Do you wear glasses?

I've always had good eyesight, thankfully. I've never needed glasses or lenses yet, though I'm sure I will some day if I live long enough.

Have a bit of a weakness for guys with glasses though, those black-framed "hipster" glasses in particular can make the right guy look even more attractive.

Bigmac1euro

I need to wear them as my eye sight has deteriorated over the last 2 years.
I got my eyes tested and lenses have been ordered in about 3 months ago.
Ive been kind of putting off collecting them.
I decided yesterday I would order my own frames from Zenni.
I ordered 4 frames and I will be bringingg them To the opticians to fit the lenses (not sure how many lenses I got as they were free through prsi)

I’m approaching my late 20’s and always had perfect vision until recently, I’ve figured if I really don’t like them I’ll get zapped.


By the way does anyone know if there is a cost for fitting the lenses to the frames ? I ordered 4 frames can I get each pair made up ?
Does it cost much ?
The lenses I got are already paid for but I assume I have to pay for another 3 sets of lenses ?

Bitches Be Trypsin

I do! I wear nerd glasses and I love them. I wear contacts for special occasions but I have a permanent eye injury due to being shot as a child, so I can only wear the contacts occasionally.
I have really bad vision though which is still deteriorating, and I'm 22.

FMG

Yes I've had reading specs a few years and last year had to get distance glasses. Bit of a balls switching between the 2 and hopefully will be able to afford vari-focals next test.

Mint Sauce

Pretty much go on first thing I put on in the morning, and last thing I take off at night.

Contacts for sport, socialising, driving long distances.

And yes, they do come off for snogging, can see okay at that distance.

:pac:

I go to specsavers, and their two for one. PRSI usally pays for the 2 yearly test, and a small discount on the totally lense and frame cost.

Autosport

I have perfect eyesight so no I don’t wear glasses and my parents only need glasses for reading so I’m hoping when I’m there age I’ll be the same

notsoyoungwan

Yes, have needed glasses since I was about 7. Could never use contacts and have been told I’m not a candidate for laser- even if I was, I doubt I’d risk it anyway.

Last time I got my eyes tested he mentioned I’d probably need varifocals the next time - when I looked at him in horror he said “ah, it’s one of those things that happen when you’re middle-aged”, as if that’d make me feel better. I’m 38.

Surreptitious

Bitches Be Trypsin wrote: »

I do! I wear nerd glasses and I love them. I wear contacts for special occasions but I have a permanent eye injury due to being shot as a child, so I can only wear the contacts occasionally.
I have really bad vision though which is still deteriorating, and I'm 22.

WTF?


I wear glasses or contacts, I'm eligible for lazer but was quoted a very high price for it due to my eyes being a mess.

runawaybishop

Wore glasses for 15 years, didn't mind them except in the rain or when I was doing DIY. Got laser treatment a while back, wish I did it years ago.

KK4SAM

Wearing glasses for 35 years. Got laser treatment for both Long and Short Sightness, killed no one yet as far I can see.

AndrewJRenko

Contact lenses since my teens due to extreme short sightedness. ( 'read the chart " "A"). There weren't many teens with lenses in the 80s in school.

But they do have their risks

https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057900811/1/#post107770265

thejuggler

Wear them full time for over 30 years and on a part time basis before that.
Laser surgery not an option due to a condition called amblyopia where one eye does all the 'seeing' instead of a combination of both)
Too squemish for contacts

Jealous of those with 20-20 vision

Steve F

Trigger Happy wrote: »

I need glasses for driving, watching tv etc. have had varifocals for the past while and still adjusting to them.
Would wear contacs when I can but can’t read my phone with them in. Ya can’t win.

Try varifocal contact lenses.Available for a few years now.Haven't a clue how they work tho.Mind boggling

gmisk

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Contact lenses since my teens due to extreme short sightedness. ( 'read the chart " "A"). There weren't many teens with lenses in the 80s in school.

But they do have their risks

https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057900811/1/#post107770265

I have only worn daily disposable contacts, so not sure they would carry same risk?
I have a friend who is an optician and she doesnt recommend monthly ones at all.

Malayalam

Got prescribed glasses last year just for driving. I use them for the cinema also. My husband wants me to wear them in bed but unfortunately he would have to be a good 10 metres away from me as otherwise I would throw up on him. Not because of him, but because looking at anything up close through them makes me feel nauseous. I like not wearing them generally because the world stretching away to the horizon looks like a Monet painting. It's just not safe to drive through those mellow landscapes.

I Armour I

Both glasses and contacts for over 8(ish) years with no problems. A lightweight frame helps but without them I look squinty and angry all the time. So better to see and not look angry haha

AndrewJRenko

gmisk wrote: »

I have only worn daily disposable contacts, so not sure they would carry same risk?
I have a friend who is an optician and she doesnt recommend monthly ones at all.

From what I've read on the condition, poor lens hygiene is certainly a factor, so monthly lens users would certainly be much more susceptible to this than daily lens users. But I'd love to find out more - to know how significance the risk of infection from a shower is, even with good hygiene?

PlaneSpeeking

Glasses since ugly pink NHS lads as a wee one - had a squint corrected at age 4 and they f***ed it up.

I've one long sighed eye that is getting better and a short sighted eye getting worse. 400 quid varifocals we're at now.

Oh and I need 6 monthly eye tests as they can't be sure the poor depth perception won't turn into glaucoma.

Good job I love dags - one is going to be escorting me soon.

Trigger Happy

Steve F wrote: »

Try varifocal contact lenses.Available for a few years now.Haven't a clue how they work tho.Mind boggling

The optician reckons they are not an option for me. But yeah, how do they work if the lens moves with your eyeball???

fryup

varifocal only work with glass lens of a certain size, so how can they work with tiny contacts??

don't get it either?

Bitches Be Trypsin

Surreptitious wrote: »

WTF?


I wear glasses or contacts, I'm eligible for lazer but was quoted a very high price for it due to my eyes being a mess.

Hunting lead pellet gun, had a haemorrhage and nearly lost my sight :eek:

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Malayalam wrote: »

Got prescribed glasses last year just for driving. I use them for the cinema also. My husband wants me to wear them in bed but unfortunately he would have to be a good 10 metres away from me as otherwise I would throw up on him. Not because of him, but because looking at anything up close through them makes me feel nauseous. I like not wearing them generally because the world stretching away to the horizon looks like a Monet painting. It's just not safe to drive through those mellow landscapes.

I thoroughly recommend getting your prescription checked. From what you say here, it's too strong. Wearing your glasses should not make you nauseous.

Overprescription, or giving the absolute maximum correction, is standard practice among optometrists. When you get your eyes tested, you are typically sitting in a dim room, looking at a wall chart under artificial light. Your prescription is designed to give you 20/20 vision under such conditions, but when you walk out into normal daylight wearing the same glasses, they are far too strong. Typical symptoms include nausea, headaches, and disorientation. Don't buy into the whole "you'll get used to them" line. It's better to request that the prescription be reduced by a quarter or half diopter.

Surreptitious

Bitches Be Trypsin wrote: »

Hunting lead pellet gun, had a haemorrhage and nearly lost my sight :eek:

You were lucky all the same though.