Poll: Corrective lenses

[mithrandir2001]

Do you wear corrective lenses at least part of the time? I'm talking about contacts and eyeglasses. I don't need them and I want to see if this is the norm or not.

 

[aphex]

both for me...

 

[geno]

Glasses, whenever I'm not sleeping, I'm wearin 'em

 

[Electric Amish]

I wear both. I usually wear contacts, though. Way more than I should.

amish

 

[punkrawket]

i really can't remember ever seeing without my glasses or contacts...

what i wouldn't give to not have to wear corrective lenses......

 

[gooch]

I used to wear my contacts all of the time (soft, then gas permeable daily wear) and just wear my glasses before going to bed. Now I wear my glasses almost all of the time, but wear contacts (soft extended wear toric) when playing sports or on weekends and other occasions. I moved from gas permeable to soft because gas permeable has a tendency to 'pop out' more than soft do during sporting events. This wasn't an option before because of my astigmatism; toric lenses take care of that.

 

[isasir]

I too wear both glasses and contacts. It's scary how great a dependency I have on them. I will go nuts if I don't have either of 'em on at any given time when I'm awake.

 

[cipher00]

Depends on if I feel like walking into a wall or not....

 

[LordUnum]

2-month Toric disposable contacts worn during all waking hours. If I take'em out early, I might put on my glasses to watch Jay or Conan before hitting the sack. I do try to keep my glasses with me at all times, whether it be in the glove compartment while driving, in my backpack while at school, or within easy reach when at home, just in case of an emergency.

 

[SpecialEd]

contacts most of the time... but usually I'll give my eyes some breathing time and wear my glasses once or twice a week...

 

[pdo]

what about for us people that got LASIK?

 

[Red Dawn]

I have contacts.. I also wear contacts

 

[Cattlegod]

yeah, where is the LASIK eye surgery option?

 

[ATLien247]

What about "Sometimes - both types, it depends on the situation"?

 

[jlarsson]

Well, I wear eyeglasses. My mom had the Lasik surgery done about 5 months ago. Now she has slightly better than 20/20 vision, and now I want it.

 

[Yzzim]

I wear contacts all the time and glasses during a "special occasion" in which I need to dress up.

Glasses make me look a tad more formal than contacts do.

 

[khtm]

glasses when driving, in class, and watching a movie.

I tried wearing contacts but they were uncomfortable, even after a week.

 

[mithrandir2001]

Two options added, though it screws up the ordering.

 

[thomsbrain]

glasses all the freaking time. i'm blind as a bat without them.

 

[goog]

Glasses for most stuff, don't need them for reading.
Was planning to get contacts when I got my eyes checked a couple months ago, but ended up with some cool new specs instead.

Wouldn't mind getting laser surgery someday, but I'm drowning in debt at the moment.

 

[Tomek]

I wear both contacts and glasses; it would be a scary life if I had no corrective lenses...

 

[Zenmervolt]

I don't need to wear glasses unless I happen to want to see something more than two foot away from me with any clarity. Without my glasses I need to be within about 10 feet of someone to recognise their face if I'm not wearing my glasses. No contacts, they're too much trouble in hayfever season since I would have to take them out every time I put eyedrops in.

ZV

 

[Darein]

I wear my glasses if I am in class and I have to read the board from far away and sometimes at night driving, but that is it. Thankfully it is still a weak perscrition.

 

[MajesticMoose]

I can't stand my glasses anymore so i always wear my contacts. I might as well be blind if i don't have either

m00se

 

[mithrandir2001]

The question that this poll raises is: what's wrong with the human eye if 76% of the respondents need to wear corrective lenses all the time? Is there something fundamentally wrong with modern eyes or are we obsessed with perfection (20/20 vision)?