If you are unable to retrieve your pupillary distance from the script issuer, follow along for 3 useful tips for measuring your PD at home.
Sometimes when your doctor or optometrist issues a prescription they leave off the Pupillary Distance, or PD from the script. It is traditionally the role of the Optical Dispenser to take this measurement for you when shopping in-store, which is available for you at Shade Files South Yarra. However if ordering online not everyone has access to a service like this.
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1. ASK A FRIEND FOR HELP.1. Ask your friend to place a millimetre ruler across your brow. |
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2. Use a Ruler.1. Stand or sit about 20 cm (approx. 8 inches) away from a mirror. |
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3. Different ways a prescription can be written.1. Stand or sit about 20 cm (approx. 8 inches) away from a mirror. |
4. Typical Abbreviations used on prescriptions.OS - Left Eye Balance - No values are required. This instructs the person making your glasses to use a lens of similar weight to balance out the frame. Plano, Infinity, 0.00, - Basically 0.00 or no correction is required for that part of the prescription. Add, Near Add, Reading Addition - These all relate to your reading addition and can be written anywhere on the prescription. Inter, Inter Add, Int Add, Int, Intermediate Addition - These all relate to your intermediate addition and are used to make glasses for intermediate distance use. They can also be written anywhere on the prescription. VA, Visual Acuities - These values describe your vision (visual acuity) but are not needed to make your glasses. BVD - Back Vertex Distance is the distance required from the front of your eye (cornea) to the back surface of the corrective lens. If you have been provided with a BVD value ensure to enter it in to the additional information or comments box provided with any online prescription forms. |
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5. How to enter your prescription online.Most reputable online suppliers like Shade Files will offer an easy-to-use prescription input form like the here. If you are still unsure about entering your prescription details when ordering glasses online, make sure that you choose a supplier that offers an "Upload" or "Send Later" option. Shade Files provides both of these options at the start. |
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