Hyperopic and myopic patients need different progression lengths to accommodate the vertical prismatic effect of plus and minus progressive lenses
• With a plus lens, light from a near object is converged or deviated upward toward the base or center of the lens, displacing the object lower in the lens
• With a minus lens, light from a near object is diverged or deviated downward toward the base or edge of the lens,
displacing the object higher in the lens