Do you wear glasses/contact lenses/both?

Blondie86Star

Just always wondered if a lot of people used the above? I myself wear contacts, and sometimes glasses, but never out ant night...was surprised by the amount of people who wear contacts...didnt know my boyf wore them until the other night and he needed solution...was stayin over;)

Tar.Aldarion

I wear glasses for lectures and for films, especially if subbed, that's it.

^CwAzY^

contacteroonies :v:

Kintarō Hattori

Glasses myself.

monkeyfudge

Glasses here... I wouldn't be able for contacts.. my eyes are far too sensitive.

Bit peeved off with my glasses at the moment though... I speant €430 on designer frames recently and 2 weeks later they fell appart.... booo!

aidan_dunne

monkeyfudge wrote:

Glasses here... I wouldn't be able for contacts.. my eyes are far too sensitive.

Same here. The thought of sticking my finger in my eyeball, or anywhere near it even! YIKES! :eek: Makes me shudder at the thought.

No, I'll stick to the old "jam jars", thank you very much, no matter how nerdy they make me look!

Stench Blossoms

I have to wear one contact lens in my eye that doesnt work so it stays open.. how bloody gay is that

Cutie18Ireland

i wear glasses for reading and stuff... should probs wear them more lol

DonkeyStyle \o/

aidan_dunne wrote:

The thought of sticking my finger in my eyeball, or anywhere near it even! YIKES! :eek: Makes me shudder at the thought.

Yeah the first time putting contacts in is a FREAKY experience... but after a few years of wearing them I can touch my eyeball without flinching at all, which is actually quite handy for when you've got an eyelash stuck in there. (although I only do it when I have to, since eye-infections don't look like much fun)
Really, don't let eye-squeemishness stop you from trying contacts, you get over it really fast... and the extra peripheral vision is amazing compared to glasses.

^CwAzY^

aidan_dunne wrote:

Same here. The thought of sticking my finger in my eyeball, or anywhere near it even! YIKES! :eek: Makes me shudder at the thought.

You only really have to touch the white bit of the eyeball, it doesn't hurt at all..
.... Unless you've been handling some chili or jalapeno peppers OUCH that stings.. ^CwAzY^ learnt the hard way..

Zaph

Glasses only. My eyes are too sensitive for lenses. When my optician tried putting one in a couple of years ago I had to tell him to take it out. He replied that he hadn't actually put it in my eye, but my eye was having a chemical reaction to a drop of solution that had dripped off the lens into my eye. He said he'd read about that before, but it was the first time he'd ever actually seen it. I'm a freak!

monkeyfudge

As I've said before glasses make you look sexy and intelligent!

Binomate

I wear sunglasses to create the perfect dim.

aidan_dunne

monkeyfudge wrote:

As I've said before glasses make you look sexy and intelligent!

I think that's an urban myth, to be honest. God knows I'm proof of that!

Though when it comes to girls, yes, I agree, there are a lot of girls you see around who wear glasses that look incredibly sexy. Must be something to do with the whole secretarial look or something perhaps!

aidan_dunne

^CwAzY^ wrote:

Unless you've been handling some chili or jalapeno peppers OUCH that stings.. ^CwAzY^ learnt the hard way..

Oh God no, stop it! Just the thought of that is completely freaking me out here....... AHHHHHHH! :eek:

I can't even keep my eyes open in the shower or anything. Even having water near/washing over my eyes makes me squirm. And swimming without goggles........ completely out of the question.

I guess I'm just a freak as well when it comes to having things touching my eyeballs and stuff!

YeatsCounty

Glasses are sexy. I wear glasses. Therefore I am sexy.

Seriously though, I wear glasses all of the time. I was considering investing in contacts in the near future but I've decided against that for now. They look like more trouble than they're worth to me. plus, I'm quite attached to my glasses.

Victor

Glasses only.

RainyDay

monkeyfudge wrote:

Glasses here... I wouldn't be able for contacts.. my eyes are far too sensitive.

Consider changing optician - preferably to one that doesn't advertise on TV or offer 2 for 1 specials. I had worn lenses for years and then found my eyes were rejecting them. Until I got to the 3rd optician (who is a contact lens specialist), and she found lenses which I can wear comfortably.

The only problem is that she's finding it increasingly difficult to get supplies of such lenses, as they are a niche product.

Cabaal

Glasses only here...I really should look into getting contacts some time

matrim

I have both but mostly wear glasses.
I find if I wear contacts for more that about 5 or 6 hours they really start to irritate my eyes.

Bard

Both. Glasses mostly. Contacts when going out. I look better with the contacts.

ciaran76

Me too.Both. Glasses mostly. Contacts when going out and playing football.

ando

glasses, I think I look better with them tbh!

Anyone hear of the hard contact lens that you wear at night, it reshapes the cornia in the eye while you sleep so that when you wake up in the morning and take the lens out, you have perfect vision. As the day goes on, the eye goes back to its old shape. Sounds really good, I'd rather that then laser treatment

petes

Glasses only. Can't stand the though of touching my eyeball or anyhing like that. If I see someone doing it I feel quesy. Monkeyfudge €430 for a pair of frames.wtf?

Oriel

Both, contacts 95% of the time though.

niteclubguy

wear both myself,glasses for daytime,contacts for night,heard about those new lenses dont know where or if you can get them,anybody ?????

Selik

I wear both, although contacts (dailys) mostly as of late...

thejuggler

Thank God I'm not the only one who still wears specs these days. I've tried the contacts but like other posters couldn't get past the touching your eyeball thing - I'm another one with sensitive eyes.

The idea of laser surgery is fantastic - if only you could be knocked out while they do it - but nope you have to be awake.

So it looks like I'm stuck with the glasses.

WexCan

I have both but wear glasses 90% of the time.

1) They're easier
2) I've worn them since I was like 3 so I'm kinda used to them. Can't be doing with these new fangled thingies.

Nightwish

I wear glasses but only for watching tv and driving and the like.

seamus

I wear both, but contacts 99% of the time. Generally only wear my glasses around the house. Contacts go in pretty much straight after I get out of bed (shower is great for clearing your eyes, ready for contacts), and don't come out till an hour or so before bed. If I'm hungover I may be too lazy to put them in.

I can't drive with glasses any more. I just find it too dangerous.

LegacyUser

glasses from 9-5, then no contacts or anything after that. I only need my specs for computer, that kind thing.

Nimrod's Son

I don't wear either. I wore glasses for about 10 years when I was younger to correct a slightly crooked eye but it's fine now.

Kiith

i wear glasses all the time, even though i dont need to. its just easier then carrying them around in a box all day, and only putting them on when i need them. also, i kinda like them.

Steve_o

I wear them for lectures and stuff but generally leave them on cause thay'd probably get broken if i carried them around!

dundalk cailin

i got contacts at the end of the summer (monthly), i had some problems with them, so i wore my glasses for a couple weeks (couldnt go without them then!), have been wearin contacts for a few weeks now, the vision is so much better than with glasses, also handy when raining

the whole puttin things in my eyes took a while to get used to, but its grand after a bit of practice.. prefer contacts, dont like glasses on me

its funny how many ppl wear contacts as the OP mentioned!!

bounty_hunter

I wear glasses most of the time, I can only be bothered with contacts when I'm in a situation where glasses would get in the way.

The Bollox

wear contacts, monthly's, I was very pissed off when I got my previous set, one of the lenses ripped after about 5 days, which meant I had one spare, and that I had to invest in more sooner than expected :mad:

I like contacts, I usually wear my Glasses during the day on weekends because I am up at half 6 on weekdays and I wear my contacts to college, but I like to give my eyes a break on the weekends.

I still ind it a bit of a pain in the ass putting them in sometimes, ugh, it's well worth it tho, and that laser eye surgery cost waaaaay too much for a guy like me, I'm in college ffs, I have no money:(

***Truss Rod***

If you are touching your eyeball when putting your contacts in then you are not putting them in properly! You just 'drop' them onto your eye.

I wear 30 day continous wear and thay are a godsend. I sleep with them in.
Once a month they are thrown in the bin and I stick a new set in.
I have not worn my glasses for a year, I had a check up yesterday and my eyesight is above 20/20 (did not know that was possible!) and eyeballs are in perfect condition.
Vision is far better than with glasses and the pheripheral vision, as mentioned, is great.
They have never fallen out either.
Will never have surgery now as this is as good as without the risk.

They never dry out or get uncomfertable due to the material they are made out of, breatable or summfink.
In the old days I could only wear the lenses for 10 hour tops befor my eye was bone dry and red. never happens now.

I do not work for specsavers btw!

The Sweeper

I wear either. I have keratoconus, a condition where your corneas become cone-shaped. Mine's mild to moderate - very mild in my left eye, moderate in my right.

It means my vision isn't correctable using spectacles or soft contact lenses, because the odd shape of my eye means that the flat lens of my specs don't provide the right magnification. Then soft lenses just mold to the weird shape of my eye, distorting their magnification too.

I can get near-perfect vision with hard contact lenses, but I can't wear them. They make my eyes run, my nose run, everything runs, it's like having grit in both eyes all day long. My keratoconus isn't bad enough to require corneal transplant surgery (and here's hoping it never is!) but I can't see through my right eye well enough to read or use a PC with or without specs.

However!! New discovery recently (by me, not by the research scientists) are ciba soflens combination lenses. They've a hard lens centre with soft lens skirt. With hard lenses, your tears get behind the hard lens providing the additional magnification you need to be able to see properly through your conical eyeball. The soft lens skirts then cushion your eyelids from the edges of the hard lenses.

They're absolutely brilliant - I get all the vision but none of the irritation. Expensive though - they cost me the equivalent of €520 for the fitting and the lenses, which I need to have re-examined every 6 months. Add that to my eye tests and my specs, which tend to cost me €320 for the lenses alone (I've stopped getting new frames, I can't afford the vanity), and I could easily spend €1,500 on sorting out my eyesight every year.

Oddly enough though it really doesn't bother me that much. I just get on with it! My vision degenerates more slowly now that I'm nearing my thirties, so perhaps it's the sense of relief that the keratoconus slowed down? Who knows!! There are plenty of people worse off than me with it anyhow.

projectmayhem

glasses in lectures/cinema/in front of tv

avoid wearing them anywhere else

Lump

I wear glasses.... I can see stuff without them, it's just slightly blurred, but it's easier to wear my glasses all the time.

John

Merrick

I find life way easier with contacts, except of course when I fall asleep wearing them and wake up almost blind the next day...

But fortunately that doesn't happen very often.

PiE

Glasses at the mo. Wore lenses for almost 3 years until I went through a rough financial patch, which forced me to wear my last set of monthly lenses for... mmmmuch longer than they were designed to be used, resulting in some potentially serious eye problems. It's been around 6-7months since I was given the all clear but I just haven't got around to buying new ones. Probably will before Christmas.

dundalk cailin

i wouldnt risk usin the monthlies for longer than designed, cos i fell asleep once or twice with them in makin for some discomfort the following day

-oRnein9-

Where can these be bought if you dont mind me asking???

***Truss Rod*** wrote:

If you are touching your eyeball when putting your contacts in then you are not putting them in properly! You just 'drop' them onto your eye.

I wear 30 day continous wear and thay are a godsend. I sleep with them in.
Once a month they are thrown in the bin and I stick a new set in.
I have not worn my glasses for a year, I had a check up yesterday and my eyesight is above 20/20 (did not know that was possible!) and eyeballs are in perfect condition.
Vision is far better than with glasses and the pheripheral vision, as mentioned, is great.
They have never fallen out either.
Will never have surgery now as this is as good as without the risk.

They never dry out or get uncomfertable due to the material they are made out of, breatable or summfink.
In the old days I could only wear the lenses for 10 hour tops befor my eye was bone dry and red. never happens now.

I do not work for specsavers btw!

Merrick

dundalk cailin wrote:

i wouldnt risk usin the monthlies for longer than designed, cos i fell asleep once or twice with them in makin for some discomfort the following day

Yep that's what went horribly wrong with me. I ended up in hospital at one stage and had to have all sorts of awful things done to my eyes.

***Truss Rod***

Lo -oRnein9-
Im with Specsavers on Grafton Street, these have been available for about 2 years I think!

http://www.specsavers.ie/cgi-bin/strudwick.sh/s?langid=3&pfmt=3&siteid=39&pname=aboutlenses.html

Lenses you wear when you're sleeping

Easyvision all day - all night contact lenses are made from a special material so they can be worn continuously for 30 days. You just put them in and forget about them, removing them after a month . No nightly removal and no cleaning solutions

dundalk cailin

Merrick wrote:

Yep that's what went horribly wrong with me. I ended up in hospital at one stage and had to have all sorts of awful things done to my eyes.

ow the thoughts

i tend to take my contacts out if im home for the day, put on my glasses and give my eyes a rest

ibanez

Glasses For driving.

rabbitinlights

Glasses and contacts, although im getting surgery in Thailand at the start of my 2 years of travels in May!!!