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I used to prefer contacts over glasses unless I was water skiing. After I got LASIK, I prefer neither.
Contacts. I can open the dishwasher without being blinded. I can use any safety lenses. I can use any sunglasses I want and even cheapies at the gas station if i need to . They just simplify my life. I’ve never had issues putting them in or having irritation.
Same here. I’ve worn contacts for 50 years (my user name isn’t a lie). A few minutes of inconvenience at the beginning and end of the day, and I don’t have to think about my vision aids the rest of the time. And I can walk in the rain and still see!
Laser eye surgery
That’s what I did, although my recommendation would be for people to do it as early as possible. Whenever your eyes stop changing, figure out how to pay for it. A lot of reputable places run good specials from time to time.
My challenge is I got mine basically right before or right as my age related farsightedness started to come in. But on the whole, I’m very happy with it.
People told me that but most places won’t take you before you’re 20 (but it changes, I remember I had to wait 2 years after my last prescription change but was told just 6 months after I had waited those 2 years ofc)
Even getting it done at 20-22 is great. The sooner the better. It’s a life changer
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I feel like my eyes were still changing in my 20s. Maybe late 20s would be solid.
Glasses, it’s my whole style at this point and when I remove them it’s like my eyes aren’t the size they’re supposed to be so I’d rather not
Glasses. Dry eye made contacts awful no matter what the water content was
Yup, I loved not having the weight of glasses on my face with contacts, but every kind I’ve tried had led to dry eyes at the end of the day and that’s super unpleasant to me, so glasses it is.
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Glasses, its what I had since I was little and now I’m used to it
Glasses, I never could get the hang of contacts. Plus I can have lenses in my glasses that change with the amount of sunlight - I’m not organized enough to keep track of sunglasses.
Contacts. With spare glasses when the eyes are tired. It takes time to get contacts you like and get into the routine of putting them in quickly and wearing them without thinking about them.
Contacts make me realize when I haven’t drank enough water as well because they get stickier/blurrier.
Glasses.
I hate the idea of putting anything in my eyes
My first wife would get this thing about every 3 years or so where a contact would migrate around to the back of her eye. This would then be followed by about an hour of her trying to get it back front-and-center. Just the thought of it is enough to horrify me.
Like it goes under the eyelid? That is quite terrifying to look at, but it can’t go all the way behind the eye because of the way the eye is structured. It stops like at the top of the eye.
I’ve never really been able to use eye drops and when I’ve tried my eyes would reflexively close. I don’t get how people can handle putting contacts in regularly
Use eye drops on the outside opening of your eye ducts. Turn your head to let gravity pull the drops in an blink 2-4 times. Don’t try to use eye drops from the front and above.
Glasses.
I don’t mind wearing contact lenses, but I don’t like having to do it every day when I wake up. And don’t even get me started on having to take off the contact lenses when you get home after partying and drinking.
Contacts! I hate the marks glasses leave on your face. I never lose my contacts. They don’t get dirty or broken. It’s 2 minutes morning and night and then not another thought about it throughout the day. I can wear any sunglasses i want.
I don’t want a foreign object inside of me, so I’ll stick with the glasses.
I prefer eyeglasses. However, I find contact lenses convenient and flexible (pun unintended). I can move about and do things without much worry with contact lenses on, but not so much with eyeglasses.
On the other hand, it’s easy to fall asleep with contact lenses on, which is a dangerous thing. There’s also the risk of contact lenses doing damage to one’s eye, such as through unclean hands handling contact lenses, improper cleaning, leaving contact lenses on for too long, or dust particles getting stuck between the contact lens and one’s cornea.
Eyeglasses might not be as convenient as contact lenses, but it’s a lot safer. It’s also a good backup when one can’t use contact lenses for some reason.
