Eyeglass frame selection for teens

Thursday, December 10th, 2009 at 1:51 pm Post in Kid's Vision

Picking out the right eyeglass frames for teens is not so easy because every one has his own face shape and taste. Before choosing eyeglass frames, you should have a clear knowledge of your face shape, features, coloring and personal mood.

The frame’s shape should match your face shape. Round and oval frames are usually designed for angular or square faces. A frame with a dramatic (wider, heavier, etc.) bottom edge can balance your heart-shaped face. In similar, the frame’s bridge affects the appearance of your eyes and nose. A high bridge will make your nose appear higher, and vice verse. If you want to get the illusion of width to close-set eyes, you can choose a thin or clear frame’s bridge.

The color of the frame should complement your coloring, which includes skin tone (warm or cool), skin color (ranging from fair to dark) and hair color. Commonly, warm skin has a golden yellow tint, while cool skin has either blue or pink. If you are not sure of your coloring, check out your veins: if they seem mostly greenish, you have warm skin, otherwise you have cool skin. Frame colors like browns, most metals and splashy colors suit warm skin. While colors including grays silver and muted colors are usually for cool tones. After you learn your own color and choose the right frame color which mostly matches yours, you will look fantastic.

The frame should fit you properly and match your lifestyle. If you are really funky in your daily life, maybe a ultra-funky pair is OK. But if you are a poppet, it may be very amazing to wear a very strange pair of glasses. Generally, frames shouldn’t be too large or too small. Meanwhile, they should be neither too tight nor too loose. You can put on a pair of glasses and look out of the center of each lens to get a real feeling. To prevent frames from hurting your skin, the top of the frames should not be fitted over the eyebrow line, and the bottom shouldn’t touch your cheeks.

Made up of different materials, you can choose frames in plastic, metal or a combination of both. Generally, plastic frames are lighter and less expensive, and also require less maintenance than metal ones. People who are allergic to certain metals are inclined to choose plastic ones. If you want to keep eyeglass frames for a long time, you can take metal frames into account because certain types of plastic ones may contract or expand with temperature changes. On a special occasion, you also need to check that if your frames properly match your jewelry.

In addition, eyeglass lenses are associated with prescriptions. For example, lenses for correcting nearsightedness are thicker along the edges than in the middle.