Childrens glasses strong prescription

[sthitch]

Does anyone know if there's a big difference in lens thickness between a +2.75 to a +4? We're on 3 monthly appointments so I'm concerned about paying for thinning if we have a new prescription in 3 months, but I don't want the glasses to be really heavy. The current +2.75 aren't too bad, but they said they would build up to a +4.

Does anyone recommend any opticians for reasonably priced thinning on children's glasses? Specsavers thought it would be £100 per pair !

@sthitch there’s nothing you can do about the image magnification - thinner glasses don’t make a difference to that.
so her eyes will look bigger in the +4, compared to the +2.75, but not as big as the +6.25.
btw it’s unusual to get a prescription that far out - i suspect it may go up slightly at the next check up!

They do. My DC is +6.50 and Asda have been great.

Asda definitely. My son is +9 and we never pay anything at all.

Hi all, sorry to jump on the post. My DD's prescription has recently gone up again, we usually use Specsavers however, I'm not in a position to pay for ultra thin lenses with them ATM. Especially now, her script has gone up to +6.25 and +7.50, the hospital have also requested she has 2 pairs.
My question is about Asda, I've read that they do free thinning, is this just the basic thinning or does this include to best possible thinning? The ultra thin? TIA

I hope someone can help with the above- I checked the website for you but it doesn't specify.

We went back to have them increased but they said she had stableised and there was no need to increase any more than the +2.75/+3. When we were originally told she would be +6.5, then +4, so this is really good news.

One other thing people might be able to help with- does anyone have any suggestions on where to buy prescription goggles, all the online websites that are reasonable, only have them for +16s.

Ask yhe optician about the prescription Goggles

We got our prescription goggles through the optician. The brand is Leader, DD is very pleased with them.

By law Iin the UK, children have to have any prescription optical appliance (eg glasses/goggles) supplied and fitted by a GOC registered practitioner, hence not being available online.

Great thanks. I'll ask the opticians. How much roughly are they from an opticians? Again weighing up whether to get them before the next eye test!

My sons goggles were £25 from specsavers. He is really happy with them, before this he would wear his glasses in the pool as he hates not being able to see correctly

Ah perfect - thanks a lot! I will definitely get some ordered

My son has a +4. We buy from a local optician so I don't know if they automatically thin or not but they're not so significantly thick that you'd notice in the frame

Costco is the best for glasses / thinning in the UK. I had heavy glasses from the age of 4 and it permanently damaged my nose. It’s definitely worth paying to thin them & then maybe for contact lenses as they get older

Ask your optician about Hoya lenses, they help stop the deterioration of eyesight in children

Goggles you're looking anywhere from £25-£120 depending on if it's a partial script or full script (often can get away with partial for swimming).

Re: Hoya- that's purely for shortsightedness (eg -4.00 not +4.00)

DDs goggles were £59. Her prescription is +8 and +5, I’m not sure if that makes it more expensive than a weaker prescription.

Asda does 1.67 thinning as standard. I think Boots, as an example can go up to 1.74 but the difference is minimal.