Lucknow: Dr. Vishwas Verma, is an eye surgeron. As part of his extracurricular activities , he is a sports enthusiast and has keen interesed in music and is a singer as well.
As a professional ,he deals with a multitude of processes related to the eye. These include – spectacles, computerized eye testing, cataract surgery, intra ocular lenses and treatment of common eye related diseases like iritis, glaucoma, diabetic and hypertensive retinopathy, floaters etc. He also deals with computer vision syndrome and mostly common youth related disorders.
Sharing his views about spectacles,
Dr. Vishwas Verma says – gone are the days, when spectacles were just for usual distance and reading. He says the scope for its use has now grown manifold. He says these days spectacles with filters are commonplace.
Blue Filter Spectacles – In these spectacles there is a blue filter which is increasingly useful in mobiles, gadgets where harmful radiations are emitted. These cut down the strain on the eyes of students and professionals who have to work long hours.
High refractive index glasses – These are essentially aimed at people who have high power in their eyes. The high myopics who hover around -5 to – 6 or more.
Refractive index glasses / fibre optic lenses– There use to be a time when soda bottle glasses or thick glasses used to often change the look of a person. But now that is changing. Now these refractive index glasses bring down the width of the lens by approximately 20%. These are however expensve to the pocket.
Progressive lenses – With changes in technology, lens crafts in india is fast changing. From bifocals where one would be able to get the best of both distance and reading with a clear vision, now intermediary lenses or trifocals are the new cool spectacles. When it comes to laptops the distance from the eye is 50 cm, while a book held at arm’s length is approx 33 cm from the eye. Progressive lenses are also smartphone spectacles.The progressive lenses have a spectacle power from distant centre to close centre in progression. ( built in). Given the fact that progressive lenses use new and advanced technology getting accustomed to the new lenses may take atleast 10 to 15 days to adjust.
Defogger lenses – You must have seen or felt that many a times there is a deposition of mist on the glass lens. It gives a person an illusion of fogging. With this often eyes feel strain and the vision gets blurred. To cut down this issue, defogger lenses are available in the market.
ARC lenses – Headlights are a common irritant while on the street. While on the street most cars do not use the dipper. This hence leads to a major glare felt on the eye while driving. In a bid to cut down the glare, you can use special Anti Reflective coating lenses.
Polaroid spectacles – With high intensity sunrays which are very common now, the eyes tend to be faced by a hazy feeling due to sun glare. To counter this, now Polaroid spectacles are available in the market. These spectacles recaliberate themselves as per the power of the eye. It cuts down the glare by 90% through refraction.
Photochromatic glasses – Photochromatic glasses earlier were common in glass lenses. Now they are also available in fibre optic lenses in the form of photosensors. So when you head out into the sun, the lens gets converted into goggles to cut down the sunrays.
Google spectacles – Google in today’s world is a household name, so how can one’s eyes not have a Google connection. In the spectacle ferame and the spectacle – camera, bluetooth, earphone, and several other unique facilities are available. All these special features can mould themselves as per requirements and needs. Even as we write this there are already many innovations that are happening every minute.
Multifocal lenses – In the post progressive lens era, now multifocal lenses are the new buzzword. This is one step ahead of the progressive lens. These lenses can be worn in the morning and one can do all the office work without any discomfort. It also cosmetically improves ones demeanour. It enhances personality with no spectacles to be worn.
In a personal achievement, Dr. Vishwas Verma shares that in 1998 he invented a multipurpose lens that was way ahead of its time with inbuilt features like in built camera, Bluetooth, TV screen, laser delivery and other facilities.
Dr. Verma underlines that the day is not far when with the same lens one would be able to cherish functionalities of a microscope for scientific experiments and telescope to study outer space.
