If glasses are being pushed off the nose because the temples are pressing too tightly, which adjustment should be made?

If glasses are being pushed off the nose because the temples are pressing too tightly, which adjustment should be made?

• A. Widen the endpiece angles
• B. Narrow the temple tips
• C. Increase lens curvature
• D. Tighten the nose pads

Answer: (A)

When glasses slip off the nose because the temples are pressing too tightly, the fit can be improved by changing how the temples attach to the front of the frame. Widening the endpiece angle tilts the temples slightly away from the face, which reduces the pressure from the temples against the sides of the head. That extra space helps the frame sit more securely on the nose instead of being pushed forward and off of it. Changing the lens curvature wouldn’t address the fit around the ears and nose, and tightening the nose pads would pull the frame closer to the nose, often making slipping worse. Narrowing the temple tips would also increase tightness against the head rather than relieve it.

When glasses slip off the nose because the temples are pressing too tightly, the fit can be improved by changing how the temples attach to the front of the frame. Widening the endpiece angle tilts the temples slightly away from the face, which reduces the pressure from the temples against the sides of the head. That extra space helps the frame sit more securely on the nose instead of being pushed forward and off of it.

Changing the lens curvature wouldn’t address the fit around the ears and nose, and tightening the nose pads would pull the frame closer to the nose, often making slipping worse. Narrowing the temple tips would also increase tightness against the head rather than relieve it.