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MisterGrey said:Well, they're currently away having lenses put in now. We'll see what turns up.
I actually opted for the plastic lenses, both for cost issues, and because it's what I've always worn. I tried polycarbonate once, and it didn't go over so well; despite the claims of scratch resistance and durability, they got more scratched and pitted than any other pair of lenses I've ever had. They even developed these tiny, bubble-like blemises that wouldn't come out.
The first optometrist I took the Ronsirs to, who's been in the business for over forty years, said they were a very durable frame and that they' stand up well once lenses were in them. But he wouldn't even put plastic lenses in them; he outright refused. He claimed that plastic lenses were dangerous in large frames, which would probably come as a surprise to my optometrist of nearly six years back in Oklahoma, who himself had been in the business for nearly forty years and who readily put plastic lenses into the series of ill-advised aviator frames I wore throughout high school. I tried pointing out to him that my current pair of script sunglasses are plastic (also an aviator frame), and that I've worn them nearly two years through some seriously gnarly circumstances, and they've not only not cut my eyes out but are currently scratch-and-bend free. His response was that it was against FDA regulations to do such a thing (?).
Anywho!
Took them to another optometrist I've used in the past-- a little further away (the first was right down the street), but there was no issue. Any luck, they'll be back tomorrow.
I'm hoping to get mine back any day now... my insurance is pitiful and my frames have been at my insurance company's lab for almost 2 weeks now. OOF. I'm tired of these headaches and eye strains... and not looking nifty!