I suppose I'm lucky that I've had experience as a Dispensing Optician in two countries, England and Israel.
My practice in London was in the West End but residential, and my present situation in Haifa is similar, and the type of patients are also similar.
It struck me, a few days ago, when a tourist from the UK came in for an SOS repair on his glass bifocals, how high the seg heights were, they were placed on the lower lid.
Now, I remember when I fitted bifos in the UK we nearly always put seg heights like this, maybe a little lower, and it was very acceptable by the patients.
When I first came here 20 yrs ago, I fitted the same way and had a lot of problems, until I realised that Pts here like them very low..and I mean VERY low.
I can't think what the reason can be for this regional variation... the only thing I can come up with is the weather? you see it's very hot here compared to Britain, and the young female generation walk around in this hot weather dressed as though they're ready for the beach.
Which right minded guy wants a 28mm line blurring his field of view from the neck down?
That's the men, the women... well, I can't work that one out.
Do you have any seg peculiarities in other parts of the world?
All best, Clive
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