Glasses. Contacts bother my eyes and make them red.
@speediedelivery I once asked the husband of a friend of mine why he hadn’t had LASIK (he does them for a living and has thick glasses). He said he wanted to be able to postpone having to use reading glasses since people who are near sighted can wait longer before they need them; the more near sighted you are the longer you can postpone having to use them.
Glasses. Allergies make me want to rip the contacts out almost immediately when I get to work. I basically only wear them for special occasions. Halloween, a wedding where we wore masquerade masks, etc.
I’ve gotten so used to wearing glasses that I feel like I look weird without them.
I’ve tried contacts twice. I don’t like the trouble and added expense. Also, my astigmatism in one eye is such that it’s hard for the contact to maintain orientation, so it goes in and out of focus.
Also, after twenty-five years wearing glasses, I feel a little nervous and exposed without them. I worry about eye injury.
I don’t want to rule lasik out, but it’s expensive and I really don’t like the idea of eye surgery.
Traveled to Canada in 1996 for LASIK since it was not FDA approved for a prescription like mine. Worked more than perfectly. 24 years later I’m in denial about needing reading glasses, but getting harder all the time. REALLY don’t want to go back to glasses, even part-time.
Glasses. Nearsighted and got glasses like 4th-5th grade, and never felt comfortable with the idea of contacts.
Same kind of thing with lasik, you see horror stories about people who end up with permanent damage.
Now I need glasses for reading, so have gotten transitions type, but haven’t gotten used to trying to read with them even after 6 months.
@kevinrs My first pair of progressives were awful. They really weren’t made right. Because the area for reading was so small plus the glasses would slip down a little, I found it impossible to anything that wasn’t practically at my belly. All the while, everyone kept telling me “You’ll get used to it”.
Next pair were bigger lenses with bigger reading area and fit properly. Those I got used to!
If you can’t see well go back to where you got the glasses, they will adjust them or make new ones.
@kevinrs The different brands and models of progressive lenses have different “widths” of “clear vision”. Unfortunately it tends to be a case of you get what you pay for. The cheaper ones tend not to have as wide a clear area of vision. Also it really matters if the person measuring the center is looking up or down at you. If they are off even 1mm it can affect you in ways not intended.
Contacts. Would wear until home for the evening before removing but now that I’m home all the time I’ve rarely put them in. Another prior regular expense that I’m now saving money on!
Lasik, (but only one eye) about 22 yrs ago. OD focuses up close, OS is distance. Worked great for me.
Super happy when I could see leaves on trees across the parking lot on the way out of the clinic after the procedure! Amazing!!
@chienfou I was like a kid in a candy store looking around on the way home. I have one eye for close and one for distance now. I didn’t want to wear readers all day at work.
@speediedelivery yep, same here. So far these (almost) 65yr old eyes are still good enough I don’t need glasses to read (except Doonesbury in the Sunday paper which they print in about a 3pt font!)
Did you have any trouble adjusting to the ‘bifocal’ eyes
@chienfou nope. I had bifocals with the hard line before surgery. I didn’t have problems with them either. They tried to talk me into progressives so I would not look old. I laughed at them and asked how they were going to fix the rest of me.
@chienfou I remember getting glasses in grade school. I was so surprised to see that stars had colors. I was so happy I could see birds in trees and chipmunks in the yard running around.
@speediedelivery
To this day, if I really think about it I can notice that I use one eye for distance and the other for near. Never had an issue with the transition, and the initial idea of doing just one side was actually from the ophthalmologist who said “hey we can do one side… it’s half the cost, and you can always get the other done if it makes you vertiginous etc.”
Contacts; since 1983-84. Playing sports with glasses was/is a PITA. Materials for lenses have improved greatly in the last 35yr; I now wear daily disposables that can last weeks or months (alternating between 3-4 pair can often get me through a year). Very ‘breathable’ and comfortable in my eyes. YMMV
Glasses. I haven’t even tried contacts; I don’t know whether I could tolerate them. I’m near-sighted, but not much any more. Frankly, contacts or Lasik would be annoying because I would need to wear glasses for up-close things, which is 75% of what I do. Really, I only need glasses to drive and to read the sign at the head of the grocery store aisles from across the store.
LASIK almost a year ago. Never tried contacts and took forever to talk myself into surgery. I should have done it years ago.
Glasses. Contacts bother my eyes and make them red.
@speediedelivery I once asked the husband of a friend of mine why he hadn’t had LASIK (he does them for a living and has thick glasses). He said he wanted to be able to postpone having to use reading glasses since people who are near sighted can wait longer before they need them; the more near sighted you are the longer you can postpone having to use them.
Glasses. Allergies make me want to rip the contacts out almost immediately when I get to work. I basically only wear them for special occasions. Halloween, a wedding where we wore masquerade masks, etc.
I’ve gotten so used to wearing glasses that I feel like I look weird without them.
Glasses.
If I wore contacts, people would know right away that Clark Kent is the alt ID for Superman.
/giphy Clark Kent
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Glasses.
I’ve tried contacts twice. I don’t like the trouble and added expense. Also, my astigmatism in one eye is such that it’s hard for the contact to maintain orientation, so it goes in and out of focus.
Also, after twenty-five years wearing glasses, I feel a little nervous and exposed without them. I worry about eye injury.
I don’t want to rule lasik out, but it’s expensive and I really don’t like the idea of eye surgery.
Never tried contacts, doesn’t seem like something I’d enjoy.
Glasses!
I am not poking my eyeball on purpose!
I am not pointing lasers into my eyeball!
LASIK- 2 years ago at the end of this month! Not missing wearing contacts/ glasses at all!
Traveled to Canada in 1996 for LASIK since it was not FDA approved for a prescription like mine. Worked more than perfectly. 24 years later I’m in denial about needing reading glasses, but getting harder all the time. REALLY don’t want to go back to glasses, even part-time.
Glasses. Nearsighted and got glasses like 4th-5th grade, and never felt comfortable with the idea of contacts.
Same kind of thing with lasik, you see horror stories about people who end up with permanent damage.
Now I need glasses for reading, so have gotten transitions type, but haven’t gotten used to trying to read with them even after 6 months.
@kevinrs I’m guessing you mean progressives? Transitions change color.
@RiotDemon yeah
@kevinrs My first pair of progressives were awful. They really weren’t made right. Because the area for reading was so small plus the glasses would slip down a little, I found it impossible to anything that wasn’t practically at my belly. All the while, everyone kept telling me “You’ll get used to it”.
Next pair were bigger lenses with bigger reading area and fit properly. Those I got used to!
If you can’t see well go back to where you got the glasses, they will adjust them or make new ones.
@kevinrs The different brands and models of progressive lenses have different “widths” of “clear vision”. Unfortunately it tends to be a case of you get what you pay for. The cheaper ones tend not to have as wide a clear area of vision. Also it really matters if the person measuring the center is looking up or down at you. If they are off even 1mm it can affect you in ways not intended.
Contacts. Would wear until home for the evening before removing but now that I’m home all the time I’ve rarely put them in. Another prior regular expense that I’m now saving money on!
Lasik, (but only one eye) about 22 yrs ago. OD focuses up close, OS is distance. Worked great for me.
Super happy when I could see leaves on trees across the parking lot on the way out of the clinic after the procedure! Amazing!!
@chienfou I was like a kid in a candy store looking around on the way home. I have one eye for close and one for distance now. I didn’t want to wear readers all day at work.
@speediedelivery yep, same here. So far these (almost) 65yr old eyes are still good enough I don’t need glasses to read (except Doonesbury in the Sunday paper which they print in about a 3pt font!)
Did you have any trouble adjusting to the ‘bifocal’ eyes
@chienfou nope. I had bifocals with the hard line before surgery. I didn’t have problems with them either. They tried to talk me into progressives so I would not look old. I laughed at them and asked how they were going to fix the rest of me.
@chienfou I remember getting glasses in grade school. I was so surprised to see that stars had colors. I was so happy I could see birds in trees and chipmunks in the yard running around.
@speediedelivery
To this day, if I really think about it I can notice that I use one eye for distance and the other for near. Never had an issue with the transition, and the initial idea of doing just one side was actually from the ophthalmologist who said “hey we can do one side… it’s half the cost, and you can always get the other done if it makes you vertiginous etc.”
@chienfou @speediedelivery
Have lived most of my life w one eye farsighted, the other nearsighted.
Only need a magnifier for the tiny print on some labels. No need for reading glasses.
The switch back and forth is automatic and seamless. I only notice if I’m looking for it.
I’m told I have astigmatism in both eyes, but maybe it’s not too bad. I just don’t bother w any correction.
Contacts; since 1983-84. Playing sports with glasses was/is a PITA. Materials for lenses have improved greatly in the last 35yr; I now wear daily disposables that can last weeks or months (alternating between 3-4 pair can often get me through a year). Very ‘breathable’ and comfortable in my eyes. YMMV
Glasses. I haven’t even tried contacts; I don’t know whether I could tolerate them. I’m near-sighted, but not much any more. Frankly, contacts or Lasik would be annoying because I would need to wear glasses for up-close things, which is 75% of what I do. Really, I only need glasses to drive and to read the sign at the head of the grocery store aisles from across the store.