I’ve been wearing glasses since 5th grade, so lets just say that I do know something about taking care of eye glasses. These are a few things that I have learned over the years that will hopefully get a new eye glass wearer started out in the right direction.

• It’s not a waste of money, get a special soft cloth to wipe off the lenses. If you use something too rough, the lenses will scratch. Even scratch resistant lenses scratch.
• You can always spend your money on special lens solution, or use rubbing alcohol. A last option would probably be every day water. Whatever will remove a ’spot’ in your vision. On the go I’ve even used a spit shine on my lenses.
• Rain-X. It works great for your windshield. I’ve used it on my glasses. Rubbed on it gives itself a waterproof quality. Rain will just bead up and run off rather than leaving big wet dots. A great option for someone who finds themselves stuck in the rain more often than they’d like.
• The next step up from Rain-X would be their anti-fog glass treatment. Once again, for windshields but a life saver on glasses. Another product I have applied to my own eye glass lenses and it works. It reduces the fog problem. Especially great in the winter when walking from the outdoors into a warm house can cause them to fog up and not stop fogging up until you’ve wiped them 2-3 times (or is that just me?).
• Industrial strength craft glue can be a life saver on plastic frames. They can break, it happens. A good strong glue can extend the life of the frames until a new pair of glasses can be puchased.

These are things I have learned in my time, and should be able to help out the person who has to wear eye glasses regularly. Most of all, good luck. They can suck at first… but with time it’s something that you’ll get used to.