oh dear ... any ideas?

minimad1970

FBaby wrote: »

I have the same problem, all adult frames are too big for me. The problem with children/teenager ones is that they are all with design which are frankly not appropriate for a professional adult in their 40s!

You need to look for the length diameters. For me, it's got to be 48. It limits the choice grately, but at least I now know not to bother trying anything else!

I got these from the Specsavers petite range along with a free pair of sunglasses. I wouldn't say they inappropriate, unless you're male of course
http://www.specsavers.co.uk/glasses/juanita?sku=25241679

FBaby

minimad1970 wrote: »

I got these from the Specsavers petite range along with a free pair of sunglasses. I wouldn't say they inappropriate, unless you're male of course
http://www.specsavers.co.uk/glasses/juanita?sku=25241679

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These are 49 lens size and would be too big for me. Nice looking though and good price (assuming they don't had all the extra to it to make twice that price). Mine from Asda were £129 for two (buy one get one free), including tinted lense, scratch free, and lense thickness reduction.

iammumtoone

Do you mean you have to pay for all of the cost of the childrens ones or just a top up.

When I had an NHS voucher it was worth so much and if I wanted a style over that price I had to pay extra.

I also need petite frames and looked at the childrens range, if I remember rightly unless I wanted cartoon character ones, the only styles possibly suitable were the teen range which tendered to be designer frames with meant the price was over and above the NHS voucher (by memory it was about £30 extra to pay)

nannytone_2

they said that the voucher covered the lens and tint and some adult frames.
but i would have to pay for ANY frame if it was from the kids range as the vouvher didnt cover the childrens frame.
im sure ive had kids glasses before and not had to top it up though.

just one more thing ... i did have a vouvher a year ago and shouldnt be really having another one already. the optician said the change in condition made a new frame becessary and it should go through ok...
maaybe this is why i cant get a kids frame using the voucher?

iammumtoone

I had trouble finding a small frame for me, they did suggested I looked online as they have their whole range on there but only a selection of it in the shop. Personally I was reluctant to do this as if I ordered online they would come complete with lenses so I wouldn't have been able to try them on to see if they suited me.

In your case if it means you get some free then it might be worth looking into, I would go back and get them to measure your size then ask them to look online for you to see if there is a frame that would be suitable.

minimad1970

iammumtoone wrote: »

I had trouble finding a small frame for me, they did suggested I looked online as they have their whole range on there but only a selection of it in the shop. Personally I was reluctant to do this as if I ordered online they would come complete with lenses so I wouldn't have been able to try them on to see if they suited me.

At the branch of Specsavers I go to they ordered them into the shop for me, I had 5 pairs sent for me to go in and try.

Better_Days

For anyone who lives in the East I can highly recommend the eye clinic at Anglia Ruskin (Cambridge). http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/faculties/fst/departments/vision_hearing/clinic.html I need high strength complex varifocals along with photo-chromatic lenses as I am very sensitive to sunlight. The optician I had been using were unable to source the combination I needed anywhere in the UK or Europe. They said that I should dispense with the photo-chromatic element and pay over £500 for the lenses which did not meet my needs.

It is a bit of a journey to Anglia Ruskin for me, but they are very helpful and incredibly thorough. The 3D image of my retina that they took means that detailed comparisons can be made yearly from a baseline. Anyway they made up the lenses I needed especially for me and only charged in the region of £250 (the NHS voucher covered a bit). Like the other posters I also need children's frames and they very kindly gave me the one I chose for free as it had a couple of very small scratches on.

It was such a relief to find an optician that could make up the lenses I needed. The level of care I received was the best I have had at any opticians and they even booked a BB space for me.

Universities in other areas may have similar clinics that are worth exploring.