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Re: POLL: 20/20, eyeglasses, contacts, Lasik? - weapon - 09-23-2009
lasik.
Re: POLL: 20/20, eyeglasses, contacts, Lasik? - vicrock - 09-23-2009
One problem with Lasik is, that if you have it done when young, it will overcorrect when you get older. Every time I go for an eye exam, my nearsightedness becomes less and less - if I had done Lasik 10 years ago, I'd be way out of whack by now.
Re: POLL: 20/20, eyeglasses, contacts, Lasik? - DaviDC. - 09-23-2009
I wear glasses but take 'em off when I sit down at the computer & see just fine within a range of about 2'. It's getting increasingly difficult to focus in on things close up but I have a magnifying headband with LEDs on each side that gets the job done nicely.
One day I'll need new lenses to correct cataracts but I'm not there yet & couldn't afford it if I were.
Re: POLL: 20/20, eyeglasses, contacts, Lasik? - SDGuy - 09-23-2009
Contacts at work, but only because I'm vain. My glasses would seem scarifyingly thick if I were to wear them in public: around -16 diopters correction.
Re: POLL: 20/20, eyeglasses, contacts, Lasik? - Racer X - 09-23-2009
AllGold wrote:
I want the kind of vision I had when I was 15.
In my late high school and early college years my vision was gradually getting worse. I finally decided I needed glasses. I had a college friend recommend I go to the university Department of Ophthalmology rather than a regular optometrist because they would be a lot more thorough (not sure why I needed that--just to make sure I didn't have any medical problems I guess).
So the doctor did a zillion tests and apparently found nothing medically wrong. After he was finished he sat down with me and asked "So why are you here?" I said "Because my vision has gotten a lot worse. I can't see as well as I used to and I need glasses." He told me my vision was 20/20 in one eye and 20/15 in the other! My vision must have been crazy when I was a kid.
I have worn glasses ever since. I'm sure it hasn't been 20/20 for many years. My correction is entirely astigmatism though.
That great vision you had back in high school started to degrade when you discovered masturbation.... admit it.
Re: POLL: 20/20, eyeglasses, contacts, Lasik? - ztirffritz - 09-23-2009
I got LASIK. I went from almost blind to 20/15 in both eyes.
Re: POLL: 20/20, eyeglasses, contacts, Lasik? - wave rider - 09-23-2009
Glasses since fifth grade. Near sighted with some astigmatism.
Contacts for some years, since I'm doing lots of work in front of a computer screen now, mostly just the glasses.
Contacts for surfing.
Lasik sounds interesting. I'm old enough that my eyes are getting better. And kinda cheap too...
=wr=
Re: POLL: 20/20, eyeglasses, contacts, Lasik? - OWC Jamie - 09-23-2009
Glasses.
wore contacts for amost 20 years without problems, but not 100% correcting my astigmatism.
I'm also developing an accomodation problem, fortunately progressives and constant eye exercise help.
Re: POLL: 20/20, eyeglasses, contacts, Lasik? - wickedsteve - 09-23-2009
My glasses are intrusive enough for me.
Re: POLL: 20/20, eyeglasses, contacts, Lasik? - rz - 09-23-2009
Been wearning glasses since the second grade. Tried contacts when I was 19 and HATED them. I got a goopy buildup in them within an hour, and had worse vision than glasses. Everyone I knew that had contacts said they saw better with them than glasses, but not me.
As for Lasik, I have a very good friend who had it done a couple of years ago, and she regrets it. She has really dry eyes now, and has to put in drops several times a day. Plus she says she doesn't see as well as she did with glasses.
I've never really found glasses to be that inconvenient. Most sports/activities that I participate in outdoors has me wearing sunglasses (perscription) anyway. And when I played volleyball indoors for years, I never found them to be a problem. And for SCUBA, I have perscription lenses in my mask. Ditto for swim goggles.