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This is harder to find now, but a good optician can fit your glasses to your face, know what adjustments are necessary just by looking, and determine all the lens parameters beyond the prescription. I can come in and without even describing the issue, my optician can fix my glasses.
I still go to an independent optician even though I wear contacts now. When I used to wear glasses, the free adjustments and small repairs were amazing. Now I still go in for a yearly eye checkup, since eye doctors are super backlogged in their work. My current one still does this, as well as trial contact lenses, for free! Since I recently switched due to my former optician retiring, they did a full test from scratch and really let me take the time to compare strengths. The level of service is amazing and totally worth it for the price difference you get at a large optician chain. Your eyes are super important, and if you're on a stronger prescription like me (I am -8.5) and also need things like astigmatism correction you should absolutely opt for the better care if you can.
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