What is an anti-fatigue lens?
An anti-fatigue lens is a single vision lens with a power boost at the bottom of the lens. This boost helps your close-up vision when you’re looking down.
How is that different than a single vision lens?
A single vision lens has the same corrective power everywhere on the lens. They can be made to help with reading, or with distance, but not both at the same time.
Anti-fatigue lens are made to help distance vision, and provide a boost at the bottom of the lens that can make reading or using mobile devices more comfortable.
When should you get an anti-fatigue lens?
Anti-fatigue lenses are most helpful if you’re having eye strain while using mobile devices, but don’t need progressive lenses.
Should I get an anti-fatigue instead of a progressive?
No, progressive and anti-fatigue lenses are very different. Anti-fatigue lenses give you a small boost in close-up vision to reduce eyestrain, while progressive lenses let you see at any distance. Anti-fatigue lenses are not “baby progressives”, because they do not improve vision at intermediate distances (1 to 4 meters (3 to 13 feet)).
Anti-fatigue lenses are meant for younger people who experience eye strain while reading or using mobile devices. Progressives are meant for people with presbyopia, which is an age-related condition causing problems with the eye’s ability to focus close-up.
Anti-fatigue lenses are corrective lenses that provide clear distance vision, while also reducing eye strain when using a mobile device like a phone
A progressive lens allows those with presbyopia to see at any distance
