https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/glasses-frame-shopping-in-a-mask Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 02:18:26 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/glasses-frame-shopping-in-a-mask#post-2144186 Tue, 15 Sep 2020 13:59:18 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2144186@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it’s a good idea to shop with the mask on, because that’s how you’ll wear the frames, at least at first. Did you check which fogged up more, which less? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/glasses-frame-shopping-in-a-mask#post-2144156 Tue, 15 Sep 2020 10:37:14 +0000 Staysfit 2144156@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think my level of anxiety going to appointments is related to the local infection stats. &nbsp;Our infection rate is below 1%. &nbsp;The numbers published in today’s paper state that the rate of positive tests is 0.67% if counting permanent residents. &nbsp;When college students get added to the mix, the local numbers go down to 0.33%. &nbsp;The local colleges have done a good job so far of testing regularly and isolating positive students. &nbsp;We are already in the fourth week of classes, and so far our numbers remain lower than they were back in March.<div><div><br /></div><div>I have two medical procedures scheduled this week. &nbsp;I am trying to get my annual medical care completed while our stats remain low. &nbsp;As Mainelady says, with school starting, the risk of spread seems as though it will increase.&nbsp;</div></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/glasses-frame-shopping-in-a-mask#post-2144047 Mon, 14 Sep 2020 09:49:09 +0000 Mainelady 2144047@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good for you! I hope your choices look just as fab without your mask.<br />i went shopping for new reading glasses and sunglasses this summer. &nbsp;Everyone was masked. Sanitizer use was frequent. I stuck to frame shapes that have worked for me in the past. I have been really happy with my choices.<br />&nbsp; The county I live in has had 52 cases of covid. The county where the glasses were purchased (closest one to where I live) has had 126 cases. When I went in July the numbers were much lower. I have been for my annual physical and I have taken my MIL to a few medical appointments. Now that I am back teaching, I will not be taking my MIL to appointments. My chances of exposure multiply as soon as children start coming through the door. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/glasses-frame-shopping-in-a-mask#post-2143941 Sun, 13 Sep 2020 09:10:54 +0000 Staysfit 2143941@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Runcarla, Your stats are interesting. Our community is also small. &nbsp;Our stats have been low, most recently only 9 positives for the entire county of about 500,000. &nbsp;The numbers had been much higher. &nbsp;We are worried because colleges have opened, and school is started. &nbsp;A couple local high schools have had some students gathering in parks for unsanctioned group senior photos without masks.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/glasses-frame-shopping-in-a-mask#post-2143855 Sat, 12 Sep 2020 19:15:44 +0000 Classically Casual 2143855@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for the heads up Staysfit...I have an eye exam soon, and I know my prescription will be changed. &nbsp;I hadn't thought about the mask issue during frame selection.</p> <p>I've been to the dentist twice, and all was well from a patient's point of view. &nbsp;I feel sorry for the staff in all their layers, but they seem cheerful.</p> <p>I tried to make an annual PE appointment, but they're not doing them, though mammograms are happening. &nbsp;Some years I only visit the dr. once per year, like this one. &nbsp;I'm 73...it seems to be a long time to go without any bloodwork, etc. &nbsp;Fortunately I feel good. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/glasses-frame-shopping-in-a-mask#post-2143816 Sat, 12 Sep 2020 14:01:06 +0000 nemosmom 2143816@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh that sounds really stressful!&nbsp; I keep putting off appointments... we are all due for wellness checks and dentist visits, but man, I am too scared to go... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/glasses-frame-shopping-in-a-mask#post-2143788 Sat, 12 Sep 2020 12:08:07 +0000 Gail 2143788@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I got a new prescription at the beginning of March right before everything shut down. I really don't want to try on frames with my mask but am getting desperate for new glasses and the reading part of the pair I have is no longer strong enough. I was thinking of trying Warby Parker so I can try on at home.&nbsp;<br />My dentist is in a full hazmat suit! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/glasses-frame-shopping-in-a-mask#post-2143784 Sat, 12 Sep 2020 11:54:26 +0000 Janet 2143784@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That sounds challenging. I have a hard enough time shopping for frames under normal circumstances, so I can only imagine. I got new frames and an update in prescription to progressive lenses a year ago and I’m glad I did it then! They’re working well for me, so no need for change. I hope you like what you ordered!</p> <p>I felt pretty safe at my first periodontist appointment in over 6 months the other day. I think they take the precautions super seriously since their patients tend to be in a high-risk age group. Now I need to schedule that overdue mammogram and gyn checkup. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/glasses-frame-shopping-in-a-mask#post-2143782 Sat, 12 Sep 2020 09:00:56 +0000 anchie 2143782@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It is going to be a big reveal when they arrive. Hopefully nice surprise.<br /> My insurance provide new lenses/glasses every two years, and I am due next year, but it will not be soon enough because I feel that my vision got worst recently. Even if not for insurance, I would not go now, it doesn’t feel safe. We have cases on the rise, arround 300 par day in city of 2 milion, but masks are not required in shops, except in grocery stores and almost no one wears them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/glasses-frame-shopping-in-a-mask#post-2143766 Sat, 12 Sep 2020 03:21:13 +0000 NancyW 2143766@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Dentist and optometrist offices were well organized and followed all the rules they published on their websites. I tried to choose new glasses, but it was just overwhelming. I did quickly choose reading glasses because I am less sensitive to how they look than to how much I enjoy having dedicated readers. I chose these from the ‘bargain wall’. The price included the simple lenses. Once you move into transition lenses the price goes way up and I did not want to make an expensive error. Limping along with outdated lenses for now. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/glasses-frame-shopping-in-a-mask#post-2143764 Sat, 12 Sep 2020 02:46:02 +0000 Karie 2143764@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I haven’t been glasses shopping yet but it’s time for me to go and update my prescription. I can’t imagine trying on new frames when I can’t see my whole face. I would get very frustrated! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/glasses-frame-shopping-in-a-mask#post-2143743 Sat, 12 Sep 2020 00:11:32 +0000 Carla 2143743@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So far have navigated dentist and body work folk (physio and massage) &nbsp;feeling safe. &nbsp;Also haircut and aesthetics. &nbsp;We live in a tiny, insulated community where there is an abundance of caution taken. &nbsp;Numbers in our province have started to increase in the past week (from below 100<br />&nbsp;positives Per 20-25 thousand tests to over 100, with a record 235 today. &nbsp;:-( &nbsp; &nbsp; Hotspots are the two bigger cities (Toronto and Ottawa) and related to weddings, funerals, and house parties (for the most part). &nbsp;Schools opened this week, so the province of Ontario is on tenterhooks. &nbsp;For reference, the population of Ontario is &nbsp;approximately 14.57 million and our biggest cities are Toronto (pop. Just under 3 mil.) and Ottawa (1 mil.) We are in stage 3 and rather than roll back liberties, we are on ‘hold’ for the next 4 weeks. &nbsp;We are a long way, still, from ‘back to normal.’<br /><div></p> <p></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/glasses-frame-shopping-in-a-mask#post-2143707 Fri, 11 Sep 2020 20:46:52 +0000 Anonymous 2143707@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've been to the dentist and the hygienist and the dentist wore two layers of mask, goggles and a shield with a light. I felt safe.</p> <p>I haven't been to the optometrist but I've had two eye appointments with exams in hospitals. I wore the mask they gave me, there were hand sanitizer dispensers everywhere, very spaced waiting rooms with very few people, and I felt completely safe. If I needed new glasses I would feel more comfortable in that environment than a private office.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/glasses-frame-shopping-in-a-mask#post-2143702 Fri, 11 Sep 2020 19:42:38 +0000 Staysfit 2143702@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Kkards, I have been to the dentist. &nbsp;I felt safer there than the Optometrist. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/glasses-frame-shopping-in-a-mask#post-2143700 Fri, 11 Sep 2020 19:02:38 +0000 unfrumped 2143700@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No but I have a small prescription update is the reading part of me continuous bifocal and have been avoiding frame/ shopping. I don’t want to use my existing frames.<br /> I have a small face and need to avoid frames with too large “ eyes” that sit on my cheeks —- don’t know how to do that in mask without fiddling with my mask.<br /> Such a deal! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/glasses-frame-shopping-in-a-mask#post-2143699 Fri, 11 Sep 2020 18:47:20 +0000 Angie 2143699@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good for you, <b>Staysfit</b>! I hope they work out. It's very tricky :(</p> <p>I need a new eyewear prescription too, but have not ventured out for that. I hope I can manage till next year.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/glasses-frame-shopping-in-a-mask#post-2143698 Fri, 11 Sep 2020 18:43:33 +0000 Anonymous 2143698@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I tried a few months ago - and couldn't stay the course. I was hot, annoyed, and frustrated, and decided I couldn't make a good decision about frames when I couldn't see my entire face. The hovering of the sales person didn't help either. &nbsp;I'm staying with what I have for the foreseeable future despite the benefit an updated prescription/new glasses &nbsp;would bring . &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/glasses-frame-shopping-in-a-mask#post-2143677 Fri, 11 Sep 2020 17:19:36 +0000 kkards 2143677@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>i haven't tried on glasses, but i will say that i hate wearing glasses with my mask, they always slip off (my glasses not the mask)<br />but your trip to the optician makes me really nervous about my trip to the dentist in Oct&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/glasses-frame-shopping-in-a-mask#post-2143661 Fri, 11 Sep 2020 16:45:14 +0000 Staysfit 2143661@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I went to the Optometrist today because my vision has become blurry....</p> <p>He wore a hazmat suit! :-)</p> <p>I wore my homemade mask.</p> <p>I need some adjustments to my prescription, and am getting some new glasses made specifically for reading and computer use. &nbsp;<div><br /></div><div>The optician wore an N95 mask. &nbsp;I wore my homemade mask.</p> <p>I tried on frames while wearing my mask. &nbsp;I chose new frames while wearing my mask, &nbsp;They look great with the mask, but will they look good without? &nbsp;:-)</p> <p>I will find out in a few weeks. &nbsp;It’s a bit of a mystery until then!&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Has anyone else been glasses frame shopping in a mask?<br /></div> </p>