So learning how to pick glasses frames can be pretty challenging if you’re not sure
what to look for, and without professional help you could end up picking glasses that
look awkward, feel uncomfortable or could even mess up your vision.
But one of the easiest ways to start is to find glasses for your face shape.
So in this video, i’m going to show you how to choose glasses for your face shape
plus toward the end i’m going to share some common pitfalls that you definitely want to
avoid.
Let’s take a look.
Hello and welcome this is Dr. Allen here from the Doctor Eye Health show helping you learn
about the eyes, vision and finding the best vision products.
Now today’s video is part 1 of our complete series helping you find the best eyeglasses,
and that starts off with how to pick glasses frames, all the way into picking glasses lenses
and then lens coatings and even brand frame reviews.
So if you want to check out that full series I’ll put a link in the description below
so you can find it easily.
Now in fact there is a lot more that goes into finding the right glasses for you than
just finding the best glasses for your face shape, but I still think it’s a good way
to start.
Face shapes are usually described as having a round or circle shaped face, a square, a
rectangle, an oval, or having a triangle heart shaped face.
Now please do not spend too much time worrying about what type of face shape you have or
trying to figure this all out.
I think it’s best to just look in the mirror and get an overall feeling for what type of
facial features you may have.
Is your face more of a rounded face?
Do you have more of a square rectangular face?
Or perhaps you have more of an angular face with a really defined jaw line?
The general rule for how to select glasses for your face shape is to always pick the
glasses that have the opposite features to your face shape.
So if you’re somebody who is looking for glasses for a round face, you want to select
glasses that have more of a boxy appearance and that has angles such as a square pair
of glasses or a rectangle pair of glasses.
That way the glasses won’t drive so much attention to how round your face is and will
give you a more balanced overall look.
Similar to someone who has more angles in their face shape, so if you are someone who
has more of a square, a rectangle or even a triangle shaped face.
In this case, finding frames with more of a circle or oval shape is probably going to
work the best.
And in the case for most of us who have oval shaped faces, you are in luck because pretty
much any glasses shape will pretty much work with an oval shaped face.
So feel free to mix and match and try to find something that looks cool for you.
Now again I would’t worry to much about your face shape because what really matters
is the fit.
Now I want to share some pro tips that are really going to help you find the best glasses,
but first if you are enjoying this video and get value out of it smash that like button
for me, thanks.
My first pro tip is you want to find glasses that are the right size and width for your
face.
This is probably the number one issue I see most people making, and that’s that they
are wearing glasses that are either too big or too small.
You want to find glasses where the frame and the temples line perfectly up with the sides
of your face.
If you have to end up turning your glasses splaying way outward like this, then your
glasses are too small.
Or if you end up having to turn your temple arms way inward toward your face, then the
glasses are too big.
Two ways you can get this measurement right is to one, either try on many frames at an
optical so that you can figure out just what fits right for you.
The other way is to look at the numbers on the sides of the glasses frames.
Standard numbers you’re going to find is firs the eye size, then the distance between
the lenses known as DBL and then you will have the temple length.
The temple is the name for the arm that reaches all the way back to rest on your ear.
In this case if you double the eye size and then add the DBL together then you will get
the approximate distance across the entire frame.
And you can match that with your own measurement with a ruler from one temple to the other.
Again it is going to give you a better fit and the frames are going to be a lot more
comfortable to wear.
Now my second pro tip is you are going to want to match your glasses to your nose shape
and your bridge size.
That means if you are somebody with very narrow set eyes, you are going to want to glasses
that have a smaller DBL.
Usually if you have more narrow set eyes you want numbers that are between 14-18mm and
if you are somebody with more wider set eyes you are going to look for numbers that are
usually 19-22 on average.
But its also important to consider the shape of your nose, if you have a really wide set
nose that is very large, then perhaps having glasses that have more angles that are closer
together wouldn’t be right for you.
Otherwise it may just end up poking you in the nose.
Another pro tip is that if you’re someone with a really prominent nose bridge often
times plastic frames work excellent for those people as their nose just works great at holding
those frames and they don’t necessarily slide down super easily.
Where if you are somebody with more of a flatter nose profile, that’s very flat to the face,
then finding glasses that have dedicated nose pads usually work better.
That way you can make really fine tune adjustments and the glasses won’t just slide easily
down your face.
Otherwise your glasses may end up resting on your cheeks and then your pushing them
back up and their hitting your eyelashes and things like that.
Now of course there are many more tips on finding the right glasses frames for you,
but the next important thing is finding the right glasses lenses so that’s the next
video in our series so make sure to check out the full series again I will have that
link in the description below, but my final and most important tip for you today is that
no matter where you buy your glasses whether it be from an optical shop, a glasses store,
anything like that or even if you are buying them online, make sure that you take your
glasses in and have them professionally adjusted.
That way you’re going to be sure you have the most comfort with your eye glasses and
give you the best vision and keep in mind that over time your glasses may become out
of adjustment so it’s good to take them back in to have them adjusted every once in
awhile.
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