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I'm hoping the 'has bad eyesight / likes to buy everything online' Venn diagram will have a pretty big overlap here on HN
Also, as optometrists are covered under HIPAA, they cannot refuse your request for your records.
I bought mine through warby parker, and it was a good experience. I appreciated trying on the actual glasses. Also, as optometrists are covered under HIPAA, they cannot refuse your request for your records.
I bought mine through warby parker, and it was a good experience. I appreciated trying on the actual glasses. Also, as optometrists are covered under HIPAA, they cannot refuse your request for your records.
I'm in the UK, it seems that here the PD measurement is not considered part of the prescription, and you don't have an automatic right to that information. Personally I still think it's a little unethical on the part of the optometrist to withhold it.
Before visiting your eye doctor, ask if they are able to provide PD measurements with the prescription. IIRC, some will do it for an extra fee.
That said, given modern cameras, even web cams, it should be possible to put a calibration dot on your forehead, take a picture of your face and have the computer figure it out.
Would make an excellent hackathon project.
I've bought glasses online. My optometrist doesn't write them by default on the prescriptions but provides them on request. Of course I suppose she could lie so that "online" bought glasses will not work as well as hers do, but I doubt that. That said, given modern cameras, even web cams, it should be possible to put a calibration dot on your forehead, take a picture of your face and have the computer figure it out.…
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I'm in the UK, it seems that here the PD measurement is not considered part of the prescription, and you don't have an automatic right to that information. Personally I still think it's a little unethical on the part of the optometrist to withhold it.
Definitely ask beforehand.
That being said: I've ordered glasses (and lenses) from Warby Parker many times and never had problems getting the PD (in the US), although the doctor did try to convince me that buying online is bad for a variety of reasons. I know that WP has some doctors with whom they associate themselves, and so they (or whomever you are looking to purchase from) may be able to point you in the direction of a doctor who is amenable to that sort of thing.
Worse comes to worst, I remember an anecdote about someone walking in off the street to an eye place (in a LensCrafters or similar), and giving the technician a $5 or $10 tip to take his measurements. Works for the same reason: it's business (and money) they wouldn't have otherwise, and they're not looking at it as "losing the glasses sale."
I've bought glasses online. My optometrist doesn't write them by default on the prescriptions but provides them on request. Of course I suppose she could lie so that "online" bought glasses will not work as well as hers do, but I doubt that. That said, given modern cameras, even web cams, it should be possible to put a calibration dot on your forehead, take a picture of your face and have the computer figure it out.…
Its actually illegal for an optometrist to refuse your correct prescription. Fine: $1500 per incident.