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Are transition lenses for older people? (piefed.social)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by lol_idk@piefed.social to c/asklemmy@sh.itjust.works

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Edit2: in my attempt to be brief, I left out most of the conversation I had with myself. I'm mostly referring to this in a fashion sense. Of course anyone can wear them, but I associate them with older people and I'm curious what younger people think of them

Edit: lenses that get darker in bright sun

So I'm over 40, I think transition lenses are for old people. I'm told younger people are wearing them now but I haven't seen many.

What's your take on it? Saying about how old you are helps

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[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 4 points 5 days ago

My ten year old niece had them, twenty years ago.

Even then they had improved tremendously.

[–] brillotti@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Does it really matter? If they help you see better, get them.

[–] proudblond@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Transitions? As in the ones that go darker in the sun? My husband has had them forever. Easier than keeping a separate pair of prescription sunglasses around I guess. We’re 42 now but I’m pretty sure he had them when we met at 25.

[–] ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

I'm 41, I don't have transitions but both of my kids, 20 & 14 have them.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 4 points 5 days ago

No.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

Not really, but you see them a bit more often with old people, because the lenses inside the eyes become less flexible with age.

However, an alternative can be contacts with reading glasses. Can be frustrating to pop out the glasses often. Probably not good for driving idk

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

I have had transitions lenses since my 20s. I am fairly light sensitive and they really make things more pleasant without having to switch to prescription sunglasses.

I switched to contacts and had to carry sunglasses all the time, until the transitions contacts came out. Those things are awesome and make colors so much better when they tint. They aren't as good as sunglasses, but still do great.

[–] wiccan2@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

My wife had them in her twenties about 10 years ago, she couldn't get on with them because of how slow they returned to normal after going indoors.

I've never heard of them being for old people.

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Transition lenses are the ones where you have reading lenses in the bottom and long distance lenses at the top? I guess they are for anyone who suffers both from myopia and hyperopia. Although you could just get contacts and a pair of reading glasses.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Those are bifocals or varifocals.

Transition lenses are the ones with a pigment that activates in bright light to turn them from regular glasses into sunglasses

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 days ago

Ah cool! Thank you. In my native language the word for varifocals would directly translate to transition lenses.

I think my mom had some transition lenses back in the early nineties. The problem was that they were slow to go back to clear when you left the sun. So basically you got the equivalent of your glasses fogging up when you went inside, but in summer also. They might be better now.

It's probably more of a young thing because old people already tried them and gave up.