Choosing frames for your face
Frame width matters more than face shape. Start there, then choose a style.
How often should you get your eyes tested?
Once a year for most adults and every child, and sooner if anything changes.
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Notes from Nazar & Co. Opticians
Guides, care tips and stories from behind the counter.
Glasses for children: what to look for
Bendable frames, safe lenses and a good fit behind the ears matter more than colour.
Single vision, bifocal or progressive: which lens is yours
Three kinds of lens, three ways of seeing near and far. How to work out which one suits your day.
What a pair of glasses costs at Nazar, line by line
Frame, lenses, coatings and the eye test: how the bill for a pair of glasses is built up, with real prices.
Sunglasses for a Hyderabad summer
Polarised, tinted or photochromic: choosing sunglasses for 42 °C days, two-wheelers and glare off the road.
Inside our lens lab: how your glasses are made in two days
From the prescription slip to the final fitting: what happens to your lenses between the test and collection.
Do glasses make your eyes weaker? Four common beliefs
Glasses, screens, reading in dim light and eye exercises: what we tell patients who ask about these worries.
How to clean and look after your glasses
Water, a drop of soap and the right cloth. Small habits that keep lenses clear and frames straight for years.
Glasses for two-wheeler riders
Helmets, wind, dust and glare: what to look for in frames and lenses if you ride to work every day.
Due for your yearly eye test?
We send one reminder a year on WhatsApp, a year after your last test.