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Seriously, it seems like everywhere I look people are wearing glasses nowadays and i find it hard to believe that everyone that does actually needs them. Maybe it has something to do with this whole "nerds are cool and sexy" thing that's in nowadays. I just find it odd and kinda sad because the people that I know that actually need glasses don't like wearing them out in public.
Seriously, it seems like everywhere I look people are wearing glasses nowadays and i find it hard to believe that everyone that does actually needs them. Maybe it has something to do with this whole "nerds are cool and sexy" thing that's in nowadays. I just find it odd and kinda sad because the people that I know that actually need glasses don't like wearing them out in public.
Does anyone else notice this?
I wear my glasses more now. For 13 years I would wear only my contacts, but as I've gotten older it's just easier to throw on my glasses than to worry about my contacts. I also no longer have to carry eye drops, extra contact solution, my contacts case, and my glasses just in case. The only thing I dislike is the fogging when I go from outside to inside in the winter.
I wear my glasses more now. For 13 years I would wear only my contacts, but as I've gotten older it's just easier to throw on my glasses than to worry about my contacts. I also no longer have to carry eye drops, extra contact solution, my contacts case, and my glasses just in case. The only thing I dislike is the fogging when I go from outside to inside in the winter.
The irony of this is that my sister has been more careless with her glasses than with her contacts. I think she's lost 1 or 2 pairs of glasses but she has never lost a contact lens at least to my knowledge.
I've had friends with perfect eyesight express their jealousy that I "got to" wear glasses. Yes, what a privilege to be essentially blind without delicate glasses or contacts that could easily be compromised, leaving me as helpless as a toddler.
I think that glasses have become more accepted in fashion and with that a wide variety of frames have become available. Because of this, more people with only minor eyesight problems seek out glasses while before they would have carried on without them.
Seriously, it seems like everywhere I look people are wearing glasses nowadays and i find it hard to believe that everyone that does actually needs them. Maybe it has something to do with this whole "nerds are cool and sexy" thing that's in nowadays. I just find it odd and kinda sad because the people that I know that actually need glasses don't like wearing them out in public.
Does anyone else notice this?
I would say that wearing glasses nowadays is definitely a trend. Mostly people in the younger crowd. Even rappers nowadays like to sport some glasses every now and then (and I don't mean shades).
I think that glasses have become more accepted in fashion and with that a wide variety of frames have become available. Because of this, more people with only minor eyesight problems seek out glasses while before they would have carried on without them.
That's the sad part to me. Wearing glasses when they don't really need to will just screw up their eyesight very fast.
I have to wear glasses after wearing contacts for years and sleeping with them.
The reason is because wearing contacts can cause angiogenesis,or blood vessels to grow on your cornea because the cornea needs O2. Your corneas can't get O2 with contacts on because contacts block O2 from reaching the corneas. Angiogenesis can cause blindness.
That why I thing some wear glasses.
Other than that,those big glasses with the big rim seem to be in because I see everyone with them on.
They were popularized by hipsters.
That's the sad part to me. Wearing glasses when they don't really need to will just screw up their eyesight very fast.
Will it? I've often wondered if I had been born in the middle ages would I have been doomed to huddling in a corner, jumping at every blurry object that approaches me or would my nearsightedness be less severe if I had never worn glasses?
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I've been a four eyes since I was 15...I did try contacts briefly but I got tired of red eyes...If I save up I may consider laser surgery, although I know there are risks. I don't mind wearing glasses though - I forget they're there (so much so that sometimes I'm looking for my glasses when I'm wearing them! Yep, no joke!). I guess they do suit my nerdy, bookish demeanor.
Will it? I've often wondered if I had been born in the middle ages would I have been doomed to huddling in a corner, jumping at every blurry object that approaches me or would my nearsightedness be less severe if I had never worn glasses?
I wonder that too.
But I thing modern things like staring at Tv and computer screens might have contributed to our eyesight problems.
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