There are still a lot of people out there who think that it's easy and cheap to get glasses from an optician, and expensive to wait in line at an eye hospital! Opticians seem to have the upper hand, so what is the difference between an eye hospital and an eyeglass store?
Difference 1: check
Ophthalmology hospital
Medical optometry is not to come up on the optometry, but first of all, a detailed examination of the eyes, to exclude other eye diseases, because vision loss is not only myopia, amblyopia, strabismus, congenital cataracts may also lead to loss of vision, you need to be professional ophthalmologists to check and judge.
Opticians
don't have the specialized medical staff and equipment to check for eye diseases.
Difference 2: dilated
Ophthalmology Hospital
The teenager is in the critical period of vision development, the ciliary muscle regulation ability is very strong, a lot of pseudo-myopia, due to eye fatigue caused by the ciliary muscle tension, as long as the short rest can be restored, and this part of the degree should not be counted in the degree of prescription.
Particularly when the first symptoms of myopia are suspected, not dilating the pupils can often be "false".
Opticians
generally don't dilate the pupils, making it difficult to distinguish between true myopia and false myopia.
Difference 3: Process
Ophthalmology hospitals
Must carry out the examination of the visual function of the eye, including stereoscopic imaging function, regulation collection function, binocular balance of the examination, as well as binocular vision, stereoscopic vision, regulation response, positive and negative relative regulation examination. Then, based on the visual function assessment results and refractive status, a reasonable optometry prescription is issued.
If a patient is found to have an eye disease during the examination, he or she will be referred to an ophthalmologist in a timely manner. The whole process needs to be completed by optometrists or ophthalmologists who are familiar with ophthalmology and optometry, which is something that ordinary optical stores are far from being able to achieve or deliberately ignore.
Opticians
Lack of standardization of the complete process, simple computerized optometry.
Difference 4: Effect
Ophthalmology hospital
Medical optometry is obviously better than conventional optometry, only through professional medical optometry, wearers of frames or contact lenses are less likely to suffer from visual fatigue, and better able to control or slow down the development of myopia. Ensure the accuracy and comfort of wearing eyeglasses to see clearly, comfortably and for a long time.
Opticians
Inaccurate prescription, overcorrection or undercorrection, and deviation of the optical center of the glasses from the center of the pupil, etc., the effect is worse than that of a professional eye hospital.
Difference 5: Material
Ophthalmic hospital
"A penny for a penny" and the ordinary optical store of unknown origin of the lenses and frames, compared to the professional eye hospitals, each lens frame can be said to be "famous", all selected from the international famous brand, the lens frame can be said to be "famous", and the lens frame can be said to be "famous", all selected from the international famous brand, the lens frame can be said to be "famous". All selected from the international famous brand, frame light, tough, strong, durable, not easy to deformation, lens is "not fragile, light weight, good UV protection, powerful", and all have brand guarantee.
Optician
Optician's frames and lenses, though no difference in appearance at first glance, are very different in material and processing, and the phenomenon of substandard is serious.
So, if you want to get accurate and comfortable glasses, it's best to go to a professional eye hospital for medical optometry, and the professional is trustworthy.