do you prefer glasses or contacts?

[Deleted]

Assuming you have the option & no Lasik for whatever reason.

[thatgirl2478]

glasses. I don't have to mess with solution/cleaning them - or if I'm using disposables, making sure I don't run out!

oh and they are faster to put on in the middle of the night when the dog poops or the kid needs me.

[Heisenberg]

CONTACTS! Hands down.

[Deleted]

Before LASIK, I was 99% contcats....though when I had to look older....glasses.

[coleyv]

Contacts. I wear glasses occasionally at home but I've never really gotten used to wearing them. Plus, DD constantly grabs at them when I do wear glasses.

[soozy87]

Contacts. I have glasses, but I never wear them.

[ijack]

glasses, contacts give me a headache.

[ladygrey]

Contacts all the way. I dislike the feeling of my glasses on my face, and really only wear them at bedtime or if my eyes are super dry. Plus, it makes wearing sunglasses a lot easier.

[explorer2001]

Day and Night contacts. Five minutes a month to change lenses. Otherwise I wake up, I can see. I go to bed, I can see. No glasses pinching behind my ears or sliding down my nose. No messing with solutions. It's almost like having good natural vision again.

[catbus]

Contacts. I almost never wear my glasses.

[halfpint]

Before Lasik, I preferred contacts for looks, especially for dressier events, but glasses for comfort.

I used to wear my contacts 99% of my waking hours. I couldn't wear them for more than 4 hours by the end, they bothered me so much. I don't miss them. I DO kind of miss glasses, they somehow made my frumpy days seem cuter.

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May 31, 2013 17:00:20 GMT -5 explorer2001 said:

Day and Night contacts. Five minutes a month to change lenses. Otherwise I wake up, I can see. I go to bed, I can see. No glasses pinching behind my ears or sliding down my nose. No messing with solutions. It's almost like having good natural vision again.

I can't imagine this.  I have super dry eyes.  I wear daily lenses for this reason but it doesn't seem to help much.  I love coming home, trashing them, and putting my glasses on.  My eyes breathe!  I also kind of like to hide behind glasses some days; that probably sounds weird.   And then the sunglasses issue. 

[explorer2001]

May 31, 2013 17:05:33 GMT -5 @blushnbashful said:

May 31, 2013 17:00:20 GMT -5 explorer2001 said:

Day and Night contacts. Five minutes a month to change lenses. Otherwise I wake up, I can see. I go to bed, I can see. No glasses pinching behind my ears or sliding down my nose. No messing with solutions. It's almost like having good natural vision again.

I can't imagine this.  I have super dry eyes.  I wear daily lenses for this reason but it doesn't seem to help much.  I love coming home, trashing them, and putting my glasses on.  My eyes breathe!  I also kind of like to hide behind glasses some days; that probably sounds weird.   And then the sunglasses issue. 

My eyes apparently took to contacts freakishly easily. It even surprised my optomitrist. I've been doing this for 6 ish years. A few times a year I have to take the lenses out to clean protein build up midmonth, but its a rare thing.
The only thing I miss is swimming, which I can't figure out how to do without losing lenses or not being able to see.

[KaraOrNot]

Glasses. I had contacts in high school, but was never very responsible w/ them (didn't change them, slept in them, etc). I tried contacts again before my wedding, but I was never able to see as clearly as I do w/ glasses.

[cricketwife]

I can't believe anybody prefers glasses to contacts. Contacts are way better - it's like you're not wearing anything. You have full peripheral vision and there's no steaming up of the lenses every time you open the oven, boil a pot of water, or come inside on a cold day, like with glasses.

[Deleted]

Both. I like I look better in glasses but contacts are better for my job because glasses get bumped around a lot. Same goes for spending time with my nephew.

[Nonny]

May 31, 2013 17:17:49 GMT -5 cricketwife said:

I can't believe anybody prefers glasses to contacts. Contacts are way better - it's like you're not wearing anything. You have full peripheral vision and there's no steaming up of the lenses every time you open the oven, boil a pot of water, or come inside on a cold day, like with glasses.

This isn't always true.  I had such bad vision that I had to wear gas permeable hard lenses, and in cases of high humidity when moving between A/C and no-A/C mine would fog up.  And let me tell you that fogged up hard lenses are a million times worse than fogged up glasses.

That said, I still preferred my contacts to glasses for day-to-day stuff, but I was so blind without them I had to wear glasses at night after I took my lenses out (couldn't safely sleep in them).  I had to wear glasses starting in 2nd grade and I *loathed* them, and I'll never forgive my mother for making me wear the crappy thick rimmed kind that she likes instead of the low profile wire framed kind that actually look OK on my face. 

Even after my Visian ICL surgery I still have to wear glasses when I drive or go to the movies (not worth it to get contacts), and it pisses me off when I have to wear them.

[ECB]

Contacts.

[MrsE]

I've lived in my contacts since I was nine years old. Yes, 9.

[cinco]

Contacts

[magpie]

contacts all the way!

[h]

May 31, 2013 17:32:31 GMT -5 MrsE said:

I've lived in my contacts since I was nine years old. Yes, 9.

Ditto. I have worn them nearly every day since 4th grade. I like wearing my glasses late at night for comfort, though.

[karinothing]

Glasses BUT I want to wear contacts. My eyes just don't like to wear them anymore.

[Deleted]

Glasses but I only have a mild prescription. I wore contacts for about 2 years when I was in high school and I thought they were a PIA.

[peachdragon]

Contacts definitely. I did get LASIK, but I always wore my contacts before my surgery.

[Deleted]

glasses for work. contacts for fun.

[tacokick]

I've been wearing gas perm contacts since I was 11. Team contacts!

[Deleted]

Glasses. I've really come to hate contacts. I got them for my wedding, but particularly since I didn't wear a veil, I wish I'd just worn glasses.

I now wear contacts for running outside and for swimming but nothing else.

[Deleted]

Contacts!

[Deleted]

Until about 2 years ago, contacts all the way. I wore the day & night lenses and never had any problems for about 5 years. All of a sudden I can barely get through a work day wearing contacts. So I wear glasses probably 4-5 days/week. For big events, or if I am wearing my hair up, I wear contacts.