I got two pairs of the exact same style at the same time, one as sunglasses and wore the regular ones to death and when I needed a new prescription they didn’t have any which would fit me any more (all were a few mm too big or the wrong shape) so I got the sunglasses pair which I’d barely worn replaced with my new prescription. My current glasses fit fantastically but are terribly worn out and already had one lens change. I’ve never had my eyesight corrected to 20:20 because its too poor for that, but my current glasses are so out of date I’ve been getting headaches and my closest opticians seem to have stopped selling anything in the size I need.

Visualize where you’d like the frame to sit, and measure the difference.ĭo you know where to get any glasses which are for VERY petite faces? I can’t go larger than the ones I currently have based on my pupilarly distance and the strength of prescription and severity of my astigmatism and I’ve been unable to get a new pair to suit my prescription for way too many years now. If you can tell how you’d like them to fit differently, then grab a ruler. What would you like to be different about them? Are they too wide? Too tall? Not tall enough? Put them on and stand in front of a mirror. How frustrating! In this case, you will need to estimate your size.Įven if your old pair fits badly, they can still be useful as a jumping off point. “I’ve never had a pair that fit me well.” Use these simple adjustments for a more accurate measurement:įor example, let’s say you have plastic frames and you measure by hand: When you are measuring by hand, you have to account for the part of the lens that is invisible. So, they are a little larger than what you can see. Glasses sizes are technically for the lenses, not the frames.īut the lenses extend invisibly into the frames a little ways. Type this into a search engine and see what you find.Ĭan’t find the size of your current pair? Simply take out a ruler (with millimeters) and measure it yourself. Retailers who carry them will usually list the size.

You can use this information to find your frames online. Sometimes the size isn’t printed on the frame, but the brand and model are. Grab your glasses and look for the size information printed on the frame. If your old frames fit well, then others with the same dimensions will fit pretty well too.

Mm actual size glasses chart