I don't care what you say, contacts suck

[Harm94]

I like glasses. I can take them off if my eyes are strained. Plus I don't need them too often.

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[Nickelob Ultra]

every time i try putting it in i just blink for no reason. i can't control that stuff
and even when it got in there it was dry and it was like a operation to get it out because i kept moving my fuking eye. UGH.
everybody tells me like contacts are the stuff and bullcrap but no not for me

Your eyes aren't adjusted to the space of contacts yet.  Despite how thin and organic they feel they still occupy space on your eyeball, so it may take some time before your brain gets used to the idea that the contacts are part of your eye.  Until then, your reflexes are saying "there's something on the eyeball and we need to blink to get rid of it".

Also you should never put in a contact dry.  They should always be wet.  How I do it:

• 1.  Remove the contact from its case after its been soaking in solution.
• 2.  Put the contact on the finger on the hand according to which side you're putting it in (e.g. put it on a finger on your right hand if you're putting it in your right hand).  Make sure that finger is DRY and DIRT-FREE or you will have an annoying irritation in your eye.
• 3.  Add 1-3 drops of solution into the contact, bowl-side upwards.  The solution sitting in the "bowl" of the lens will help further lubricate your eyeball.
• 4.  Put in eye.

Contacts are serious business but easy to handle when you get used to it.  It took me half an hour to put in contacts my first time, and averaged 15 minutes to put them on in the morning.  Nowadays I can get it done in under 2 minutes.  It'll take time.  Be patient and be smart.

[Destroyer]

You will get used to them. I've had mine for years now and I love them. It's hard at first, especially from someone like me who has a phobia of any type of eye injuries. But I've gotten good at putting mine in and taking them out, you will too.

Just don't fall asleep with them in. That stuff sucks. They literally become 20x harder to take out because they get so dry in your eye.

[Mr Man]

Get buddy holly glasses

[Rally]

I've heard some serious horror stories about contacts. Melting into their eyes, bacteria eating the cornea, ect. Obviously this was due to malpractice, but still, the rhetoric instills enough fear in me to make an assertion that they're just not worth it.

Beyond the fact that I have super sensitive flinchy eyes and applying contacts takes upwards of 10 minutes, I just feel like it's another laborious responsibility to take care of. All this for a different aesthetic? No thanks, I'm secure enough in my appearance to wear glasses.

[Master Shadow Phoenix]

Even though there's disadvantages in contacts, there's also disadvantages for glasses too. Over time, there's a small buildup of oil and/or dust forming around the corner of my lenses. When I try to wipe it off, it usually smudges all over the place. I wipe it off a few more times, but it's just stays there. I end up having to walk over to the sink and clean it with water. It's a chore.

[sir dooble]

I have the option of contacts, but am a little nervous about putting them in, and also lazy at the thought of having to put them in and take them out every day.

They wouldn't provide any particular bonus over my glasses, which I'm comfortable in.
But, while I am happy with my appearance in glasses, I think I look much better without them. I get compliments on how I look when I take them off *blush*.

[Maxwell.]

I have the option of contacts, but am a little nervous about putting them in, and also lazy at the thought of having to put them in and take them out every day.

They wouldn't provide any particular bonus over my glasses, which I'm comfortable in.
But, while I am happy with my appearance in glasses, I think I look much better without them. I get compliments on how I look when I take them off *blush*.

i look nice with them on

[Tokthree]

I hate how I look without glasses

[Flatflyer]

he is joking

I know but still
just the thought of that thing like going behind your eyelids or something creeps me out

[synthesispandabot]

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my mum threw em away after she saw me forgetin with them and trying to get em off. sry.

this happened to my grandma and ever since i have stayed away from contacts

cuz shes old
news flash

[sir dooble]

i look nice with them on

I don't think I look bad with them on, but I definitely think I look different from when I have them off.
Like, I look nerdy with them on, even in different styles, but I look more naturally handsome with them off.
It's like 7/10 with them on, 8.5/10 with them off.


This line of discussion is really gonna make me look self-obsessed.

[Yosher]

My right eye used to have horrible eyesight so I wore a contact lens for my entire life until I got an operation 5 years ago. A little while before that, I wore one in my left eye as well in order to avoid wearing glasses but that didn't end well (it wouldn't stay in my eye and on a windy day, it got blown into the sewers) so I had an operation. My eyes are still not good enough without glasses, but I actually don't mind wearing glasses at all.

This one time in the period where I had 2 contacts, I had to clean them with a liquid I received from the doctor. That liquid, however, was incredibly hurtful to the eyes and required the lens to sit in a bottle filled with another liquid that cleansed that hurtful stuff. On the first day, we confused the two and once the lens was in my right eye, it burned like hell. I think I only experienced it for like 7 seconds and my mom had to take it out for me because I was in too much pain to concentrate on any of my movements. I honestly think it was the worst pain I've experienced so far.

TL;DR: contacts suck ass. You're better off just wearing glasses or getting an operation, although the first option is much less expensive. And it might make you look "dorky" if you care about that anyways.

[sir dooble]

TL;DR: contacts suck ass. You're better off just wearing glasses or getting an operation, although the first option is much less expensive.

Well, that's not strictly true. Glasses can be expensive, particularly if you're getting nice frames.
Not to mention, your eyesight will constantly change if you're short/long sighted. You're supposed to go in for regular annual checkups, or every couple of years, and you may find your prescription has changed.

I was diagnosed with being short sighted in 2009, and I've had several prescriptions. '09, '10, '11, '12 and '14.
Each time I've had to get new glasses at cost. If you're a child or teenager you'll need more changes in prescription and frames as your eyes change more when you're young and you can't just reuse frames since your head gets larger as you grow.

Then when you get older through life you might have more prescriptions, or purchase new glasses.
And if you drive then you'll need prescription sunglasses too.
And when you get to your 40s/50s onwards your eyes naturally deteriorate so you'll have to compensate for that too.


Glasses can be cheaper than corrective surgery as a one-time purchase, but eye-wear will cost you a lot throughout life. Surgery can be a better investment long turn.
It's less useful the older you are though, as you could get it later on in life to correct your long/short sightedness and then your eyes deteriorate from age anyway.

[Yosher]

Oh yeah, didn't take all of that into consideration.

I feel like I should add that no one should take my word for any of this anyways. A lot of my experiences were bad luck and nothing else. And despite the fact I have dealt with this for about 2/3 of my life so far, I don't know anything about how eyes work and all that.