Where can I order nose-pad kits for Plastic frames?

[optician2601]

Where can I order nose-pad kits to add on plastic frames? Recently, we've been having a lot of complaints about customer's eyelashes touches the back of the lens, and plastic frames sliding down nose bridge.

I want to give them the option to add-on nose pads. If the eye lashes continue to touch the back side of the lens, we might have to do a frame change. What do you recommend?

Thanks for the advice.

[Judy Canty]

http://www.vigoroptical.com/82900.html

[Chris Ryser]

What does the crazing look like?. If the eye lashes continue to touch the back side of the lens, we might have to do a frame change. What do you recommend?

If you have these problems correct them at the point of sale, not as an after service. Do not sell them a frame where eyelashes become lens wipers.

Add on nose pads will look ugly and will only get the frame higher up and not away from the lashes.

[edKENdance]

Where can I order nose-pad kits to add on plastic frames? Recently, we've been having a lot of complaints about customer's eyelashes touches the back of the lens, and plastic frames sliding down nose bridge.

I want to give them the option to add-on nose pads. If the eye lashes continue to touch the back side of the lens, we might have to do a frame change. What do you recommend?

Thanks for the advice.

Disregard what Chris says. They work really well. We got ours from McCray Optical. Titanium pad arms, mounter, nose pads and a hand driven drill bit tool. Here's a sample I made for the shoppe.

[AngeHamm]

Nose pads will absolutely get the frame away from the lashes, as well as higher. Make sure you are compensating for the raised frame when you measure seg heights and OC heights! I'd recommend installing the nosepads before measuring.

Consider also carrying Prodesign Denmark in your practice; their zyl frames are available with nosepads for just a few bucks more. Long-lashed patients buy Prodesign like crazy.

[edKENdance]

Nose pads will absolutely get the frame away from the lashes, as well as higher. Make sure you are compensating for the raised frame when you measure seg heights and OC heights! I'd recommend installing the nosepads before measuring.

Consider also carrying Prodesign Denmark in your practice; their zyl frames are available with nosepads for just a few bucks more. Long-lashed patients buy Prodesign like crazy.

Not just long lashed patients. We do quite a few fits for Asians and Inuit that have no discernible bridge. In their case the glasses end up fitting in a more usual position.

[Don Gilman]

Ah! Once again cosmetics gets in the way of optics. In the old days we used to try for 6.00cc curves. Now the trend is flatter, flatter, damn the fit and optics

[AngryFish]

B&S Catalog Section F pages 14 - 17 has several kits of various materials. Part # 0304 50 is a Titanium kit Part, # 0303 51 is a plastic kit. They offer Titanium pad arms in "push-in" and "screw-in" styles.

[Paul Smith LDO]

If you are experiencing a lot of complaints regarding ill fitting frames perhaps you should re evaluate the fitting criteria at the practice. Nose pads add-on's should be explained to the patient prior to their purchase and should be done so by an experienced optician. If you are interested in selling acetate frames to your patients you need to provide them with several options, the aforementioned Pro Design, as well as product available with Asian/Alternative fit bridges. First and foremost play closer attention to the fit. Adding pads as an after thought...

[Java99]

Where can I order nose-pad kits to add on plastic frames? Recently, we've been having a lot of complaints about customer's eyelashes touches the back of the lens, and plastic frames sliding down nose bridge.

I want to give them the option to add-on nose pads. If the eye lashes continue to touch the back side of the lens, we might have to do a frame change. What do you recommend?

Thanks for the advice.

Tell them to remove the damned fake eyelashes all the salons are putting on people now. Or get the pads from Vigor.

[optician2601]

If you have these problems correct them at the point of sale, not as an after service. Do not sell them a frame where eyelashes become lens wipers.

Add on nose pads will look ugly and will only get the frame higher up and not away from the lashes.

Customer did not complain of eyelashes touching lenses during frame selection. She experienced this problem during dispensing.

[optician2601]

Disregard what Chris says. They work really well. We got ours from McCray Optical. Titanium pad arms, mounter, nose pads and a hand driven drill bit tool. Here's a sample I made for the shoppe.

Which pad arm did you use?

[edKENdance]

I only use the titanium pad arms with the kit from McCray. I used wine colour for the sample because I think those aren't going to be in high demand.

[AngeHamm]

Customer did not complain of eyelashes touching lenses during frame selection. She experienced this problem during dispensing.

This can happen if the lenses are thicker or if they change the front curve of the frame. This is one of many things to try to anticipate when selecting frames.