for your glasses? daughter bought a 2 pack of UV glasses so I stole one from her.
that said I do need to get either glasses or lasik.
that said I do need to get either glasses or lasik.
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I have glasses now but I only really need them when my eyes are strained (so now with stuff like dark mode on a lot of apps it's rare).
I don't like my glasses much as it only gives me perfect vision provided I am looking directly square a things. If I look a little up or down I get some double vision which is not helpful.
Knowing what goes into a Lasik procedure kinda freaks me out... your going to slice my eyeball open then zap the insides with a laser... makes my eyes water just thinking about it.
If my eyes were really bad, I'd suck it up and start saving for Lasik.
I don't like my glasses much as it only gives me perfect vision provided I am looking directly square a things. If I look a little up or down I get some double vision which is not helpful.
Knowing what goes into a Lasik procedure kinda freaks me out... your going to slice my eyeball open then zap the insides with a laser... makes my eyes water just thinking about it.
If my eyes were really bad, I'd suck it up and start saving for Lasik.
Glasses. The stories of what happens when Lasik goes wrong really bother me.
If the odds were similar to winning the lottery, I wouldn't care. But 1 in 1000 does not seem extremely rare to me.
If the odds were similar to winning the lottery, I wouldn't care. But 1 in 1000 does not seem extremely rare to me.
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I prefer glasses. Just like @ActionableMango I don't want to risk surgery.
Some hingeless frames are pretty close to unbreakable, but they are really expensive, although it depends somewhat on the brand. Ones with a hinge like this tend to come apart rather than break, but they're annoying to reassemble and depending on the material used, the hinge parts can show a lot of visible wear after a year or two.
I have owned steel hinged frames that also took a lot of abuse. Those tend to be too heavy though, and the typical Luxottica chains where most people buy their frames no longer really carry any like that.
These days I'm wearing plastic frames. The pair I have on now appears to have metal cores, but the outside is plastic. Hinge is still pretty well constructed. Plastic also seems to kind of break in over time. These were uncomfortably tight once prescription lenses were placed in them, even though they felt fine before that. They have loosened up quite a bit to where they no longer apply pressure. Others have complained of plastic ones starting to slip over time.
I just wear two cheap pairs from America's best. $79 for two pairs and an exam. They're holding up fine. I just need them for reading so I didn't see the point in wasting money.
OP, why all this self loathing?
BTW, if you are really uncomfortable with glasses, get the LASIK.
BTW, if you are really uncomfortable with glasses, get the LASIK.
I've been wearing glasses for years. Since I discovered Zeni my wallet doesn't mind. I can get my progressive bifocals with blue blockers, no glare coating, and transition lenses all for $100 each.
Meanwhile I watch my cataracts and wait impatiently for the day the doctor is ready to remove them so I won't have to wear glasses at all.
Meanwhile I watch my cataracts and wait impatiently for the day the doctor is ready to remove them so I won't have to wear glasses at all.
Glasses.
I've been wearing glasses since the age of seven, when a district nurse turned up - having visited the school - and said to my parents that it seemed I couldn't read or see what was written on the blackboard at school. To me, a blurry world was normal.
As neither of my parents sported spectacles, or needed to wear glasses, it never occurred to them that I might need them. Tests showed that I did, and ever since, frames have adorned my face and sat on the bridge of my nose.
Agree completely with you both.
I've been wearing glasses since the age of seven, when a district nurse turned up - having visited the school - and said to my parents that it seemed I couldn't read or see what was written on the blackboard at school. To me, a blurry world was normal.
As neither of my parents sported spectacles, or needed to wear glasses, it never occurred to them that I might need them. Tests showed that I did, and ever since, frames have adorned my face and sat on the bridge of my nose.
Agree completely with you both.
Jk, your poll options are bizarre, how about one that does not include go to hell, and I assume the first one is the I wear glasses choice? 🤔
I never had to wear glasses had 20-20..until about 40 and I had to start wearing cheaters also known as readers. Now my distance vision is 20-40 and I just got a new prescription pair of glasses for driving at night or in the rain.
They don’t do lasic for loss of vision with aging, do they? I remember at one point you could have one eye done for distance and one for reading, but I’d never go for that.
My wife grew up wearing glasses, not coke bottles, but thick glass. She got Lasic when she was about 40 and she came out of that with 20-20 distance, but she still needed cheaters to read. Twenty years later and she still does not need glasses for distance vision.
I never had to wear glasses had 20-20..until about 40 and I had to start wearing cheaters also known as readers. Now my distance vision is 20-40 and I just got a new prescription pair of glasses for driving at night or in the rain.
They don’t do lasic for loss of vision with aging, do they? I remember at one point you could have one eye done for distance and one for reading, but I’d never go for that.
My wife grew up wearing glasses, not coke bottles, but thick glass. She got Lasic when she was about 40 and she came out of that with 20-20 distance, but she still needed cheaters to read. Twenty years later and she still does not need glasses for distance vision.
I have had Lasik done on both eyes-went from barely seeing the big "E" to 20/20 on both eyes. It lasted about 8 years before the eyes started fading to about 20/40. Had PRK done on my right eye (dominant)-monovision. Another 8 yrs or so have gone by and just need glasses for reading when the print is tiny.
Had lazik done nearly 15 years ago now.
I'd say it was worth it...
Unfortunately my astigmatism has returned in one eye. Fortunately, I got lifetime warranty to get it done for free again.
But it was damn uncomfortable to get done. Psyching yourself up for it is the hardest part. The place I went actually gave out Valium before your surgery.
I was probably about the same age when I got glasses, and like you, I had thought everything was supposed to be blurry. I got them in the autumn in the northeastern USA when the trees were stunningly colorful. I remember the drive home after getting glasses for the first time and I was in absolute awe at what trees really look like.
I've wearing my Ray Bans and a speedo just for you 
Hope you enjoy
Hope you enjoy
Typically use contacts in the office, otherwise I have two pairs of Bruno Chaussignand and one Lindberg. I’m fortunately nearsighted so not interested in lasik.
