I have recently joined the throngs of speccy four eyes that live in the fair country of mine; however I only require them for reading or close work. This give me a problem. When I leave my desk to retire to the bar for a swift half hour of convivial lunch time drinking, I am left with unsightly dents in my nose where my glasses have rested.
My glass wearing chums assure me there is no method known to man or beast to lessen these dents or dispatch them in a swift manner.
Are they right? Can these dents be removed? Am I left to be looking like a fool for ever?
I don’t wear glasses but when I’ve had my sunglasses on for ages I get the denty bits. The only thing I can suggest is to massage the bridge of your nose a little. Not that it’s a cure, but I find it helps a little
Get some non prescription ‘flat’ lenses in another pair of glasses and where them when you arent wearing the other pair. That way you will always be seen in glasses and nobody will see the dents. Simple.
Alternatively, you can get all round bridges as opposed to the little pads. These may leave less of a dent, but have a different look and style about them. Up to your vanity to decide.
Also, you could wear a plaster over the dents and just say you had an accident of some sort.
I wore glasses from 12-33. And with my skull growing while I was wearing glasses I have permanent grooves in my skull behind my ears because of the ear pieces restricting growth.
I have reading glasses that don’t have those little nose supports. The frames rest directly on the bridge of my nose, much like many sunglasses. I find that these leave little or no mark after wearing.
Maybe you should look at another style that uses the frame as support, rather than those little pads.
CrankyAsAnOldMan and Jonathan Chance - I weep for you.
glasses dents in one’s nose? My take on the topic is, if we must be in an armed conflict, why o why is not one that will rid the Earth of this horror!!!
Oh, wait, you were just concerned about yours - as well you should be. Thank god you are not a woman who wears make-up: then you’d have dents and weird glowing oily spots.
Your only hope is to do as the other posters suggested - contacts are best, although you could try lighter glasses or wearing your glasses lower on your nose. (The person who fitted those glasses will tell you that wearing them lower on your nose is bad for your vision. Bah! What is a little eyestrain compared to the horror of those awful dents.)
Vertigo, perhaps your nose is mighty. One of my very best friends often shows up for happy hour with a V-shaped dent on his nose from wearing glasses such as yours. Dark bars cover a multitude of sins but, more’s the pity, glasses dents are emphasized.
Given my druthers, I’d like to use 18th-century (“Ben Franklin”) style frames for my reading glasses. They’re wonderfully comfortable and suit the purpose nicely.
(My wife also happens to like how I look in them).
Sorry for a bit of a hi-jack, but is there a technical term for the little nose-piece pads on glasses?
I’ve been looking for a replacement set for a pair of glasses that don’t seem to match any style available anywhere on earth. I don’t think I’ll get very far with a search unless I know what they’re called.
I’ve had glasses since I was five years old, and I don’t really get dents anymore. I used to get them when I had heavy, glass lenses-- but they avoid those know because they’re more likely to shatter and blind you.
Go for light plastic lenses, and light frames- wire is a good choice.
And xjetgirlx, just swing your optometrist with your specs in hand. They’ll install a replacement set for free…