How are glasses supposed to fit?!


Question: I just got glasses on Friday and they hurt my nose after a while and leave marks, and I feel like they're squeezing my head so the around my ears hurts too. How should they fit and how should they feel?


Answers: I just got glasses on Friday and they hurt my nose after a while and leave marks, and I feel like they're squeezing my head so the around my ears hurts too. How should they fit and how should they feel?

Well, plain and simple, they should fit comfortably and for everyone who wears glasses, that means something different.

You do need to take them in and have them re-adjusted. Getting new glasses is a lot like getting a new pair of shoes; when you first try them on at the store, they feel great! But once you've worn them all day, your toes and your heels and the balls of your feet are KILLING you! Same thing with your glasses. I'm sure when you tried them on at the office before picking them up, they felt wonderful. And the optician may have (or should have) checked to make sure they are sitting comfortably on your ears and nose. The problem with that that they won't start hurting your ears and your nose until you've worn them for a while. When I dispense a new pair of glasses to a patient, I always check the adjustment and encourage them to come back if they need any further adjusting, because 9 times out of 10, you will need it.

Just take them back in, tell them where they hurt and they will adjust your frames accordingly. Keep in mind that if you have some sore spots, it will take a few days for those to heal up, even after the glasses are fitting comfortably.

Hope your nose and ears are feeling better soon!

They need to be readjusted..take them in, they should do it for free...they shouldn't hurt anywhere and snug enough so that when you look down they don't slide down your nose.





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