Blue-blocking lenses are traditionally used to block those harmful blue rays. However, blue-blocking lenses have been proved by scientists from John Carroll University in Cleveland to provide additional benefits. These new lenses are claimed to benefit people who have difficulty falling asleep at night. Blue light rays are supposed to delay the production of melatonin, which helps induce sleep as part of natural biological clock. In this case, by blocking blue rays during several hours before bedtime, these blue-blocking lenses can actually improve sleep patterns. In addition, those researchers say that blue-blocking lenses can also reduce symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

People with presbyopia are supposed to buy reading glasses from eye doctors, rather than simply pick up one pair from drugstores. On one hand, those one-size-fit-all reading glasses are problematic for people with different prescriptions in two eyes, resulting in side effects such as headache. On the other hand, regular eye exams from eye doctors can detect underlying vision problems as early as possible.

Lens coatings such as ultraviolet coating, anti-reflective coating, mirror coating and scratch-resistant coating can improve the performance and appearance of lenses.