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Now, eyeglasses have become the most common products which we wear everyday for various reasons. Some people wear them for supports their prescription lenses for vision aids. Some of them wear them just to keep fashion. We are familiar with eyeglasses frame. But if there is an eyeglasses parts list, do you understand them?

Some people may say that I am not neither an optical nor a worker to make eyeglasses frame, why should I have to understand eyeglasses parts? In fact, if we have some general knowledge of eyeglasses parts, it will help us to choose the most suitable and qualified frame for our eyeglasses or sunglasses. Now, let’s have a look what parts consist of our glasses frame.

Frame front: the stable frame front is very important for glasses frame because they hold the lenses always in the place of your eyes and the bridges always on the top of the nose.

Eye wires: this part can be classified into frame front. They allow the lenses insert the frame.

Bridge: this is the distance between your right eye frames to left frames. You shall choose the proper frame with the bridge is the same as your nose bridge.

Nose pads: this part is made of plastic which is attached directly to the frame or to pad arms. Some of them are adjustable which allow you adjust the eyeglasses in a good place on your nose.

Hinges: this is also a part of frame which connects the frame front to the temples. Some of frames are made of spring hinges which is elastic to meet user’s needs.

Temples: some people also call the temples as leg of glasses which is behind the ears to help hold the frame in place.

Now, after you have understood what they are on the eyeglasses parts list, you shall consider how they can be repaired easily when you buy eyeglasses. In case of your new glasses frame broken by accidents, you can repair it by yourself with some eyeglasses parts from your old glasses or eyeglasses shop. For example, if you break the temple of your new eyeglasses frame, you can buy some temple pieces which go along your temples and over your ears to replace it.