Originally Posted by
drk
You make an interesting recommendation regarding temples, and I want to see if I can figure out why.
I know that high plus lenses cause the dreaded "jack-in-the-box" phenomenon, meaning that there is literally an annular blind spot that the lenses cause (due to prismatic effect) that can make things "pop" into view, suddenly as they come from, most typically, the lateral sides. (Conversely, looking through a high minus lens is like looking through a door-peeper: big field of view.)
Are you trying to maximize peripheral vision by minimizing the thickness of the temples so the patient can track what's coming, ASAP?
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