How to Adjust Glasses?

Have you encountered glasses keep slipping away from your face or receiving the crooked glasses? For glasses wearers, it is a common need to adjust the glasses to ensure a comfortable fit and optimal vision. But how to adjust your glasses to make them more fit for your face? Check our guides below and see how to fix it for different glasses parts.

1 How to Adjust crooked Glasses frames?

For full rim or half rimmed glasses frames:
1. If one temple is higher or lower than the other, carefully bend it upward or downward until it aligns with your ear and sits comfortably.
2. Hold the frame near the hinge when making adjustments to avoid damaging the hinge or the frame itself.
3. Make small, gradual adjustments and keep checking in the mirror to ensure they are even.
For full-less glasses frames:
It is difficult for you to adjust the screw of crooked rim-less frames at home. If you encounter this, you may seek the help of an optometrist or an optician locally or contact us via service@sllac.com with order number and frame name, we'll create a replacement order for you.

2 How to Adjust Nose pads?

What's my bridge type? Adjustable nose pads, Saddle Bridge or Keyhole Bridge?

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Adjustable nose pads

Adjustable nose pads are a feature commonly found on metal eyeglasses and sunglasses frames. These nose pads are small, often made of soft silicone or other comfortable materials, and are attached to the bridge of the frames where the glasses rest on your nose. The primary purpose of adjustable nose pads is to provide a customizable fit for the wearer, ensuring comfort and proper alignment of the glasses.

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Saddle Bridge

Saddle Bridge gets its name from shaping like the saddle. They are commonly used on plastic and acetate glasses frames, making the whole frame as a whole. Compared to adjustable nose pads, saddle bridge providea comfortable fit and stability by distributing the weight of the glasses evenly across the nose.

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Keyhole Bridge

Keyhole Bridge gets its name from from its shape, which resembles a keyhole or an upside-down keyhole. The keyhole bridge features a single, rounded cutout or indentation in the center of the bridge area, where the nose pads or the frame directly contacts the wearer's nose. It is often chosen for its aesthetic appeal and can give a frame a vintage or retro look. Also, they are typically easy to clean and maintain due to their simple design. There are no nose pads or complex components to worry about.

What if my nose pads are pinching my nose?

If you feel the glasses are pinching your nose or the glasses is too heavy for your nose, you may use your finger to push the nose pads further away from each other until they can fit comfortably on your nose. While for saddle bridge and keyhole bridge, you may buy the nose pads to cover on the bridge to set the glasses a little away from your face.