Eyesight improvement?

pandamoanium

Is it possible for your eyesight to improve/correct itself naturally?

Or would it be a case of an optician giving you the wrong prescription?

3 years ago I went to Specsavers and I was told that I was a -2.25 in my left eye, however last month I went for another eye test with an independent opticians (My mom had been nagging me to go to a "proper" opticians, that she had heard of too many people getting wrong prescriptions at Specsavers.."

So, with my latest eye test last month at a different opticians I was told that I'm a -1.75 in my left eye.

Now, did my eyesight really improve by itself in those 3 years by -.50 or did I get a wrong prescription from either of the opticians?

If anything I felt my eyesight has deteriorated in those 3 years, but now it appears it has improved??

Just how common is it for opticians to give you the wrong prescription?

Shamanic

this may not be a case of an Optician giving you a wrong perscription per say, most people can take more "minus" perscription than somebody who is a "plus" who cannot tolerate more "plus"

For example, i have glasses in which my left eye is a -2.00 although now i am a -1.25, and my right a -1.00 and now i am a -0.25.
so that was -0.75 "too strong" in both eyes

I have had an eye test with SS in the past and i have found that in their tests the testing felt quite fast and rushed ie, the "better with one or two" questions, it was almost quickfire questions.
Id imagine that with an independent you found you had more time to "consider" which lens improved your sight.

A minus patient will mostly always say they feel they're sight is better with more and more minus, the key is being able to tell and stop perscribing when the patient can read the 6/6 line.

A problem can also be with the patient who says a lens is "better" but the difference in what he/she is saying may only be marginal and not "worth" perscribing another dioptre.

Afterall it is yourself that is telling the opticain what you can and cannot see and what feels clearer, they cannot see through your eyes.

Having said that, i think a small company or an independent spends more time testing you as you are a valued customer.

I hope this makes sense to you

peterworn

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LadyMayBelle

My eyesight's pretty bad, but when I went back last time to get checked i was told my eyesight had improved...a tiny bit but the optican says it is common in people in their twenties. It's never gonna correct itself, and I barely noticed the change myself but it did change

Auldloon

First got glasses at 12 now 36 and from about mid twenties was told at pretty much every eye exam that my sight had improved a little bit. Enough to be just noticable over those 10 years. Last eye exam i was delighted to be told i was now better than 20/20:eek:.......................after lasik:)

littlebug

I was told that it can. I went from -8.5 to -8 (or thereabouts) a couple of years ago. It was the same optician. i was delighted... not that it really makes much difference at that level. I also think it's deteriorated again

Trinity

I dont have any figures for you guys but i was told i was short sighted a few years ago and should wear glasses for reading, watching tv etc and of course when on the pc!

But i never did. And last night after an injury the eye specialist tested my eyes every which way and told me i had great eyesight!!

So maybe it does correct itself to a certain extent or your eyes learn to adjust to your lifestyle?