平安顔の日本人には、アメリカで眼鏡を作るのは一苦労なのです。
なぜなら、
１－まず医者に検眼して処方箋を書いてもらわないといけない。
眼鏡屋さんに医者が常駐してるんだけど、検査に余分に時間がかかるし、医者代かかるし。
２－レンズが厚い。
これはどこまでそうなのか確かではないけど、日本のレンズのほうが薄い、気がする。
でも私の場合、常に目が悪くなっているので、アメリカのレンズが厚いのか、単に目が悪くなってレンズが厚くならざるを得ないのか微妙。
３－顔にあうフレームがない。
レンズが厚すぎるため、必然的にふちの幅のある眼鏡になるわけなんだけど、鼻パッド一体型のフレームは、鼻の低い私の顔にのせるとほっぺに乗ってしまうぐらい、まつげにあたってしまう状態で。
ふちの厚い眼鏡でフリーアームと呼ばれる鼻パッドが独立してるのはほぼ皆無です。
日本のは、鼻パッド一体型でも、かなりそこの部分が日本人の顔に合わせておおきくせせり出ているので日本のなら鼻パッドなくてもいける。
最初に行った眼鏡市場のあまりの安さにカンゲキして弐萬円堂に行ってまたもうひとつ作った。
I honestly do not know and want to know where all the Asians in the U.S. are getting their eye glasses from.
My eyesight is bad. The Rx on my left eye is -10.5 (plus astigmatism is like over 4).
So naturally, the lenses get thicker and leave me only with plastic frame option.
Well, the thing is, it is VERY hard to find a pair of plastic frames with adjustable free-arm nose pad.
This is very important when my face is flat as a pancake and there is no nose bridge to keep my glasses away from my face.
Even if I find one, they are seldom wide enough to fit on my big face.
(By the way, frames in the U.S. have longer temple, I guess to fit the narrower but deeper head shape, so the ends get bent over quite a bit too)
So, it was a joy to be able to find multiple pairs at a store in Japan that I liked and that fit on my face, and they were very affordable (plus no cost for optometrist's exam since you don't need a prescription from a doctor to make glasses).
So I bought 2 pairs. Still much cheaper than one pair I made in the U.S. a few years ago.
Because of my strong prescription and the fact that it was Golden Week, both of the stores I went to to get each pair from said it would take a week to 10 days to get the glasses ready.
It was totally fine with me. I just needed the frames fitted right then and there since I won't be able to be there physically when the glasses are ready for pick-up. But as soon as they knew I would be leaving the country, they somehow expedite it and both of the pairs were ready withing a week.
Love Japanese customer service.
I am very happy with both of the pairs.
Marketing niche right there, people.
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