Laser Eye Surgery (part 4) - Post-op Sunglasses

For the past few weeks I’ve been shopping around for a new pair of sunglasses as my current ones are prescription, and will be useless to me come Friday afternoon. Having visited just about every mall in the GTA, I’ve been stopping in the Sunglass Hut stores to get their opinion on what kind of glasses I should get.

Every salesperson I spoke to said that there was no other way for me to go except with polarized lenses. They tell me my eyes will be extremely sensitive post-op, and that I need all the protection I could get. After being told this for what seemed like the fifteenth time on Saturday at Square One mall in Mississauga, I decided to check in with my TLC specialist to get their opinion on the matter. The answer?

Polarized glasses are great, but not an essential need after surgery.

Fantastic! So misinformed salespeople have been feeding me BS. Or have they? It’s fairly common for polarized lenses to fetch a premium when retailers sell glasses, often around a hundred dollars more than their regular counterparts. Maybe they were just trying to upsell me on their most expensive glasses. Interesting.

November 28, 2005 | Filed Under Uncategorized

Comments

BrianR on May 29th, 2007 2:00 pm

Adam…congrats on the good eyesight. I just recently had the procedure done, 20-15 baby!! my experience appears to be close to yours. about the sunglasses: now that i do not need to use my insurance for corrective lenses, it was used to obtain a pretty nice set of shades…maybe your will too! i went though my surgeons clinic and they took care of the purchase for me. bonus!

Adam on May 29th, 2007 2:02 pm

Ah, good thinking Brian. Time to divert some of those flex dollars Congrats should be off to you, sounds like you have better vision than I do!