Silicone pads..........................
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Originally Posted by
Jubilee
I have a patient that picked up her glasses in June. She had some trouble with the frame sliding and the pads being "too hard" to I put her in a pair of silicone pads.
There is no such thing as nose pads being too hard. Nosepads have to be angled properly when adjusting the frame.
If the frame slides downwards the angle of the nose is not anymore the same as in the place where the pads were adjusted. Therefore even soft silicone pads are not the solution.
Temples have to be adjusted properly by opening up so that there is no pressure against the skull as this will make the frame slide forward and out of place. On metal frame you can bend them up at the hinge on plastic frame you have to use the file.
Once this is done you bend the temple tips so that they follow the contour of the skull as well as the one of the back of the ear.
If you follow this advise you can throw all the silicone pads in the garbage as you will never use them again, at least for this purpose.
Its the angle of the pads......................
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Originally Posted by
Jubilee
I will also check into the titanium pads.
Cassandra...........it is not the material of the pades, you could have pads from lead or from pure gold..................if the angle of the pads is not perfectly adjusted the whole weight sits on a small area and will mark the skin and then emit hurt, hurt hurt until the skin opens and you get a sore.
Temples out of whack...........................
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Originally Posted by
Jubilee
The front of the pad is touching the same as the back of the pad surface, with the top applying the same amount of pressure as the back......please advise me if I have been doing this wrong for 12 years and on thousands of patients.
Cassandra
Ifg the angle for the nosepads is right on, but the patient still hurts or feels uncomfortable on the nose, he or she probably hit their head against something and your templed are our of whack. This will shift the presssure more to one side, right or left as well as up or down.
Have patient twist glasse with their own hands to show you how it would feel right and take it from there.
And to all you other guy's...............who want to sell other lenses to cure the problem, as being weight.
We used to sell glasses in any power...........in glass lenses and were still able to adjust a frame properly so it would fit and not hurt.