What glasses to choose for a child?

What optics exist for children, and is it capable of correcting vision.

When it comes to children, any parent is ready to go to any lengths to provide the child with the best, most useful, and generally the best. We definitely support this position. But! It's still great that we live in a wonderful time, when the choice is huge, you can find anything. Even glasses that will not only really please the child, but also help him restore his vision.

How do you know if glasses are needed?

Glasses can solve a wide variety of vision problems, but most often kids are faced with:
- Myopia (good near vision, poor far vision);
- Farsightedness (good vision at a distance, poor near vision);
- Astigmatism (difficulty focusing)

Can children wear lenses?

Let's answer right away - yes. But! Only by appointment of an ophthalmologist. He can prescribe soft contact lenses for the child from school age.

With deterioration of vision in only one eye or different degrees of deterioration in each; With poor portability of glasses; When practicing certain sports, etc.

Do "children's" glasses differ from adults and what are they?

Spectacle selection is conventionally divided into two stages: Lens making Frame selection If you bring an ophthalmologist's prescription with you to the optician's office, they will help you choose frames and spectacle lenses that are ideal for your child.

Lenses

Today lenses are made of glass and polymers. For children's glasses, polymers are preferable.
They have many advantages, but the main ones are:
- Strength;
- Ease;
- Scratch resistant;
- Protection from solar radiation;
- Filtering blue light from monitors and gadgets.

Frame

For little fidgets, first of all, the following are important:
Strength. Needless to say, outdoor games and other activities are the favorite pastime of most children. The frame must be able to withstand falls and other unexpected strength tests.
Comfort. So that the child does not notice glasses on himself and wears them with pleasure, the frame should repeat the anatomy of the child's head - not slip when turning, moving and nodding. In the best case, the child will constantly remove the uncomfortable frame. At worst, such a frame will provoke a headache, eye pain and blurred vision. Therefore, do not rush when trying on glasses. It is important to try out the frames in any head position and walk around the store in them for a while.
Security. Hypoallergenic material and perfectly smooth surface without cracks and burrs.
Style. The frame should please, first of all, the child himself. After all, then he will wear glasses with pride and confidence. Let you spend more than one hour in an optics store, but your child will glow every time he looks at his own reflection in the mirror. Frames are made from various materials for any request and budget. Let's discuss the most popular of them.
Plastic. Perhaps the most common option. It's bright and inexpensive. But alas, it does not differ in special strength.
Metal. The most durable, perhaps, titanium. It is hypoallergenic and able to survive any children's experiments. But in contrast to the previous candidate, it does not have a wide choice of colors.
Kevlar. A type of plastic. Differs in the increased durability and durability.