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I've been optician-friendly since I was a young child, so it only seems natural to have my eyes tested anually (it was 6 monthly until recently).
I have a total of -10 prescription (myopic - short sighted) and my astigmatism is -6, which is verging on moderate to severe myopia. I get a £73 NHS voucher towards the cost of my glasses, and I have to wear them from the minute I wake, to the minute before my head hits the pillow at night.
I've just had a consultation for laser vision correction, and so will hopefully be going ahead with it in the next 12 months or so.
I've just spent £400 on my first ever pair of prescription designer sunglasses, and they should be ready next week (four weeks after ordering them).
My current glasses cost £450, to have the thinnest lenses I could afford.
You people with 20/20 vision don't know how lucky you are, I tell ya :yes:
bf is also short sighted and wears contacts
My sister is 24 and only just had an eyetest and is now wearing glasses, because she thought what she could see (or couldn't!!) was 'normal'...
Have things changed that much in about 4 years have they? Mine are thin lenses and cost about £80.
I wore glasses when I was little cos I was short-sighted and had a divergent squint... and then I was told I didn't need them anymore.
I didn't realise I was short sighted again until I tried on my sisters glasses and I was like 'whoa!!! The world is so clear!!!!!!!!!' :rolleyes:
I still live in hope that my eyesight will miraculously get better again.
I started wearing glasses when I was ten but because I wore them more than I needed to, so now I have to wear them alllllll the time. I got daily disposable lenses a few months ago and now I usually wear them instead, I wear my glasses when I'm at home and when I'm at work, that's it.
I'm not sure if I look better with or without specs, opinion is divided, but lenses are just so much more convenient. I'm forever having to clean my glasses, and the novelty still hasn't worn off of a) walking in the rain and being able to see in front of me, and b) trying on sunglasses in a shop.
Oh the simplicity of walking into a shop and trying on and buying a pair of sunglasses!! I wish!
All my friends have expressed their mourning about saying goodbye to my glasses... they love me wearing glasses, for some reason and say that I suit them too much!
i was told the other month that my eyes work well together i'm just short sighted
Have some shitty glasses that I dont like for when I take my contacts out
Same here. But I have contacts too, but I tend to only wear them on nights out. My glasses make me look intelligent.
I'm -5 in one eye and -4.5 in the other. I think. I've got a lazy eye too which appears when I'm shitfaced or just tired...
Yeash.
Compare it to what someone who smokes would spend?!
I don't really see what smoking has to do with the price of fish.
I also don't see why having thin glass would be more protection for the eyes than cheaper lenses that were not ultra-thin.
But hey, as long as she's happy spending everyone else's cash buying the things, why should we mind?
I wear my glasses most of the time at the moment. I wear contacts too, but normally in the better weather so I can wear my sunglasses, or if I'm going out.
Seems retarded to me too. Nobody is gonig to notice if you wear "deisgner" freaking glasses. They are glasses. You can buy a new set of tires, or something actually useful for what that costs. Hell, with the 2 pairs, you could have got some lasiks in one eye for that price.
Unless it has a flashing neon sign that hangs above the head flashing the brand name of your glasses. Woo. Cuz thats obviously the only thing that matters, then it would totally be worth it.
As far as sunglasses goes though, buy in fall
Why is she wasting other peoples cash?
To protect your eyes from the radiation that damanges them you need decent sized lenses in the sunglasses, as the lenses get bigger, they get thicker. Thus if you are getting reasonable sized lenses for a strong prescription you are going to want to get the ultra thin lenses to keep the thickness and the weight down.
Read other historical threads to find out about why. I agree though, if she wants to spend her own money on ridiculously priced sunglasses..
You want big lenses but not big lenses? The thinest lenses available are glass, and weigh more than plastic, so weight can't have much to do with it. This is about vanity, pure and simple. Hence - more money than sense.
The big lenses thing is more of a practical thing. If you look at lenses for a short-sighted person, you'll notice that the centre point over the pupil is thin and they get thicker towards the edge. The higher your prescription, the thicker they get, so if you have a high prescription and want lenses bigger than a five penny piece they are going to get pretty thick and weigh more. The thicker lenses also have frame restrictions- for practical and aesthetic reasons and unless you get classic big rimmed nhs plastic specs- these frames can be more expensive. The weight from having thicker lenses coupled with thicker frames can be quite uncomfortable, definately if you want to run around or play any sports too.
I know that the nhs vouchers are tiered but it seems odd to me that people with a low prescription have the ability to have their full cost covered whilst those with an argueably greater need, a higher prescription, have to cover a shortfall. (designer sunglasses excluded as these are a personal choice rather than need)
ETA: we could all just get a strip of cardboard and make pin prick specs though... lol
Hang on - did you start this thread to just brag about spending stupid amounts of money on sunglasses? I think you're so cool for doing so! And all ythe negative thoughts I had about you for driving a fugly car have been torn to shreds.
My 'shades' were £1.50 from Wilkinson. They make me look like a blind man, minus his stick. But they're excellent - 100% plastic, which is just what I need when I'm out on the motorbike with my visor up,
I could have any sunglasses I wanted, for free. At very, very worst, they'd be at cost. My friend owns a load of opticians.
I respect him because he's worked hard for all his sunglasses. And he has no need to try and brag or impress.
Secondly, I'm so sick of people on here telling others that I'm spending other people's money. I haven't been a Jobseeker since November LAST YEAR, so, erm... GET THE FUCK OVER IT.
And, even if I was still claiming benefits, it'd be MY money, not yours, so I could do whatever the hell I wanted with it, and there's nothing you could do about it so, erm GET OVER THAT TOO. Thankyouplease. :chin:
Back onto eyesight please. :rolleyes:
I tried them once when I was about 12 and did this :crying: :crying: :crying: around the shopping centre for 2 hours. :yuck: