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Written answer: Can Specsavers reglaze Rayban sunglasses?
I wanted to know if I were to buy a pair of Rayban sunglasses elsewhere, can I bring them into Specsavers to have the lenses changed to my prescription and how much would it cost? I normally get my prescriptions at Specsavers for free if it helps.
Written answer: Exposed to dusty atmospheres and can get sore bloodshot eyes
I work in the building trade and am exposed to dusty atmospheres a lot of the time. Every once in a while my left eye will go quite bloodshot and sore and give off a kind of sleep. I wondered if it comes from the dust irritation or if I am tired , or maybe too much computer use?
Written answer: Red veins on white of eye
How do you get rid of exposed red veins, red squiggly ones that are from the lower corner of your eye too your iris? I have been told I have dry eyes from the doctor and I’m using drops and primrose oil and I was just wondering because the same veins come up all the time when my eyes get dry and there starting to stay there permanently how do I get rid of them, I’ve tried all the cold compressors etc.
Written answer: Vision is not clear when trialling soft toric contact lenses
I am on day six of trialing contact lenses for the first time. I have slight astigmatism in my right eye and flat corneas so wearing toric lenses. The thing is my vision is not as clear as when I’m wearing my glasses, vision in my right eye is the worst and even gets blurry sometimes but even my left eye isn’t as clear.
Video and written answer: Could it be dry eyes if one eye waters a lot?
I have an under active thyriod gland and one of my eyes waters a lot. Could it be dry eyes?
Written answer: Does the degree of prescription alter the price of the lens?
I have high myopia and I just want to change the lens in my current glasses.
My question is, does the degree of the prescription alter the price of the lens or glasses?
Written answer: Why did I have to wait so long for contact lenses
I’m very short sighted and I went to have a new pair of contact lenses prescribed. When the optician fitted them in, the fitting was perfect but the prescription was completely wrong. I could hardly see. I was so disappointed as I had to wait 10 days for them. The manufacturer did follow the optician’s notes. I then had another hour to have another prescription made up. It never happened to me before. Could you please advise if this can happen and why, especially with all modern equipment nowadays?
Written answer: Do I need an eye test to just to get reading glasses?
I am 49 this year and have noticed i am struggling to read things near to me more and more! i have to resign myself to knowing i need reading glasses and its my age, can i just buy a pair of reading glasses from a shop or do i need to have my eyes tested? surely reading glasses are just that?
Video and written answer: Brightness irritates eyes and they seem dry
My eyes are not sore but brightness irritates them and I have to squint my eyes, they seem dry , sometimes burning feeling but no pain.
Written answer: Swollen upper eyelid for over a month
I have had a sore and swollen upper eye lid for over a month. The doctor gave me antibiotic drops which seemed to aggravate rather than cure. Can I go to a Specsavers optician and get a diagnosis and some treatment advice. Although he doctor has not diagnosed it I think it must be blepharitis.
