Photochromic Lenses
Photochromic lenses are totally clear indoors and automatically darken in response to sunlight outdoors. In addition, they protect your eyes from 100 percent of the sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation.
Photochromic lenses, such as those made by Transistions, make your glasses work harder for you, providing you with UV and sun protection no matter the weather conditions, reducing your need to carry a seperate pair of prescription sunglasses at all times.
Today’s photochromic lenses come in a wide variety of lens materials, including polycarbonate and high-index.
Photochromic lenses are a great idea for kids, since they tend to spend more time outdoors than most adults. Research shows that the risk for cataracts and other age-related eye problems is associated with a person’s lifetime exposure to UV rays. Protecting your child’s eyes early on will pay off for them when they reach adulthood.
Transitions lenses are available in nearly every lens material and lens design, including single vision, bifocals and progressive lenses. The variable tint in Transitions lenses is available in gray and brown shades.
Transitions Optical partners with other lens manufacturers to combine their photochromic technology with the lens manufacturers technology. For example, progressive lenses by Essilor, Hoya and Shamir are all available with the same Transitions photochromic lens technology.
If you would like to learn more about Transitions, click on the appropriate link below:
- See the Difference: Transitions Lenses vs. Ordinary Lenses
- Technology
- How the lenses work
- UV and visible light
- Reducing eye fatigue
- Behind the windshield
- Temperature
- Materials
- The process
- Original Transitions Lenses – Features & Demonstration
- Transitions XtraActive Lenses – Features & Demonstration