being an eyeglasses wearer can come with some frustrating problems anywhere from
the glasses sliding down the nose to getting bent, getting dirty or just
getting in the way. so in this video I'm gonna be sharing seven glasses tips and
life hacks that'll help people who wear eyeglasses
let's take a look. hey what's up this is dr. Allen here from the doctor eye
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additional information tips and links in the YouTube description below if you
want to check that out otherwise let's get into the tips tip another one is
that if you're somebody whose eyeglasses keep sliding down your nose then
oftentimes just getting them readjusted professionally could be the ultimate fix
but sometimes even if they're adjusted correctly they still slide down in those
cases I recommend a product called nerd wax nerd wax kind of looks like a tube
of chapstick but it's specifically made to put on the bridge of your nose or on
the nose pads that way when you're putting the glasses on it doesn't slide
down your face anymore what's nice is that nerd wax is specifically made for
glasses so if it does get on the lenses at all it cleans off really easily
without damaging your glasses number two is that if your glasses are
feeling either too loose or too tight then you need to get them adjusted but
taking them into an optical to be professionally adjusted maybe just won't
be that convenient for you instead here's a few ways you can do it at home
if you have metal frames they are easily adjusted just by bending the metal
however if you have plastic frames and you try to do the same thing you'll end
up breaking the glasses so first you have to heat them up you can first use a
hairdryer or you can even heat them up under hot running water once they're
heated up you can then apply some pressure with your fingers and then you
can bend them back into place for some parts of the frame you may need to use a
pliers such as these special ones we have in the optical here these ones
actually have a protective plastic coating on the outside so you don't
scratch the frames but one thing you can do is wrap a lens cloth around the edge
of a needle nose pliers and it'll also protect your frame just the same way
also if you're not sure which way to bend your frame simply do the tabletop
test when you set your glasses on a table
and you can kind of see which side of the temple is lifting up from the table
and which side is down then you simply just need to bend it back the opposite
direction but be careful if you bend your eyeglasses too much you could break
the frame tip number three is that if the arm or the temple breaks off and you
lose the screw here's a couple of hacks to get those glasses in working order
until you can get that screw professionally replaced the first way is
that toothpick method this is not my favorite but it's where you take the
pointy end of a toothpick and jam that into the hinge where the screw once was
then you simply snap off the edge of the toothpick and then it'll pretty much jam
that whole hands right into place again it's not my favorite but it does work in
a pinch a much better way is using dental floss you can use the floss to
thread through the hinge and then tie it tightly this way you don't risk breaking
the frame but at least last long enough for you to get into the optical to get
that screw replaced some people recommend using superglue to fix their
eyeglasses in this way but I don't recommend it unless you're absolutely
sure that you're gonna be getting new glasses because once the superglue is on
there they're toast if you still have the screw but the hinge is just stripped
then chances are you do need new glasses and some people will use nail polish to
kind of gum up where the screw actually goes in that's another method but again
chances are your glasses are gonna be ruined and so you'll ultimately need
some new glasses number four have you ever had this problem laying down or
trying to get comfortable looking at your phone watching TV or reading a book
it can be really frustrating and can actually bend and ruin your glasses but
there are two products on the market that can help you out
first is the LaySee pillow which is kind of a throw pillow that you can lay down
on and it has a special groove for your glasses to fit in so your glasses aren't
being bent and adjusted and throwing off your vision while relaxing on a couch or
maybe laying down to look at your phone another fun product in our mirror
glasses these ones I'm actually embarrassed to say how much I actually
like these type of glasses but the mirror glasses allow you to lay flat on
your back while simultaneously watching a YouTube video or reading a book
without actually cringing your neck and putting yourself in an uncomfortable
position the mirror glasses do fit over smaller glasses frames and they may look
a little funny but I really do like these things
number five is how to see when you do not have your glasses one kind of
cool trick is something called the pinhole effect that's where you hold up
your fingers and you look through this small little hole created and you can
notice that everything just seems a little bit clearer the bedroll works
because you're basically eliminating stray rays of light entering the eye and
it becomes kind of a closed system where you just get one focal point instead of
a whole bunch throwing off the entire system this is the same reason why your
vision tends to get better when you are squinting your eyelids funny enough you
can find pinhole glasses on sale online however I don't recommend them they're
more of a novelty item they are not a solution for glasses if there's somebody
who's very farsighted or hyper optic and you have a hard time seeing up close
then perhaps using your phone to take a picture of a near object and then
blowing it up by making the image larger that could potentially help you see
things up close or consider picking up a pair of cheaters or reading glasses as
they are basically just magnifying lenses made into glasses but the six is
how to clean up my glasses now I have a whole more in-depth tips and tricks
video on how to clean glasses and I'll hook a link up here in a YouTube card as
well as in the description below if you want to check out that full video but
the basics is that one you do not want to clean your glasses using your shirt
your shirt will have different fibers on there and possibly debris that you can
use it to clean your glasses but it'll end up scratching the lenses so it's
much better to use a microfiber cloth additionally you can go ahead and just
breathe hard on the lenses and then try to clean it that way but it is also much
better to use some sort of a cleaning solution that way it'll get rid of all
the extra streaks and skin oils sometimes using dish soap is another pro
tip that way you can really get any sort of fingerprint smudges and other sort of
facial oils off of those lenses tip number seven is do not leave your
glasses on the dashboard or in direct sunlight as direct sunlight will heat up
the lenses and the frame and can ruin the frame as well as causing what's
called crazing on the surface of the lenses where the lenses start to bubble
and the alda extra coatings on the surface of the lens start coming off and
this can even happen to some of the higher quality frame coatings that are
out there so eye health question of the day which one of these tips was your
favorite and do you have any other I glasses tips of your own go ahead and
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