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Glasses for Large Heads

Sea2See Nimmo Tortoiseshell

Glasses for large heads can be more limited in range compared to the more common head sizes. However, you don’t need to feel like there is nothing out there for you and neither do you always need glasses custom made for your face. Here at in Northolt, North West London we stock large/oversized eye glasses suited to those o the large end of the spectrum.

What size glasses should I get if I have a big head?

Larger sized glasses need to have a eye size of 54 and above to sit comfortably on your head. This is an approximate figure as your face shape includes variations in nose width and eye to ear length. This means that you aught to be properly measured up to determine the best fitting glasses frame for you. The last thing you will enjoy is a pair of glasses that sit with the right width on your face but keep slipping down because the side length is not long enough for your head size. It is important for a frame expert to make sure the side length is good for you and the end s can be adjusted. Not all end can be adjusted easily as it depends n the material used to make them.

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Who makes glasses for big heads?

There are various designs available in the sizes you may need. There are even sustainable eyewear choices available. Designs from Sea2See, Green Eyewear and Dunlop include oversized frame designs for large heads. We also stock rimless frames made from titanium that fit large heads. Rimless eyewear is unique in that we can alter the lens size and make it more bespoke to your head size.

Sea2See Nimmo Blue

This frame from Sea2See comes in size 57×15 with a side length of 140, making it a good choice if you have a large head.

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Be More Sustainable With Your Eyewear With Eco

Eco Eyewear

All Eco eyewear come with a clip-on sun lens. A sustainable 2 in 1 option. Convert your glasses into sunglasses instantly. Strong magnets hold securely. Excellent when driving.

Biobased frames made from castor seed oil. Very light with premium sun clip-on giving you full UV protection with polarised lenses.

Eco Gila Frame

A sustainable 2 in 1 option. Convert your glasses into sunglasses instantly. Strong magnets hold securely. Excellent when driving.

Sustainable frames made from biobased castor seed oil, 95% recycled metals, and ocean based plastics. All with magnetic sun clip-ons.

Eco works with trees for the future to plant a tree for every frame purchased. With your help, they have planted over 2 million so far – and that number just keeps growing.

Your ECO eyewear come with:

  • Eco Frame
  • Standard 1.5 lenses
  • Scratch resistance coating
  • Sunglass Clip-on with polarised lenses
  • Frame case made from recycled PET
  • Lens cloth made from recycled plastic bottles
  • A tree planted
  • A smile
  • All for only £179.95
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Save the Seas with Sustainable Eyewear from the Oceans

Ocean recycled eyewear

The eyewear industry has used all sorts of materials when making spectacles. Metals in the form of Titanium, Nickel, Stainless steel. Plastics in the form of acetates, TR90, Nylon, Acrylics.  Natural materials made with wood, animal horns, and shells. There was a time when sea turtles were harms to obtain their turtleshell and this was stopped around the advent of acetate as an alternative. This is where the classic colour of tortoise shell came from. The acetates turned out to be a very durable material, coming in a wide array of shades and colours Fast forward to today and these plastics now pose a problem to marine life and our own health by extension.

Plastics in the oceans

  • There is so much plastic in the oceans that 88% of the ocean is polluted by plastics.
  • Almost all baby sea turtles have plastice waste in them ,
  • There are 5000 pieces of plastic & 150 plastic bottles for each mile of UK beach,
  • the UK contributing to 1.7 millions tonnes of plastice waste annually.
  • Has affected our food chain with 1 in 3 fish for consumption contain plastics.

That’s a lot to digest and the situation seems over whelming but there is a push to clean up the oceans and upcycle the waste. Companies like Sea2sea have collection points in various countries ,providing an extra income to locals and allowing them to gather and process tonnes of ocean plastic like fish nets. These are then turned into glasses frames.

What we like about Sea2Sea eyewear.

Ocean recycled eyewear

Despite the recycled nature of the eyewear, they are light weight, and the colours are bold. The sizing range means we have frames for very large face shapes to petites.

If you would like to come and try them on please email us or request an appointment.

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Low vision clinic near Ealing, Harrow & Wembley

Low vision clinic near Ealing, Harrow & Wembley. Visual impairment and low vision affects a growing number of people in the community. This is partly due to an aging population and so low vision service are under increasing burden to provide low vision services in the hospital eye service.

If you live in and around Ealing, Harrow & Wembley you will be near Ealing and Northwick Park hospitals where branches of Moorfields Eye Hospital exist that provide low vision services. There is often a wait to be seen within their departments.

So what is low vision and visual impairment?

In the UK there are about 360,000 people who are registered sight impaired (previously called “partially sighted”) and severely sight impaired (previously known as “blind”). This involved voluntarily registering depending on the severity of your sight loss. The thresholds of severity depend on your vision level measured from the testing chart and your field of vision.

The assessment that leads to registration is done by an Ophthalmologist in a hospital eye department in combination with data collected by support staff including Optometrists. If you are certified as either sight impaired or severely sight impaired, a certificate called the Certificate of Visual Impairment (CVI) will be issued to you along with copies being sent to your GP and your local social services.

Your local social services will contact you and give you the option of being added to a register of visually impaired people. You will also receive access to an assessment in your home by for example an occupational therapist. There are a number of  further benefits you may receive and may include:

  • Disability living allowance or Personal Independance Payment
  • Reduced TV licence fees
  • Reduced public transport fares
  • Parking concessions

Regardless of whether you are certified as sight impaired, you can be given low vision assessments in the hospital eye service.

Low Vision assessments or Eye examination

Unlike an eye examination which is a general check of the state of your eyes, a low vision assessment is a specialised test dealing more specifically with the visual impairment. Not all Opticians are able to provide this service as not all Optometrists are trained in providing these assessments. At Oldfields Opticians for example the Optometrist, Salman Siddiqui is able to provide low vision assessments as he works at Moorfields Eye Hospital in the refraction and low vision department at City Road.

A low vision assessment provides in addition to a standard refraction the measurments to determine the optimum strength of low vison aids that would be most useful for you. Bear in mind that your vision may continue to change and so the assessment is not just a one off but needs to be re-assessed periodically.

Low vision clinic near Ealing, Harrow & Wembley

Oldfields Opticians is nestled between Ealing to the south, Harrow to the north and Wembley to the east making it easily accessible for patients from all three areas. That coupled with free parking means that your visit can be hassle free.

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Best Prescription Sunglasses for Better Mountain Biking

Prescription sunglasses for mountain biking. Mountain biking is great fun and mountain bikes get to be used what they were made for.

I remember when I first went mountain biking in the lake district years ago. We took a semi-challenging route so as not to appear completely novice like in the group.

That was a gruelling few hours and we got back barely able to walk and covered in mud. I was wearing my glasses and kept stopping because of stuff going in my eyes.

We had the gear to protect ourselves from the mud on our clothes but hadn’t thought of protection for the eyes!! I didn’t even know that anything for that purpose existed.

Forward to the present and thankfully there are options available for those of us who need glasses and want full wrap sunglasses.

Dunlop Prescription Sunglasses for Better Mountain Biking

Dunlop make an excellent pair of sports sunglasses that come with polarised lenses, a prescription insert that clips on the back and even a wind/dirt guard.

The sides of the frame are adjustable for different side angles (called the pantoscopic angle) and the sides even detach to allow the attachment of a strap, giving further stability when riding.

The package cost including your prescription in standard index lenses is £99.95 which is great value when you consider all the options it gives you.

If that sound like its doing too much for you, you opt for the Salice sports frames. These are wrap around frames with interchangeable lenses between clear and mirrored tint.

They also include prescription inserts. The sides are fixed and they come in two colours. White with blue mirror lens or black with silver mirror lenses.

This package including your prescription in standard index lenses is £79.95, again a great value package.

So if you are looking for prescription sunglasses for mountain biking adventures, come in and try out these sports eyewear. Contact us and we can call you back to arrange an appointment.