Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Progressive eyeglasses: is a narrow horizontal field of focus normal?


I just started wearing progressive eyeglasses a few days ago. The vertical focal distances are just fine and I like that a lot. It is my sideways focus that concerns me: there is a "sweet spot" for perfect focus in all three sections, but if I keep my head still and just shift my eyes sideways, things get blurry.

Right now I'm making slight sideways head turns to keep things in focus - not even the full laptop screen is in focus. My neck is sore by noon.

My question is: will this spot of focus get wider horizontally as my eyes adjust to the progressive lens?

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