Non-medicated glasses are frames fitted with zero-power (plano) lenses: the lens has no focusing power and does not change what you see. Aoolia lists the lens state for every frame in this collection, so you know whether a pair arrives with a factory display lens or a finished plano lens before you order.
What 'non-medicated' actually means on a pair of glasses,The phrase gets used to describe any pair of glasses that does not carry a vision correction. The industry term is plano — a lens with zero power, front and back curves matched so light passes through unchanged. Zero-power, no-power and plano all describe the same thing. If a frame in this collection is listed as zero-power,the lens does nothing optically; it is there for the look, for a coating, or for a tint.
The Lens State Ladder: what is actually in the frame,Most sites stop at 'no correction needed.' That leaves out the part shoppers are actually surprised by — four different things can be sitting in the rim when the box arrives, and they do not look or wear the same.Frame Only in the filter means you are buying State 0. Every other option in the lens step is a finished plano lens. Pick the state first, then the frame — it changes which colors and rim types are worth considering.
The three tells that make no-power glasses read as costume,The complaint people bring back from cheap pairs is not fit, it is that the glasses look fake in photos. Three things cause it, and all three are checkable before you buy or within a minute of opening the box.The glare tell. A State 0 display lens has no anti-reflective coating, so it throws a white sheet of reflection under overhead light and on video calls. A State 1 lens does not. This is the single biggest difference in how a pair photographs.The edge tell.A finished plano lens is bevelled and cut to the rim, leaving a thin visible edge line. A display lens often sits flat and slightly proud of the rim, or shifts when you press it. Look at the rim from a 45-degree angle.The sticker tell.Display lenses usually ship with a logo sticker or a protective film. If it is still on the lens, you are wearing State 0.
Choosing a frame when the lens is doing nothing,With no correction in play, two things carry the whole result: width and rim weight.Match the total frame width to a pair you already own and like — the measurement is on every product page. Then decide how much rim you want: full rim in acetate reads deliberate, half rim and rimless read quieter. Aoolia's Virtual Try-On covers most frames in this collection, which is the fastest way to compare shapes before ordering.
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