Clip-on Sunglasses

I've been wearing glasses since I was nine. Being near-sighted and a kid, I only wore them when I had to– in class so I could see the board. When I was 14 or 15 my mom took me to get new glasses and on the way home I put them on and remember exclaiming that the trees had leaves, lots of them! This was the beginning of the end. At that young age, I realized, despite my teenage-girl vanity, that wearing glasses was worth seeing everything the world had to offer. My time on this beautiful planet is short and I didn't want to miss even one rainbow or line of ants marching down the sidewalk. I had to see as well as I possibly could.

As an adult I've tried every kind of contact lens money can buy, but I have an astigmatism. The lens of my eye is oblong shaped so any contact lens for me must have a weight in it to keep it resting on my eye lens at the correct angle. When you wear these kinds of lenses, every time you blink, the lens rotates, rubbing against your eye. This can cause discomfort, dry eye and in some cases even lesions or scaring. I've found contacts I can tolerate, even ones that are comfortable, but they simply can't give me the acuity of vision that glasses can. Contact lenses simply don't come in as many different strengths as glasses and I want to see as clearly as possible.

In my pursuit of an eyeglass free life, I've also researched laser eye surgery. For me however it is not an option. My vision changes too much every year and the pupil area of my eye is larger than most. This makes me a bad candidate for laser eye surgery as it can cause bad night vision or difficulty seeing fine details: something I can't tolerate as an avid reader, writer, and artist.

So what does that leave me? Glasses. But my eyes need protection from the sun and with my large pupils and the amount of fine detail work I do, my eyes are sensitive. For years, I suffered, then last year I discovered clip on sunshades. What an amazing idea, allowing me the acuity of vision I demand and still giving me all the protection of a high quality pair of sunglasses.

Memories from my childhood recall clip-ons as bulky, and awkward looking, but they have truly improved with age and technology. Clip-on shades now come in every, shape, style and color of tint you could want. You can even get multiple styles to change it up or compliment your mood. Many eye doctors even sell them in sets that attach to your prescription lenses with magnets and fit so well, no one will ever know you have regular eyeglasses underneath.

The kind of clip-ons your sunglass wholesaler carries are just as good and in many cases even more stylish. Other benefits to these clip-on styles are their compact size and affordable price. Why carry around a bulky case with expensive prescription sunglasses inside just waiting to be lost or damaged when you only need a slim protective cover that easily fits in a jean pocket or outside pocket of your purse? There is no reason; clip-ons are just as stylish, comfortable, and certainly less expensive. Your friendly wholesaler will carry clip-ons at a price that will make them an even better deal.

Clip on sunglasses have come a long way in the last few decades and for many people are the best, most affordable option to their eye protection needs.