Progressive Lenses:
One Lens for Every Distance

As our visual needs change, seeing clearly at different distances can become more challenging. Reading a book, working on a computer, checking your phone or looking across a room may all require different focusing distances.

Progressive lenses are designed to provide multiple vision zones within a single lens, allowing the wearer to move between different viewing distances without changing glasses.

What Are Progressive Lenses?

Progressive lenses are multifocal lenses designed to provide vision correction across different distances within one lens.

Unlike traditional bifocal lenses, progressive lenses do not use a visible dividing line between vision zones.

Instead, the lens provides a gradual transition between these viewing distances, creating a continuous optical design within one lens.

How Do Progressive Lenses Work?

A progressive lens contains different areas designed for different viewing distances.

Progressive vs Bifocal Lenses

One of the main differences is the way different viewing distances are incorporated into the lens.

The right choice depends on your prescription, visual requirements and lifestyle.

Who Can Benefit From Progressive Lenses?

Progressive lenses may be considered by people who need correction for both distance and near vision and want to use one pair of glasses for multiple everyday activities.

They can be particularly useful for people whose daily routine involves frequently switching between different viewing distances.

Instead of changing between different pairs of glasses, progressive lenses are designed to provide these different vision zones within one lens.

Are Progressive Lenses Difficult to Adapt To?

Some new wearers may need a period of adaptation when first using progressive lenses.

This is because the wearer needs to become familiar with finding the appropriate part of the lens for different viewing distances.

With correct fitting and appropriate lens selection, many people adapt successfully to progressive lenses.

Proper frame fitting is also important because the position of the lens relative to the eyes affects the performance of a progressive design.

Why Frame Selection Matters

Progressive lenses are not only about the lens itself. Frame selection and fitting also matter.

The frame should provide sufficient space for the required vision zones and be properly positioned on the wearer's face.

Your optical professional can help determine whether your chosen frame is suitable for a progressive lens.

Progressive Lenses for Modern Life

Today's lifestyle often requires us to move constantly between different distances.

You might start the day reading your phone, move to a computer for work, look across a meeting room, and return to your phone later.

Progressive lenses are designed around this changing visual environment.

Choosing the Right Progressive Lens

There isn't one progressive design that is ideal for every person.

The right solution depends on factors including:

• Prescription Your individual vision correction requirements.
• Lifestyle How you use your vision throughout the day.
• Working Distance Your typical computer and reading distances.
• Frame The size, shape and fitting of your selected frame.
• Personal Adaptation Your previous experience with multifocal lenses.

A professional lens consultation can help determine the most appropriate solution for your visual needs.