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All right, the next option I’m going to talk about for ladies is going to be the polycarbonate
lens. Polycarbonate is a little bit thinner than your regular plastic but not quite as
thin as your high index lenses. We recommend polycarbonate to our active female clients,
those of you who play sports, who are in any type of activity where you could get hit in
the face and your lenses could shatter back into your eyes. These are safe, these are
safety lenses, they are for your protection. We also recommend those, these lenses for
that semi-rimless variety, the one that has the monofilament string similar to the one
I am wearing now. Polycarbonate lenses are resistant to cracking and bubbling, so that’s
why they recommend them in these types of frames, on these semi-rimless frames. One
of the drawbacks to polycarbonate lenses is that you do not see as well optically out
of the lens as you do a plastic or high index lens. Light doesn’t diffuse as quickly through
them. Most of our patients would not notice, but you may notice if you go from a plastic
high index lens to a polycarbonate. So consider that when making your decision as to what
lens to go with. Again, always ask your associate what’s best, your optical associate, your
optician what’s the best lens option for you but bear in mind the polycarbonate lens
strictly should be either for the semi-rimless or rimless frames or if you’re going to
be playing in some sort of activity, that you may get hit, you know, in the face and
have a lens shatter back at you.