If you have a strong prescription (which may require thicker lenses), for example, some very large frames might not be ideal, because big, thick lenses may make your glasses feel too heavy.

High power often means a very thick and heavy eyeglass. To keep the lens from being so thick that it’d be hard to wear, eyeglass manufacturers created the lenticular lens.

Y ears after hilariously picking up and donning the lenses that had popped out of Wendell Carter Jr.'s glasses mid-game, LeBron James has finally shed a bit of light on his meme-spawning decision.

The contacts work by incorporating a very thin reflective telescope inside a 1.55mm thick lens. ... the user sees the view where the polarization of the glasses and contact lens aperture match.