Reflections in prescription glasses can make it harder for you to see and perform daily tasks, such as reading and driving. This issue often becomes more prevalent in the evening. Our eye doctor at Collins Eye Center offers an anti-reflective lens coating. Here are several benefits of anti-reflective lens coatings:
Clearer Vision
In non-coated lenses, about 8 to 10.3% of incident light is reflected back into the glasses. This leads to increased glare and halo effects, making it more difficult to see. Reflections also create secondary images, known as ghost images. These include images of the wearer’s eyes or eyelashes.
An anti-reflective lens coating can lower the amount of reflected incident light to less than 1%. This reduces ghost images, making wearing eyeglasses more comfortable. Anti-reflective lens coating also helps increase the amount of light that enters your eyes. This allows for clearer vision, making the room and objects around you brighter and colors more vibrant.
Less Eye Strain
If you regularly work on a computer, laptop, or phone for your job, anti-reflective lens coatings can help you during your workday. The glare from computers, laptops, phone screens, and other handheld devices can result in eye strain and headaches. This may make it difficult to complete tasks in a timely manner.
With an anti-reflective lens coating, the glare from screens is reduced. Less glare helps minimize eye strain and fatigue during your workday and daily routine. This allows you to complete tasks and screen-related downtime activities without additional discomfort. If you frequently work with screens, ask your eye doctor if they offer blue light glasses or anti-reflective lens coatings for high levels of screen time.
Safer Driving
At night, the contrast between the brighter lights of the surrounding cars and traffic lights and the darkness can increase glare. This makes it harder to see the road and signs. Glare may also create the illusion that something is on the road when nothing is there, impacting your driving choices. Ghost images produced by reflections can also be distracting. Distractions create a hazard while driving, an activity that requires you to focus on the road.
Using anti-reflective lenses when driving, especially in the evening, at night, or on rainy days, can help make driving safer. Reducing glare and ghost images makes it easier to see and focus on the road and other drivers. It also improves your ability to see road signs, helping you navigate unfamiliar streets and cities and identify the correct entrances. Anti-reflective lens coatings can also be applied to prescription sunglasses. This provides additional glare protection on a sunny day, making it easier to perform outside activities, whether driving or walking.
Improved Appearance
Not only does an anti-reflective reduce reflections for you, but also those looking at you. The coating diminishes the likelihood that someone will see their reflection in your lenses, making them almost invisible. This is often important when being photographed. Coatings may also make thicker lenses less noticeable, creating the illusion of a thinner profile. Some anti-reflective coatings also contain chemicals that make them water-resistant and less likely to attract grease buildup on the lenses of your glasses.
Contact an Eye Doctor
Dr. Collins, our optometrist, offers eye exams to check the state of your vision and create a customized treatment plan. He also provides diagnoses for different eye diseases, including glaucoma, cataracts, and diabetic retinopathy. We offer polarized sunglasses and neurolenses to help with eye strain and headaches. If you need a new pair of glasses, our frame stylists will help you select a pair of frames that are functional, comfortable, and fit your long-term style preferences. Contact Collins Eye Center today to schedule an appointment to get glasses with an anti-reflective lens coating.
