Individualised Multifocal Lenses
Driven by innovation and continuous development, modern multifocal lens design has advanced significantly. Through extensive research and precision digital manufacturing, today’s free-form multifocal lenses deliver clear, stable vision with faster visual adaptation.
Because no two people share the same visual demands or facial symmetry, you have been supplied with individualised multifocal lenses. These lenses are custom-designed to match your eyes, frame choice, and facial measurements, ensuring optimal performance tailored to your specific needs.
The distance, intermediate, and near vision zones are carefully calculated, positioned, and smoothly blended. This allows for natural, comfortable vision at all viewing distances with minimal effort and improved visual stability.
Why Individualised Lenses Matter
Your daily activities, posture, and working distances all influence how you use your vision. Individualised multifocal lenses take these factors into account, providing:
- - More natural transitions between distance, intermediate, and near vision
- - Faster focus when changing viewing distances
- - Improved comfort during prolonged visual tasks
- - Reduced eye strain and visual fatigue
These lenses represent the cutting edge of optical lens development worldwide, made possible by advanced digital surfacing and control systems.
Wearer Satisfaction: What Matters Most
Recent research among progressive lens wearers across seven European countries shows that satisfaction is driven by five key factors:
- - Ease of switching between distance and near vision
- - Ease of locating the reading zone
- - Comfort during reading
- - Clear vision with minimal blur
- - Smooth and easy adaptation
Modern lens designs focus heavily on these elements to improve the overall wearing experience.
Adapting to Multifocal Lenses
An adaptation period is normal, especially for first-time multifocal wearers. Progressive lenses contain multiple prescription powers without visible lines, and this design inevitably creates mild peripheral distortion.
Manufacturers have greatly reduced these distortion zones and pushed them toward the edges of the lens. However, some peripheral blur or a mild “swim” sensation may initially be noticed, particularly with quick head movements or when looking far to the side.
Helpful adaptation tips
- - Move your head, not just your eyes, toward what you want to see
- - “Point your nose” at the object and adjust your chin slightly up or down
- - Avoid leaning closer or further away — let the lens do the work
Most wearers adapt within a few days, and these sensations usually disappear as the visual system relaxes.
Lens Materials
Modern multifocal lenses are made from advanced plastic materials that offer excellent optics, comfort, and durability.
- - CR-39 plastic – lightweight, cost-effective, and known for excellent optical quality
- - Trivex – lightweight with superior optical clarity and very good impact resistance
- - High-index plastics – thinner and lighter for stronger prescriptions
A range of refractive index options allows the lens material to be matched to your prescription and frame choice.
Refractive Index Explained
The refractive index describes how strongly a lens material bends light. Higher index materials bend light more efficiently, allowing lenses to be thinner for the same prescription.
- - CR-39 plastic – lightweight, cost-effective, and known for excellent optical quality
- - Trivex – lightweight with superior optical clarity and very good impact resistance
- - High-index plastics – thinner and lighter for stronger prescriptions
A range of refractive index options allows the lens material to be matched to your prescription and frame choice.
Tints and Variable Tint Options
Light tints are often used in office or classroom environments to reduce glare, fluorescent light flicker, or screen discomfort. Tints may be:
- - Solid – uniform colour throughout the lens
- - Gradient – darker at the top, fading toward the bottom
Popular tint colours include grey, brown, green, blue, and soft pink, selected according to preference and visual needs.
Variable (Light-Reactive) Tints
These lenses automatically adapt to changing light conditions by darkening outdoors and clearing indoors. They:
- - Provide comfort in all lighting conditions
- - Adapt quickly to changes in light
- - Offer 100% UV-A and UV-B protection
- - Are available in grey, brown, and green
- - Can be combined with polarisation for sunglass use
Coatings and Visual Comfort
UV protection
Most modern plastic and high-index lenses provide built-in UV protection to block harmful ultraviolet radiation.
Anti-reflective (AR) coating
AR coatings reduce reflections from both lens surfaces, allowing more light to reach the eye. This improves clarity, reduces eye strain, and enhances cosmetic appearance by making the eyes more visible.
Blue light filtering coatings
Blue light filters are recommended for multifocal lenses, especially for prolonged screen use. These coatings reduce exposure to harmful blue light wavelengths while preserving visual clarity and contrast, helping to minimise fatigue during computer use.
Scratch-resistant coatings
All plastic lenses are softer than glass and require a hard, factory-applied scratch-resistant coating. Modern coatings significantly improve durability while maintaining optical quality.
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Clinical References
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