this is becoming a super fun discussion i like it
not intending to start an all out war on expiration dates on glasses RX's ... personally i view glasses as a medical necessity (most of the time!) and i also feel that it is good that there is an expiration on the RX because you SHOULD be getting the refraction and your eye health checked on a regular basis. it is convenient that all of these things can come in a neat little package we call a comprehensive eye exam. not as a ploy to get them to buy stuff, more as a preventative measure. at an office i used to work at, we had a woman wearing a -10.00 and a -10.50 come in who hadn't had an exam in over ten years, and at that point her RX had increased by 3 diopters. the only reason she came in was because her eye doctor refused to make her a pair in the expired RX. Even though she felt that they "hadn't changed." once she picked them up and realized the difference she had changed her tune a smidge
On the other hand, i also understand that there are extenuating circumstances, we have made lenses for patients in nursing homes or who are incapacitated because they need them to see and could NOT make it into the office. There are always exceptions to every rule.
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