Do you prefer contacts or glasses? Why?

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Do you prefer contacts or glasses? Why? - Lemmy.ca

Glasses.

I hate the idea of putting anything in my eyes

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 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.
Glasses, its what I had since I was little and now I’m used to it
Glasses, at least now. When I was younger, I preferred contacts, but as I got older the contact lenses became more of an aggravation, so now glasses is my preference.

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.

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 more unpleasant to me.
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!
I don’t want a foreign object inside of me, so I’ll stick with the glasses.
I’ve never tried contacts and never will. The idea just feels weird. People also say I look weird without glasses on because very, very few people have seen me without glasses every since I started wearing them. I only take them off to clean them, sleep, and take showers.
Glasses. Didn’t have to wear either until I was about 23, don’t mind glasses, and I’m not blind without glasses so it’s not a huge problem times I need to take them off. I like to just buy things rather than have to keep paying money for something.
Contacts. Peripheral vision is amazing. I’ve never had problems putting them in. Wind does make them dry but I carry eye drops. And I don’t even notice they are there. It’s like I don’t have vision problems. I love them.
I prefer contacts but wear both contacts and glasses depending on the day. I like the flexibility and overall ease of contacts, but some days I just wear glasses to give my eyes a break. I have astigmatism. Glasses especially have a bending effect around the periphery that’s annoying to deal with that contacts simply don’t have for me.
Would love to try contacts, but you can’t get prism correction ones.

Contacts. I use daily disposables because I can’t feel them at all. “14-day” contacts were more like 3 days of comfort, 4 days of feeling noticeable, and 7 days of feeling like a rock in my eye. (I cleaned and soaked them daily as directed with many different types of solution, asked the optometrist for instructions, and followed their instructions exactly.) With contacts, I actually have peripheral vision. The feeling of looking past the frame/rim always gave me eye strain, and even rimless glasses couldn’t change how the blur around the edges was a constant distraction.

I have glasses for just in case, and wear them in the evening after washing my face (which gets the contacts wet and crispy no matter how tightly I squeeze my eyes shut). But I really can’t stand glasses for more than an hour or two a day. Every pair I’ve ever worn has two modes: tight enough to stay on but give me a pressure headache, or loose enough to avoid headaches but I tense my scalp and face to keep them on and they still fall off when I look down or turn my head too quickly.

I switched to lenses 2 months ago and prefer that. I dont even feel them in my eyes
My vision didn’t start going downhill until my 40’s. I am also very sensitive about my eyes to the point I can barely even put drops in. So I have resigned myself to the fact that I will be a glasses wearer from here on out.
Glasses during work week… I look at a variety of distances and screens. I have progressives. Contacts on the weekend, break out readers for the phone.
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
Sooner is better? People suggest getting it at like 25 because your eyes will be more stable. Younger is dumber choice… Full of misinformation here…
I feel like my eyes were still changing in my 20s. Maybe late 20s would be solid.
Glasses. I think my face actually looks better with glasses.
I used to prefer contacts over glasses unless I was water skiing. After I got LASIK, I prefer neither.
Glasses when working (desk job) or relaxing around the house, contacts when outside the house
50/50. If I’m working at home all day I’ll just wear glasses. I take it off multiple times a day too when my face is irritated. If I’m going out I’ll usually wear contacts. If I’m lazy then I won’t. Having both is nice for options.

Glasses. My only super power is astigmatism - the contacts for it are horrible.

I went to get lasic - the dude said: you’ll need reading glasses, and maybe you’ll see a boarder. What?!? No thanks - if I need glasses sometimes it’s far better for me to use them all the time. That way I don’t lose them.

I do wish I could use sunglasses more easily, but…

Prescription sunnies is what I use, sadly cheap servo ones are out of the question.
Glasses, I hate putting in and removing my contacts. Also hate how they feel in my eyes. Besides, I think I look better in glasses anyway. I only wear contacts whenever I’m doing sports.

I prefer contracts but I’m lazy and only wear them when I’m snowboarding, which is like one or twice a year now, or if I’m going out and want to look nice.

The most annoying part about glasses is needing to always carry a second pair of (sun)glasses, but since I got magnetic frames I’ve found it to be a bit less of an inconvenience. I can take on and off my sunglasses while driving without worrying I’m going to die.

Glasses. My eyes dried out when I wore contacts.

Contacts. They don’t fog up and I don’t have to worry to loose them mountainbiking, while in a moshpit, etc.

Still have some glasses at home for late night gaming sessions when the eyes get tired/dry

Glasses. They make me look better and don’t feel weird.
Yeah. Genuinely like how they look, and they’re relatively convenient. I do have the option of contacts but just kinda prefer glasses

I prefer glasses, but people treat me different when I wear my contacts. Had people describe it to me that they don’t see my nerdy traits when I have my contacts. This seems to help me in social situations and being accepted easier.

So I wear glasses day to day and contacts if I am going to events.

I prefer progressive lenses when working (mostly at a computer) and contacts when I’m off work and out and about in the world.
I got PRK a while ago, but I vastly preferred contacts. My eyes were terrible, and one was much worse than the other. My depth perception was noticably worse with glasses, and the lack of peripheral vision, especially while moving, tended to make me nauseous. I wore contacts almost every day from 7th grade through a year after graduating college.
I prefer glasses over contacts because I hate anything to come closer to my eyes.