On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 10:39:35 +0000 (UTC), GeoffH
brought forth from the murky depths:

Hello Kent,
Go for Varifocus.
The best invention since sliced breat. Well OK one of the best.
Not cheap, here in the UK at least, but what is, but worth every
penny/cent.

I was nauseated for 2 weeks trying to get acclimated
to some of the Varilux lenses and SWORE AT THEM.

The opto office didn't tell me that the center of the lens is
the only place on the lens which has the proper correction.
I have astigmatism in both eyes so whenever I looked
anywhere but in the fully focused area, I got ended up
with headaches and nausea. they were so out of focus
for seeing anything from the rear view mirrors that I
couldn't drive while wearing them without turning my head
to bring the mirror into focus. That's downright dangerous.
My peripheral vision was nil with those lenses and the
distortion at the sides was horrible. Arrrrrrrrrrrrgh!
I have never been as mad at a medical person as I was with
that salescritter at the optometric office.

Anyone who is active and alert/aware will have trouble
wearing these lenses unless their prescription is very,
very mild. People who have astigmatism will have trouble.
Sedate single-taskers may love them.

While your mileage obviously varied, I don't think I'll
be trying them again soon. Not in THIS lifetime.


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