you need your Ray-Ban Clubmasters repaired, contact All American Eyeglass Repair. We are Ray-Ban repair experts.  Get the details on how to mail them for repair at one of our repair centers or visit any one of our 17 store locations.

To get more eyeglass care and repair tips, subscribe to our YouTube channel https://goo.gl/mLpnEx.

How to Repair Broken Eyeglass Spring Hinges

Tips and Techniques for Fixing Eyeglass Spring Hinges
Watch Time: 2 minutes 5 seconds

Discover how broken spring hinges are repaired in this informative and entertaining video.

By watching this video you will learn:

  • How eyeglass spring hinges work
  • The most common ways eyeglass spring hinges break
  • How we repair eyeglass spring hinges

If you need your eyeglass spring hinges repaired, contact All American Eyeglass Repair. Get the details on how to mail them for repair at one of our repair centers or visit any one of our 17 store locations.

To get more eyeglass care and repair tips, subscribe to our YouTube channel https://goo.gl/mLpnEx.

Silhouette Eyeglass Frame Parts & Repairs

Common Silhouette Eyeglass Frame Parts and How We Repair Them

Watch Time: 2 minutes 19 seconds

In this video, Glenn and Michael from All American Eyeglass Repair review the common parts of Silhouette eyeglass frames and how broken Silhouette frames are repaired.

By watching this video you will learn:

  • The parts of Silhouette eyeglass frames
  • Common break points of Silhouette eyeglass frames
  • How we repair Silhouette eyeglass frames

If you need your Silhouette eyeglass frames repaired, contact All American Eyeglass Repair. We are Silhouette eyeglass repair experts.  Get the details on how to mail them for repair at one of our repair centers or visit any one of our 17 store locations.

To get more eyeglass care and repair tips, subscribe to our YouTube channel https://goo.gl/mLpnEx.

What to Do if You Have Scratches in Your Eyeglass Lenses

Can Scratched Glasses Be Repaired? Options for Repairing or Replacing Scratched Eyeglass Lenses

Watch Time: 1 minute

Glenn from All American Eyeglass Repair explains your options if you scratch or dent your glass eyeglass lenses.  Glenn also covers where you can go for assistance in replacing damaged lenses.

By watching this video, you will discover:

  • What can be done to repair scratches or dents in lenses
  • Where to go to get lenses repaired or replaced
  • The different repair services provided by All American Eyeglass Repair

To get more eyeglass care and repair tips, subscribe to our YouTube channel https://goo.gl/mLpnEx.

For the finest in mail in or walk in eyeglass or sunglass repair services, visit All American Eyeglass Repair. https://americaneyeglassrepair.com/.

Eyeglass Frame Parts Explained by All American Eyeglass Repair

Learn the Different Parts of Eyeglass Frames

Watch time: 53 seconds

Glenn and Michael from All American Eyeglass Repair discuss the parts of a typical pair of eyeglasses and eyeglass frames.

In this video, All American Eyeglass Repair explains the different parts to a typical pair of eyeglasses.

By watching this video, you will discover:

  • The 5 common parts that make up eyeglasses
  • The differences eyeglasses and sunglasses may have
  • How you can learn more about your eyeglass frames

For the finest in mail in or walk in eyeglass or sunglass repair services, visit All American Eyeglass Repair. https://americaneyeglassrepair.com/.

To get more eyeglass care and repair tips, subscribe to our YouTube channel https://goo.gl/mLpnEx.

Innovative New Sight Technologies Revolutionizing Eyeglass Wear

From Smart Glasses to Eye Implants: How Technology is Transforming Vision

Technology seems to be turning quicker than we can keep pace. It isn’t just our smartphones and mobile devices that are revolutionizing the way that we live. Medical advances and technologies are allowing us to live longer, enjoy a better quality of life and granting us the ability to do things that were the subject of science fiction movies just a couple of decades ago.

Vision technology is among one of the areas that is exploding with innovative products that are not only making it more convenient to see; they are changing the way that we view things. New technologies are increasing our sight capabilities and for some, allowing individuals to see for the first time.

The options for your vision correction are endless from surgical procedures to implants, and the field continues to grow exponentially. Those who are in need of vision care, are being given options that once could only be ideation. Among the best products list are the following advances. From simplistic glasses to correct children’s vision to implants that create superhuman sight, are any of them for you?
Cameras that create independence for an aging population
The newest innovation to hit the vision industry are miniature cameras that can be mounted onto the glasses of those who are legally blind. One of the most advanced eye corrective devices to date, they can take a person who has 20/200 vision, or even worse, and give them the ability to see things that they could only once imagine. Reading print that is as tiny as something written in a newspaper, or email, the camera can literally help the blind see for the first time.

The tiny camera uses something called optical character-recognition. It is an advanced form of technology that uses artificial vision. Mounted on the outside of a pair of glasses, the device works by simply pointing it at the item you wish to read and pressing a trigger or tapping on it. There is a wire that then connects to a small pack which encases the computer and battery.

A smart device, it can recognize the text and then translate it by reading it to the user through a tiny embedded earpiece. Not limited simply to text, letter and numbers, it can be programmed to recognize things such as commercial products and even familiar faces.

Targeted specifically for those who are suffering from age-related macular degeneration, the device is bringing hope to millions who are facing impairment as they age. Curing blindness for an aging population, it could make a difference in millions of elderly people’s lives who are limited by their sight handicaps. As the technology continues to improve, there will likely be a day when the computer can be embedded. A great innovation, it is the first advance of its kind to target those who are not candidates for surgical correction.

The device is also helping those who are suffering from advanced-stage glaucoma. Altering the lives of an aging population, the new camera can be carried anywhere, giving them the independence that many have lost due to sight complications. Increasing their overall independence, it is an amazing first step to curing age-related visual disabilities.
Dry eye syndrome may be a thing of the past
Plaguing many office workers around the globe is a condition known as dry eyes. Although sounding very mundane, having perpetually dry eyes can lead to a host of conditions including vision loss. Combating the new epidemic is an eye implant that helps to produce tears that fight dry eye syndrome. Stanford University researchers have developed a way to stimulate tear production. They have created a device that has platinum foil electrodes that can be implanted into the eye with a remote control that activates tear production.

The device works specifically by stimulating the lacrimal gland, which is responsible for tear secretion through engagement of the efferent parasympathetic nerves. Quite technical, the result is that it can bring relief to millions of sufferers around the globe and in office spaces everywhere.
Simple glasses to correct children’s visual impairment?
Having a lazy eye used to require surgical correction or wearing a cumbersome patch or using special eye drops that were no less inconvenient. The XPAND company has come up with Amblyz glasses that are helping to treat amblyopia, or lazy eye, for millions of children around the world.

A company known for the development of 3D movie glasses has designed programmable glasses that are having outstanding results for lazy eye correction. Worn for just a couple of hours a day, the glasses are truly miraculous and making a huge difference in children’s vision. They are a small, but significant victory, for a condition that can cause an enormous amount of stress to parents and children alike.

The next decade is likely to see things in medical technology that can’t be dreamed. It is quite probable that in the near future blindness will no longer exist and we will all have the capacity to have superhuman vision. State of the art visual advancements are changing the way that we see things, literally, one eye condition at a time. In time, visual impairment will likely be a thing of the past.

 

Vision Care For Kids – Practical Tips for Your Child’s Eye Care

Vision Concerns In Children

When one thinks of vision and eye health issues, one generally doesn’t think about infants or young children. Many children don’t have their first eye examination until they are about to or have already enrolled in school. While it is true that the majority of serious and chronic eye conditions come with aging, 5% of very young children experience significant vision problems, with as many of 25% of them doing so as they enter school full time.

While those may not seem like large numbers, by allowing these vision issues to go undiagnosed and untreated during important developmental years, these children run the risk of developing permanent vision problems. So caregivers should take children’s vision seriously from birth, even though things appear a bit blurry for the first few months of life . He or she will soon be seeing the world clearly enough, and deserves to get off to a good start with their vision health. Health care professionals recommend that baby has his or her first comprehensive eye exam at six months. No, baby can’t tell the doctor that the letters look more or less blurry with lens #1 or #2, but doctors can tell if those very young eyes:

  • have properly focusing near and far vision
  • are working together
  • are being moved normally
  • are being focused normally
  • have peripheral (a.k.a. corner of the eye) awareness
  • have good eye/hand coordination

Vision Concerns In Children
Children and eye care, especially with younger children, can be challenging as their ability to communicate is limited. And with limited life experiences, young children may simply assume that nothing is wrong with their vision, that their skewed “picture reception” is the way that the world is supposed to look. So since that young child isn’t aware, or can’t articulate that there’s a problem, what should you, caregiver, be keeping an eye out for?

The condition known as cross-eyed vision can make a fairly obvious impression, as the eyes very apparently are pointing in opposite directions. Indeed, they are experiencing problems with binocularity, which means that both eyes are not working together as a unit. Other problems with vision can be more subtle, so report to your child’s doctor any observations of unusual squinting, headaches, or clumsiness. Other eye related problems that require immediate medical intervention to prevent permanent vision problems or loss include:

  • persistently weeping or sensitive eyes
  • chronically bloodshot or red rimmed eyes
  • “crusty” eyes or eyes with pus visibly oozing from them
  • bulging or protruding eyeballs
  • eyeballs that roll involuntarily back into the head
  • cloud or film over eyeball
  • any injury that causes penetration of eyeball

While the majority of children will navigate growing up without serious vision issues, prudent caregivers would be wise to either purchase a health insurance plan that includes vision insurance, or add that plan to existing policies. That extra coverage can be very helpful in protecting maturing eyes.
Other Ways To Protect Children’s Vision
Like the body at large, eyes benefit from a diet rich in vitamins A,C, and E, and anti-oxidants. And addition to early and regular eye-exams and good nutrition, caregivers can try eye exercises. Sometimes known as “eye therapy”, there is some debate as to how effective these programs are in reversing or preventing the onset of some vision defects. And these exercises are inappropriate and not effective for diseases of the eye. Nonetheless, for generally healthy eyes, these exercises are harmless, although they should be done under supervision for maximum effect. Games commonly “played” with this type of therapy include visual memory exercises, and games involving rotating, tracking with, and moving the eyes. Proponents of such exercises claim they can help both near and far-sightedness, and the condition known as “lazy eye”.

And all of those digital games, reading, viewing, and texting puts a strain on eyes as well. Limiting this and having children just play offers contrasting fields of vision as well. And make your child a partner in the protection and health of his or her vision as he or she ages. Getting them started on the path to good visual health at an early age helps them to retain it for a lifetime.

 

6 Tips on Choosing the Right Eyeglasses for your kid

Practical Advice for Selecting Durable and Comfortable Eyewear

As an adult you may have been wearing eyeglasses for a number of years and have come to understand what styles and brands suit you best. For a child, they will have their own views on the subject, but your experience will help guide them towards the correct choices, even more so if they are choosing their first pair. Here are six tips to assist the selection process.

1 Practical beats cute

Although you may have selected their bedroom design based upon a Disney character, eyeglasses for children must first be practical and suitable for the task. Being cute, trendy or stylish are secondary attractions, but may be first choice for your child.

Careful explanation to your child will reveal the reasons for your choices. By explaining the difficulties of choosing inappropriate eyeglasses, you will help your children understand why certain models are being suggested. Even the youngest of children will understand common sense rules and know that you are not turning down the Barbie specials purely because your bedroom is Barbie everything.

Unbreakable frames will top everyone’s list for kids.

2 Discuss everyday routines

Just as you eat breakfast, lunch and dinner and wear specific clothes for school and more glamorous choices for birthday parties, children have to understand that wearing glasses will become a major part of their everyday routine.

Together, the children and the parents can practice cleaning the frames and the lenses as well as learning the best way to put glasses on and take them off. Understanding how glasses must be kept safe in case when they are not wearing them is more important than the color of the frames.

3 The fit is important

For a child to virtually forget that they are wearing eyeglasses the best fit is extremely important and for this you will also be guided by the eyeglass fitting specialists. The frames will sit lower than a child’s eyebrow line, while the lowest edge of the frame will not be seen below your child’s cheeks.

Narrow frames make your children’s eyes look too close together, but wide frames should not exceed the distance of your child’s face at the temples.

4 Color match helps

Your eyeglass professional will understand the correlation between eye color and frame color as some match perfectly and others never will.

5 Where are your eyes?

To prevent bullying, children with close set eyes will probably choose a thin or clear bridge, whereas highly colored bridges make wide set eyes appear much closer together.

6 Activity considerations

Generally, children are far more active than adults and will require frames that are less likely to break easily. Depending upon the child’s favorite sports, they may need to wear the eyeglasses while performing those sports, where it is safe to perform the activity wearing eyeglasses.

By combining all of these six simple tips, a match between the adult and the child’s point of view will help select effective eyeglasses. Their input is important at all ages to extend their co-operation with wearing the eyeglasses consistently. You must remember that prescriptions for your child’s eyes must be regularly updated and this may incur a change of frames and a review of.