Polycarbonate Lenses - Great for Kids and Accident-Prone Adults

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Polycarbonate Lenses: Affordable and Practically Indestructible

In the past, having to come home with broken glasses was probably every “four-eyed” child’s worst fear. Many a tall tale was told to avoid the wrath of Mom and Dad: a bully attack, a falling icicle, space aliens that appeared out of nowhere! But even the most desperate child rarely placed the blame where it really belonged: on the glasses themselves.

Fortunately, modern polycarbonate glasses are a lot less fragile than their glass and plastic predecessors, making them ideal for children. At your next eye doctor visit, be sure to ask about the benefits of polycarbonate lenses and frames, not only for your tough tyke, but yourself as well if you’re active in sports, or just seem to have flying glasses from time to time. (It happens to the best of us.)

You’ll shoot your eye out
We all know the kid: The one who could be in a void and still find something to throw or some way to rip and stain clothing. It never fails; there’s one in every crowd. If that child is yours, then you probably know that that bones and glasses usually break when it most inconvenient for them to be broken. While there is really nothing you can do, short of wrapping your children in bubble wrap, to keep them from scraping their knees, you can help keep your child’s eyes and his glasses safer by choosing polycarbonate.

Think about it - when plastic or glass lenses are hit by whatever projectile is hurled at them, they shatter, which can cause serious injuries to your child’s face and eyes. Polycarbonate lenses are far more shatter-resistant than other materials, absorb some of the impact and, in many cases, won’t break, saving both the glasses and your little ruffian’s face and eyesight. As a bonus, your child won’t have to walk around squinting while waiting for new glasses.

Protecting the protection
Scratch-resistant coating is essential if you have opted for polycarbonate lenses. Despite being lectured (sometimes often) on proper lens care, kids usually use whatever is handy to wipe their glasses clean and rarely remember that putting them lenses-down or just jamming them in their pocket is not a good idea. While polycarbonate lenses will not shatter, they are more prone to scratching than other materials if not protected with scratch-resistant coating. You might have an advantage, though, because most polycarbonate lenses already block 100% of UV rays, so you may not have to pay for additional treatment to protect your child’s eyes from the sun.

Don’t skimp on the frames
You know what your child is capable of and what the potential for mayhem might be. If your child is in involved in any kind of organized sport (or disorganized mischief) on a regular basis, you should upgrade to a sports-rated frame to hold the polycarbonate lenses.

Regular frames are meant for regular wear; they are not designed to take an impact of any kind. Simply dropping a pair of regular frames just right can cause tiny breaks or spell all out disaster, if they’re dropped on a hard surface. What good are impact resistant lenses if the frames are shot? If your child is likely to be hit in the face with any kind of fast moving object, you’ll need not only the shatter-resistant polycarbonate lenses but the sports frames that can take it as well.