Do you wear corrective eyelenses?
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My eyes have gone to total crap in the last couple years.
I’m 53
I wear contacts.
I wear reading glasses with the contacts to...read.
I wear lesser strength reading glasses to read a computer screen.
I misplace said reading glasses on a daily basis.
I’ve bought a half dozen said reading glasses and strategically placed them so when I misplace one I have a back up.
GETTING OLD ****ING SUCKS!!!!
I’m kind of ambivalent on the subject though
I’m 53
I wear contacts.
I wear reading glasses with the contacts to...read.
I wear lesser strength reading glasses to read a computer screen.
I misplace said reading glasses on a daily basis.
I’ve bought a half dozen said reading glasses and strategically placed them so when I misplace one I have a back up.
GETTING OLD ****ING SUCKS!!!!
I’m kind of ambivalent on the subject though
-8.5
But I make up for it by having trouble driving at night.
But I make up for it by having trouble driving at night.
I wore glasses a lot more before the pandemic. I used to buy just one box of contacts for each eye and they would last me 2 years. I got irritated with the mask and glasses really quick early in the pandemic and then I also started going outside to bike or walk distances from people and started wearing contacts basically every day so I could wear sunglasses for that.
I wore glasses or contacts for almost 20 years but got Lasik in 2018. Best decision I ever made.
I had great vision. Ted Williams vision in high school.
Went in to renew my license in my 30s and they said no. You can’t see worth a shit
so now I wear glasses 90 percent of my waking hours
Went in to renew my license in my 30s and they said no. You can’t see worth a shit
so now I wear glasses 90 percent of my waking hours
My story is different.
I had good vision until I was in my early 20s and suddenly I couldn't see at a distance. Seriously, I took a summer off from school and when I went back to class I couldn't see the board.
I wore glasses every waking hour after that for decades. Single vision for distance, but I could still read through them and never had a problem until I got into my 50s.
Then things started changing and the eyeglasses store pushed me into progressives.
I absolutely hate them. I haven't been wearing my glasses at all except for driving for the past couple of years.
I went to get an eye exam today and amazingly, my eyesight has improved markedly! I can actually see at a distance better without my old glasses than with them!
My new prescription is barely strong enough to require me to have the "corrective lenses" tag on my driver license. It's amazing!
So, you may see some improvement if you exercise your eyes... you might just be able to make your eyesight better if you're not using the crutch of glasses all the time.
Wow...that’s an interesting path. The trouble with me is I’m damned near blind without corrective lenses. Not sure about strengthening my eyes but I guess it’s worth a shot
I wear both contacts and glasses, alternating between the two.
The contacts keep you looking the same, and allow you to wear sunglasses easily. I go daylies, with systane, two eye drops in each before in inserting.
But sometimes it's too darn dry to wear contacts, so I have glasses too.
The contacts keep you looking the same, and allow you to wear sunglasses easily. I go daylies, with systane, two eye drops in each before in inserting.
But sometimes it's too darn dry to wear contacts, so I have glasses too.
20/20 in one eye, 20/15 in the other.
I wear glasses now for staring at the computer all day. They have blue light filter and slight magnification. If I don't, by mid afternoon my eyes hurt and have a hard time focusing.
I wear glasses now for staring at the computer all day. They have blue light filter and slight magnification. If I don't, by mid afternoon my eyes hurt and have a hard time focusing.
20 20 still. Probably obvious when you look at Moral art.
One of my favorite possible fake history stories is that the US pushed carrots as the reason that our air and sea men could find Germans because they didn’t want to let the Germans know about our radar technology.Yes.
I wear contacts. I probably can own anyone on here for blindness. -12.5 left eye and -11.5 on the right eye. Good luck beating that!
I shouldn’t have keys at night! I can’t see at all in the dark. But I still drive! Lolz
It was actually the British. In 1939 they developed a radar system that enabled them to shoot down German planes more easily during the London air raids in 1940. Obviously they didn’t want Germany to know about this new technology so they spread rumors that they were feeding their pilots large amounts of carrots to improve their night vision. Germany even started feeding their pilots more carrots.
I especially like driving through construction zones with lots of lights at night in the rain. That’s fun.
Thanks for the interest lead.One of my favorite possible fake history stories is that the US pushed carrots as the reason that our air and sea men could find Germans because they didn’t want to let the Germans know about our radar technology.
A WWII Propaganda Campaign Popularized the Myth That Carrots Help You See in the Dark
How a ruse to keep German pilots confused gave the Vitamin-A-rich vegetable too much creditwww.smithsonianmag.com
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts...at-carrots-help-you-see-in-the-dark-28812484/
I have horrid vision. Without my contacts I can't even tell if someone is male or female from more than probably five feet away. It's just blobs of colors.
My vision hasn't changed in the last 6 years, so that's nice I guess.
My vision hasn't changed in the last 6 years, so that's nice I guess.
If you want to improve your eyes focus on the following: 1) improve your ocular muscles. Take off your glasses for 30 min per day and see a close or far object depending on whether you're farsighted or nearsighted. 2) Incorporate beta carotene. Don't have to chunk down carrots. Eat spinach, kale or make carrot apple juice. 3) Incorporate lutein, zeaxanthin and astaxanthin in your diet through a supplement. 4) If you have a family risk of amd, use a supplement with trace copper. And if your eyes truly suck visit Iowa or Hopkins, both of which have stud opthalmologists.
Not really that high risk of an activity. Beat the hell out of rec specs for sports. I had to start wearing corrective lenses in 7th grade. So basically my entire athletic career. You know how much it sucks playing with glasses or rec specs? Also, kids who wore their regular glasses with those straps that made it look like they had rat tails looked liked freakin' dorks.
I think glasses look pretty cool. If my vision ever fades I'm glasses for life.
Worst Poster Eyesite of the Year. You could actually win that award.
Have fun next pandemic not being able to grocery shop because your glasses keep fogging up with the mask
