Customer requested a clip on that would reduce the nightime glare from oncoming headlights. We used a 60% bright yellow tint in lightweight polycarbonate lenses with antirefective coatings to produce the desired effect with excellent results.

An inexpensive old school solution to a problem of double vision while reading because of the difference in prescription between the two eyes. Using dissimilar bifocals to neutralize vertical prism was gleaned from a case study in the 1981 B.C. Guild of Opticians Certification Course.

At the February 2023 AGM of the Downtown Surrey Business Improvement Association Whalley Optical Centre Ltd. was recognized as one of the communities oldest business while serving the community for over 40 years.

Aspheric Lenticular lenses are used when the prescription is so strong that the lenses cannot be made large enough to fill the frame due to the strength of the prescription.

Plastic frames sometimes become oxidized if the wearer has an acidic skin type. This oxidation can be removed by polishing the frame in store.

An oxidized plastic frame

Oxidized plastic frame after polishing

This is a trial frame setup which can be used to demonstrate your new prescription before the actual glasses are produced.

This picture shows the frames original lens shape and the modified lens shape. The lenses were made 3 mm deeper to maximize the reading area on progressive lenses on a customer with a high fitting bridge.

The final verification on the customer with the factory lens markings still on the lenses. This picture shows a perfect fit height for progressive lenses with the full sweet spot for reading now available

High power lenses are nothing unusual here. These lenses were installed into the pediatric frame in our finishing lab.

This gentleman came into the store with glasses purchased elsewear that were sliding down his nose. We discovered that the temples were too long and had not been adjusted.

The temples covers were removed, the wire underneath shortened and the temple covers were reinstalled. The temples tips can now be be adjusted properly so the glasses stay in place comfortably.