A Glasses Makeover!

Before...

After!

We have a winner!

Katelyn, official owner of Carson Valley's ugliest glasses, will get to say goodbye to the Harry Potter look on Thursday, April 28 at our 3rd annual Spring into a New Look Trunk Show.  Help her choose a new look, and perhaps even find a new look for yourself as all frames will be 40% off during the event.  Visit our website for more info at http://www.somerjlyonsod.com

Final Ugly Glasses Entries

This contestant was turned in by her husband, who said the following about her glasses:

"Hello Valley Eyecare!

I am nominating my wife, Megan for new glasses.  Our mischievious golden retriever puppy snuck her glasses off of the nightstand while she was in the shower, and she now has a pair of glasses which she can no longer use in public.  I am nominating her because she drives my children to and from school and drives with no correctional lenses.  (This gets interesting gat night.)  She needs to be able to see again!  Although I love her "squint face", it is time for a change."  

I particularly like the creative repair job!

These 15 year-old glasses don't get worn much in public, but when this patient brought them in for her eye exam, we thought they would be perfect!

Ugly Glasses Entry

 This entry was turned in by her future mother-in-law - Yikes!  Here's what she had to say:

"I am nominating my future daughter in law because...Well...take a look. Harry Potter glasses. Katelyn had a horrible injury at the age of 18 and while laid up in a wheelchair, she couldn't tend to her normal contact regiment, nor could she go out to the store...so, her mom went to a local warehouse store and picked out purple frames to match Katelyn's leg cast. She needs a frame makeover! Not Harry Potter frames."

Ugly Glasses Entries

This entry came from a patient who wears contact lenses as her main source of correction.  She happened to wear her eighteen-year-old glasses for her last exam and admitted she would rather be blurry than wear these in public.  I thought they were perfect for this contest!

This entrant was a little torn as to which pair of glasses had the best chance of winning.  They both are "great" in different ways.

Ugly Glasses Competition

Valley Eyecare & Eyewear Gallery Announces our 

Ugly Glasses Competition!

We know they are out there.  I've seen you dedicated contact lens wearers come in with a red eye, doomed to bust out your most recent pair of glasses from 1986.  Show is your double bar executive bifocals.  We want to see those big, thick prescriptions before you knew about high index and antireflective coatings.  Let's see those at home repairs involving paper clips, duct tape, etc.  The worse, the better...

This is your big chance!  Consider it an Extreme Makeover for your most functional accessory.  We are holding a competition for the worst glasses out there.  The lucky winner will win a great new pair of glasses at our 3rd annual Trunk Show.  He or she will be allowed to select from thousands of frames, and we will put the most advanced lenses in it.

Here are the rules:

1.  You can nominate yourself or someone you think needs an eyewear makeover.  If you nominate someone else, you need their permission.  We want this to be fun, and we do not want to hurt anyone's feelings.

2.  We need a picture, the name of the contestant, their email address and phone number.  Feel free to send additional info if you think it will help your chances.  Do the glasses have a story?  Feel like making a video?  poem?  song?  The sky is the limit - be creative!  We do reserve the right to edit the content or discard it if it is offensive.  Once you send us the entry, we will have the right to publish it on our blog, website, etc.  We will not post the email or phone number of course.

3.  Email us your entry at uglyglasses@gmail.com by April 1.  We may contact you if we need more info.  If you would prefer, you can drop your entry off at our office or mail it to us.  We may not be able to get everyone their pictures back, so do not give us the only copy if it is something important.

4.  The winner will be announced April 7.  To get the prize, the contestant must be able to attend our 3rd annual Trunk Show on April 28 and bring a copy of a current glasses prescription.  If a current prescription is not available, Dr. Lyons will perform a courtesy eye exam between April 7 and 28.

Good luck and let the fun begin!