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LukaDoncic77
09/26/2025
09:04 AM
#1
what does ce say?
OldNastyBastard
09/26/2025
09:07 AM
#2
Wore glasses as a kid/teen, switched to mostly contacts with backup glasses through my 20s and most of my 30s. Got lasik earlier this year. Laser surgery is the way to go. Sucks for about 24-48 hours immediately after, but after that, it's wild just being able to see. The procedure itself doesn't hurt, it's just awkward as fuck as it's hard to keep your still.
St0rmFury
09/26/2025
09:10 AM
#3
Got LASIK 3 years ago.

My only regret is I didn't do it sooner.
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BucketCat
09/26/2025
09:18 AM
#4
glasses for a few reasons

1) i can change up how i look
2) sometimes i dont feel like seeing and can turn clear vision on or off at will
3) my drivers license has a note on it saying i need glasses, which translates to a get out of jail free card whenever I dont want to go somewhere
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Glob
09/26/2025
09:18 AM
#5
I use contacts. Ive had some bad experiences with them.

Ive considered laser surgery but the idea scares me.
rick_alverado
09/26/2025
09:57 AM
#6
Glasses, because they have the added advantage of looking good.
EpicMickeyDrew
09/26/2025
10:01 AM
#7
everyone getting lasik never wonder why the lasik doctor has glasses ?
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Bishop_Hastur
09/26/2025
11:08 AM
#8
Glasses or contacts. My ophthalmologist says getting lasik isn't a good idea for me due to some eye issues I've got.
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ai123
09/26/2025
11:13 AM
#9
Used to wear daily contacts all the time, but as I get older I find I wear glasses more often.

Finding I value the lack of faffing around more than the vanity aspect. (Though they are Ray-Bans with transition lenses, so the vanity thing is still there).
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PerseusRad
09/26/2025
11:15 AM
#10
Im fine with glasses. Dont like the idea of sticking things into my eyes, and LASIK feels like a needless risk in comparison, even if its not actually hugely risky.
tripleh213
09/26/2025
11:52 AM
#11
rick_alverado posted...
Glasses, because they have the added advantage of looking good.

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pretzelcoatl
09/26/2025
12:03 PM
#12
Lasik is one of the closest things we have to straight up magic, I highly recommend
KnightofShikari
09/26/2025
12:06 PM
#13
magic
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BiggWillieStylk
09/26/2025
12:19 PM
#14
Glasses due to cost.
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Vokrent
09/26/2025
12:21 PM
#15
I get glasses for free through my indigenous status in Canada so I just never tried anything else
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09/26/2025
12:36 PM
#16
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wackyteen
09/26/2025
12:39 PM
#17
Got PRK (laser eye surgery) in 2014.

has held up, though I hear it isn't a permanent fix necessarily, especially as you get older.

I'd do it again if I had to. If that was ineffective I'd probably look into something like permanent contact implants or something
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Sonixs
09/26/2025
12:40 PM
#18
Got lasik in 2017 and have had better than perfect vision ever since. Wish I had done it years sooner.
Philip027
09/26/2025
12:47 PM
#19
Assuming cost wasn't a factor, laser. Definitely don't want to have to keep putting stuff on and taking stuff off my eyes, and I tried glasses before and quickly grew tired of them constantly sliding down my face.
DrizztLink
09/26/2025
12:53 PM
#20
Wire glasses from 5th-7th grade (~2001-2003), then contacts until just before covid when I grabbed glasses again.

One of the better-timed decisions of my life, honestly.

Nowadays I go between the two, but I'd be willing to get LASIK.
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DrizztLink
09/26/2025
01:04 PM
#22
Asherlee10 posted...
At my age this would be tough.
Glasses aren't too tricky to get used to.

You'll be a little nauseous for a while while your brain adjusts to it, you'll almost definitely bump the corners on shit for a while, then you just have to get used to the feeling.

Contacts can be a right pain in the ass to learn, depending on how effective you are at fighting the blink reflex. Took me weeks to months to get it down, but nowadays I can basically rest my finger on my eyeball without a twitch.

If I'm touching the contact, I mean, a finger in the eye still hurts.
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Board_hunter567
09/26/2025
01:05 PM
#23
Having experienced a scratched cornea and recurrent corneal erosion contacts are a no go. The costs, potential complications, and longevity of lasik aren't very appealing - as someone said, you ever notice how the ones performing the surgery all wear glasses/contacts?

I've worn glasses for two years now and I'm perfectly fine with them, although it probably helps that my vision without them isn't that bad.
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specialkid8
09/26/2025
01:07 PM
#25
St0rmFury posted...
Got LASIK 3 years ago.

My only regret is I didn't do it sooner.
Yeah, it's pure magic. I couldn't see six inches in front of my face for 20 years. Then they burn my eyeballs for a couple seconds and I'm good as new. Life changing.
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Metal_Gear_Raxis
09/26/2025
01:19 PM
#26
Do I have to ask my optometrist about LASIK? I was kinda expecting him to propose it after years.
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Strider102
09/26/2025
01:26 PM
#27
I've worn glasses for the majority of my life. I can't really see doing anything else with it.

Yeah, I'd like to be able to not wear them at times, but they're a part of me now.
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wackyteen
09/26/2025
03:00 PM
#28
Metal_Gear_Raxis posted...
Do I have to ask my optometrist about LASIK? I was kinda expecting him to propose it after years.

You'd think but an ophthalmologist would be more likely to propose it over an optometrist.

If you're getting checked up at, like, a place that specializes in selling glasses (ie America's Best), they'd likely never propose it of their own volition because it would cut into their ability to sell glasses. Which shouldn't matter but business is business.

I'd mention it at your next check up and see what they say/their reaction.

Not everybody is a good candidate for laser eye surgery and there is a process to it, where you get put through a series of tests/measurements. So keep that in mind when going in.
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Robot2600
09/26/2025
03:50 PM
#29
20/20 vision bb, just got lucky. both parents and all 4 grandparents needed glasses.
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Thermador446
09/26/2025
03:53 PM
#30
I prefer superpowers, but that just isn't happening

Glasses have protected my eyes from serious injury on a couple occasion, I wouldn't have that protection with contacts
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Bass
09/26/2025
03:54 PM
#31
Glasses, but I have no need for them at the moment.
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Zakawer3
09/26/2025
03:54 PM
#32
I don't need my vision corrected for the time being, but should I ever need it corrected, I would opt for laser surgery.
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Robot2600
09/26/2025
03:56 PM
#33
i will wear glasses if i ever need them
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archizzy
09/26/2025
04:06 PM
#34
Have had glasses since I was 16. I'm 49. I don't mind glasses at all.

I absolutely would never wear contacts because I would never ever get used to touching my eyeball with my finger all the time. I know they make long term contacts you can sleep with but overall contacts are just too much work and cleaning and bullshit.

If I can't get past the idea of touching my eye with my finger I sure as fuck won't be doing Lasik where I have to sit there like on A Clockwork Orange with my eyes open while they fuck with my eyeball. Hell no. I knew a dude that did that surgery in the military back in like the 80's where they still like cut you with a scalpel. FUCK THAT.

If they could completely put me under and do the surgery where I just wake up and it is over I would consider it. But nah, fuck that. I'm not messing with my eyes. Too much shit can go bad. I'll wear glasses. I legit don't mind them at all.
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rick_alverado
09/26/2025
04:11 PM
#35
DrizztLink posted...
Glasses aren't too tricky to get used to.

You'll be a little nauseous for a while while your brain adjusts to it, you'll almost definitely bump the corners on shit for a while, then you just have to get used to the feeling.

Not necessarily even that. I never had any issues with either of those things when I first started wearing glasses.
R_Jackal
09/26/2025
04:16 PM
#36
Ever since my grandmother went(temporarily) completely blind after a shoddy lasik job, I've just decided to stick with glasses. Even given the incredibly unlikely odds of it happening, I'm the kind of person that would absolutely hit those odds.
teep_
09/26/2025
04:17 PM
#37
I wear glasses
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Jupiter
09/26/2025
04:19 PM
#38
Got PRK (LASIK alternative) 9 years ago. Best decision I ever made. I didn't grow up wearing glasses though. I ruined my vision in college by drying my eyes out really bad by sleeping with a fan inches away from my face every single night one really hot summer.
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Thermador446
09/26/2025
04:29 PM
#39
Jupiter posted...
Got PRK (LASIK alternative) 9 years ago. Best decision I ever made. I didn't grow up wearing glasses though. I ruined my vision in college by drying my eyes out really bad by sleeping with a fan inches away from my face every single night one really hot summer.

I wasn't aware that a fan could do that, especially just one season.

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littlebro07
09/26/2025
04:37 PM
#40
Glasses. Hate touching my eyes and laser surgery scares me. Glasses are just simple too and now there's so many places to get good looking pairs dirt cheap. Bought four with my new prescription last month and one of them has transition lenses and it was only like $120 for them all. I remember like 15 years ago getting two pairs of basic ass glasses and I paid $100 after insurance for them >_>
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PMarth2002
09/26/2025
04:57 PM
#41
teep_ posted...
I wear glasses

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PeteyParker
09/26/2025
05:13 PM
#42
I wear glasses. I'm not shooting lasers at my eyes or sticking things in them.
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Choco
09/26/2025
05:15 PM
#43
having to wear glasses is annoying but i'd look way worse without them
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specialkid8
09/26/2025
05:31 PM
#44
PeteyParker posted...
I'm not shooting lasers at my eyes
But it's cool as fuck. You can smell them burning.
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wackyteen
09/26/2025
05:39 PM
#45
The lasers in the eyes part isn't nearly as scary as you think it is.

Honestly regarding LASIK, it's the small incision they do in your cornea that sounds leagues more scary than a laser in your eye.
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Jupiter
09/26/2025
07:32 PM
#46
Thermador446 posted...
I wasn't aware that a fan could do that, especially just one season.
To be fair, I didn't really leave my room much that summer. So that fan also ran during the daytime sitting inches away from my face. It ran literally 24/7. It ran so much the motor actually burned out and it stopped working. Caused myself a really bad case of dry eyes. I would wake up in the morning with a slight burning sensation in my eyes sometimes. I always thought it was facial oils getting in my eyes, but my eye doctor asked if that was happening and told me it was a symptom of dry eyes.
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Jupiter
09/26/2025
07:33 PM
#47
wackyteen posted...
The lasers in the eyes part isn't nearly as scary as you think it is.

Honestly regarding LASIK, it's the small incision they do in your cornea that sounds leagues more scary than a laser in your eye.
With PRK, they don't do an incision.
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TheFalseDeity
09/26/2025
07:48 PM
#48
Surgery if it was free, second would be contacts if i wasn't squeamish about messing with my eyes.

But it is not and i am not and thus do i have glasses.
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wackyteen
09/26/2025
07:49 PM
#49
Jupiter posted...
With PRK, they don't do an incision.
I know, though it does involve them brushing down the top layer of your cornea.

Which is a really weird feeling
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MabinogiFan
09/26/2025
08:08 PM
#50
I looked into getting LASIK years ago but apparently I'm not eligible. Shame.
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