Hi all. Just to check... Isit true that nowadays optical shop do not give u the full strength degree? Cos heard from the optical shop I jus went, the practice now is to prescribe a degree good enough for near work (for computer use etc) but it won't be as perfect for far vision. The person said that prescribing lower degree for near reading is more comfortable on the eyes. And if he gave me perfect clear 6/6 vision for far objects , my eyes may be tired when looking at near objects?
Is this the truth or isit like a marketing gimmick where they give u blur vision so u can come back more often? Nowadays optical shop don't test the eyes to perfect vision unlike the past. Experienced this in Owndays, new China optics and the current one
Nope that is not the practice at all. By doing that, you are compromising on your distance vision, and if you are driving, that is dangerous. Perfect clear 6/6 does not necessarily gives you tired eye. *Overcorrection* gives you tired eye, meaning after 6/6, they try to correct you further.
It is the shop ethics concern that for whatever reason does that. It is not a common practice.
6/6 is still a baseline we try to achieve, but sometimes, patients with ocular conditions like cataract, lazy eye or so, wont not be able to hit 6/6 thus some refractionist might tend to overcorrect if the condition is not spotted.