[POLL] - do you wear glasses/contacts ?

BrianH1

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May 24, 2005
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just for in class and driving and when i need to see things far away. My prescription is weak enough so I can go without them, but when its important i wear them.
 

CrackRabbit

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Mar 30, 2001
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Negatory, I have been blessed with perfect vision. Only person in my direct family to have it.
 

Amused

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Apr 14, 2001
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Nope. Have had perfect vision all my life.

Although, just a couple years ago (mid 30s) I started having trouble viewing things close up. So now I use a magnifying glass or reading glasses for really close up viewing/very tiny text. But I don't need them for regular reading.
 
Mar 19, 2003
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Yes, since I was 10 years old (20 now). My vision is pretty bad, I can't see things clearly (without glasses) until they're about 12 inches away or less.
 

YoshiSato

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I wear both. Glasses most of the time though.

I was thinking about the laser surgery but there is no gruantee I will have 20/20 and it's possible in a few years I'll still need glasses again.

I'm going to wait until they perfect the ocular-imlpants. Then I'll get the surgery.
 

raystorm

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I've worn glasses since I was 8 years old I think..not really sure exactly. My vision is terrible so I have no choice but to wear them. I've tried contacts in the past but I just didn't care for them at all. Once I had one contact lense rip in half (perfectly in half!) right in my freakin eye. After that I just stopped wearing them.

I wont bother with laser corrective surgery either. Glasses for life! <sigh>
 

jonessoda

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I need to (after a fashion: my script is OD +0.25 OS +0.50 spherical, so I'm slightly nearsighted), but I don't. So while I barely need to, I guess i'm just making it worse. The reason I don't is my current pair isn't quite good enough.

I'll probably get glasses after I get my vision reevaluated in May; I'm too poor to buy a pair of glasses that'll only last me 5 mos before I need different ones.