Crooked glasses: how to fix them?

Fix crooked glasses it is essential for physical and visual comfort.

In fact, not only are crooked glasses certainly unsightly, but they can also compromise your vision and your style. The importance of a correctly adjusted frame therefore goes far beyond the aesthetic aspect, influencing daily comfort and functionality.

Crooked glasses can, for example, cause discomfort on the nose or behind the ears and distorted vision. But with a few steps, such as tightening the screws, tightening and realigning the temples, and checking the alignment with a straight plane, you can ensure that the glasses fit your face perfectly.

This way, you will get optimal comfort and clear vision, allowing the glasses to be a natural and distinctive part of your look.

1. Tighten the screws

In case of crooked glasses, one of the first actions to take is tighten the screws . Of course, first you need to check that it needs to be done and know how to do it correctly.

The screws of eyeglass frames can loosen with daily use, simply by wearing them, putting them on and taking them off frequently or from the bad habit of putting them on the head when not in use.

In this regard, let's not forget that the appropriate chains for glasses largely solve the problem.

To prevent the glasses from falling or having to continually adjust them, it is therefore important to act when we notice a slight loosening of the temples. In this case, tightening the screws is appropriate to preserve the comfort and stability of the glasses.

The process is simple but requires attention. For this reason, it is generally advisable to take your glasses to your optician, who will fit them in a few minutes, also checking that they fit perfectly on your face.

The expert hand of the optician is essential in ensuring that the screws are securely fixed, without applying excessive pressure which could damage the mount .

The experience of opticians in maintenance and adjustment of glasses in fact, it ensures that the screws are tightened precisely, maintaining the quality of the frame and guaranteeing visual comfort and stability of the glasses themselves.

2. Tighten and realign the rods

To keep your glasses in optimal condition, it is sometimes necessary tighten and realign the rods .

This step is essential to ensure that the glasses remain stable and comfortable over time and, above all, that they maintain their effectiveness in helping to correct vision.

The temples of glasses can, in fact, distort or loosen over time due to wear, incorrect handling or small accidents. This is why it is essential to realign them.

There is no set time to do this, but it is advisable to take action as soon as they start to become uncomfortable to wear or when you notice that they slip from your nose, don't fit well or are crooked on your face.

It is also important to pay attention to any pain or discomfort behind the ears or on the nose, which could signal the need for a small revision to the frame, tightening and realigning the temples.

Since this is precision work, it is preferable to rely on the optician rather than trying to do it yourself.

In fact, opticians have not only the experience, but also the right tools to carry out the operation safely and effectively, while on our own we could risk causing irreparable damage to the frame.

The optician will, however, be able to verify that the fit of your glasses is excellent and you will be able to take the opportunity to check that they still adapt perfectly to your visual needs.

3. Check alignment with a straight plane

Check alignment with a straight plane it is very important to ensure that the glasses fit perfectly and provide you with maximum comfort.

This operation, which is the full responsibility of the optician, is necessary if you notice any imbalance in the fit of the glasses or if you notice visual difficulties in the horizontal planes.

The problem related to the adhesion to the face generally arises from wear and tear or small accidents, which require a bit of maintenance of glasses . While the visual difficulty of straight planes it may depend not only on use, but also on an initial need to adapt to new lenses.

This type of adjustment focuses, in fact, on the correct arrangement of the lenses with respect to the face and the center of the iris, ensuring that the focus point is adequately aligned with the wearer's vision.

Therefore, there are essentially two situations in which the need to check the alignment with a straight plane may arise:

• the time of purchasing new glasses, since frames and lenses may require custom adjustment to fit the wearer's face;
• after using your glasses for a while, especially if they have suffered impacts or simply wear it altered the fit.

Alignment with a straight plane must necessarily be carried out by the optician, who, with the right tools, can perform the procedure with precision.

In particular, your optician will check the alignment of the frame, placing the temples of the glasses on both sides of a straight surface and observing whether they are in an identical position with respect to the surface itself. If you notice an imbalance or skew, you can correct it slightly by gently bending the rods.

Our opticians, at our center optician in Trieste , regularly carry out these adjustments to the glasses, such as tightening the screws, realigning the temples, checking the fit with precision and other more complex operations.

I am also available to our customers for further advice on the daily maintenance of glasses to preserve their quality and durability over time.

We therefore take this opportunity to underline the importance of regularly planning a visit to the optician for realignment and maintenance of your glasses to ensure you see well and feel comfortable with your glasses at all times.