DIY Guide to Adjusting Your Glasses

DIY GUIDE TO ADJUSTING YOUR GLASSES When your glasses aren't sitting right on your face it can ruin your whole day. This chart will show you how to make your glasses fit just right! All glasses are designed to be adjustable, so as long as you are careful while making these simple tweaks, you should be just fine. THE PROBLEM: THEY ARE SITTING TOO LOW ON YOUR NOSE FOR WIREFRAME GLASSES: FOR PLASTIC I ACETATE GLASSES: Use your thumbs to push the nose pads Run warm water for 30 seconds over the closer together until they fit snugly against either side of your nose. part of the frame you want to bend, to soften it. Then bend inward at the bridge, the hinges, or the bend of the temple arm, to make the frame fit more snugly. THE PROBLEM: THEY ARE PINCHING YOUR NOSE FOR WIREFRAME GLASSES: FOR PLASTIC I ACETATE GLASSES: Use your thumbs to spread the nose pads out until they fit comfortably. Again, run warm tap water over the glasses until they are pliable (about 30 seconds) and then bend the nose piece outward slowly until it fits comfortably on the bridge. WHEN ONE LENS IS HIGHER OR LOWER THAN THE OTHER THE PROBLEM: SOLUTION: If the left lens is higher than the right lens, bend the opposite temple arm down where it's most adjustable: at the hinge or the bend at your ear. The left lens is higher than the right lens. THE PROBLEM: SOLUTION: If the left lens is lower than the right lens, simply bend the left temple arm down, or the right temple arm up. One lens is lower than the other. THE PROBLEM: WHEN ONE LENS IS FARTHER IN OR OUT THAN THE OTHER If your left lens is farther in, bend either the left temple arm in or the right temple arm out at the hinge. If your right lens is farther in, bend either the right temple arm in or the left temple arm out at the hinge. If your right lens is farther out, bend If your left lens is farther out, bend either the left temple arm out or the right temple arm in at the hinge. either the right temple arm out or the left temple arm in at the hinge. A note about certain frames: Some frame materials resist adjustment: titanium, memory titanium, memory plastic, aluminum alloy. Others are quite adjustable, including stainless steel or plastic / acetate temple arms in which a stainless steel rod is embedded. HAPPY ADJUSTING!