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Who does this? How much does it cost?
You probably could have come up with this answer yourself, but going this route saves one the cost of a new frame. In the US, at least, there’s no separately itemized charge for installing new lenses in a frame provided by the customer.
The key is that the optician/optometrist will most likely need to send the old frame to the company that grinds the lenses to make certain they fit properly, so this option may not be available for frames currently in use.
Given that lenses can cost very little (single vision, small correction) or a lot (progressive, transitional, large correction), it’s hard to answer the “how much” question. I’m guessing any optician/optometrist can do it, and it’s quite likely the one-hour places, which obviously grind lenses in house, can do it while you wait (at least for simple lenses — I’ve never used such a place, but I suspect they send out for more complicated lenses).
The optometrists I know don’t like re-lensing existing frames because they might break in the process, especially if they are older. It may also depend on the frame type and lense type.
You may need to sign a release saying that you accept that hat they may break and they are not liable for any damages.
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Opticians (who fill prescriptions written by Optometrists and Opthamologists) don’t like to re-lens frames because they don’t make profit on the sale of a new frame.
Opa was both an Optometrist and an Optician…he taught us to grind lenses when we were adolescents. Back then lenses were glass, not plastic. He taught us that you never should re-lens a frame more than 2 years old. By then it would have become so mis-shapen and unable to hold proper shape very long. The patient loses the benefits of the new lenses when they are not aligned correctly because of a frame that’s out of ‘true.’
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